Top 10 Spotify Wrapped 2025’s Global Top Artists and Songs
Spotify’s official Wrapped release confirms one headline and one trend: Bad Bunny is Spotify’s Global Top Artist for 2025, earning roughly 19.8 billion streams this year and taking the Global Top Album spot as well.
This is the fourth time the Puerto Rican star has been crowned Spotify’s global No. 1, a clear signal that Latin music continues to anchor the world stage. The platform’s global top songs also leaned heavily on superstar collaborations and soundtrack-powered viral hits.
Global Top Artists 2025 who made the world’s top 10
Spotify’s official global top artists for 2025, with a short, journalist-style description for each, focused on why they mattered on the world stage this year. (Order is Spotify’s global ranking.)
- Bad Bunny: The genre-bending Puerto Rican superstar fused reggaetón, trap, and pop across a massive year; his album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS led the global album chart and helped him reclaim the global crown for the fourth time. His streaming numbers underline an enduring global appetite for Latin-language music.
- Taylor Swift — Still a global juggernaut: Swift placed second globally, driven by ongoing catalogue plays, blockbuster releases, and sustained streaming momentum across regions.
- The Weeknd — R&B-pop master The Weeknd remained a top global presence with consistent album and single performances worldwide.
- Drake — The Canadian rapper continued to command huge global playlists and curated listening habits, keeping him inside the top tier of global streaming.
- Billie Eilish — Alternative-pop’s leading voice, Billie’s music (including album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT) proved durable globally and performed strongly on playlists and radio.
- Kendrick Lamar — A critical and streaming force in hip-hop, Kendrick’s collaborations and solo work drove widespread global listens.
- Bruno Mars — The showman’s high-profile collaborations (notably with Lady Gaga) and catalog strength kept him squarely in the global top 10.
- Ariana Grande — Pop powerhouse Ariana maintained global traction through hits, collaborations, and an avid streaming fanbase.
- Arijit Singh — The Indian playback star’s presence in Spotify’s global top 10 signals a growing cross-border audience for South Asian music. His inclusion highlights streaming’s ability to surface regional superstars to international listeners.
- Fuerza Regida — Part of the regional Mexican and corridos-style wave that reached international audiences in 2025, Fuerza Regida’s streaming figures reflect the fast global spread of regional Latin sounds
Global Top Songs 2025: the tracks the world played most
Spotify’s official global top songs list reads like a map of 2025’s biggest cultural moments: blockbuster collaborations, K-pop / soundtrack pushes, viral indie hits, and a top slot that many listeners couldn’t stop replaying.
Spotify’s Top Songs Globally (2025) official order:
- “Die With A Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (Global No. 1 song; surpassed 1.7 billion streams on Spotify).
- “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” — Billie Eilish (a sleeper-to-staple hit that rose again this year).
- “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars (K-pop star ROSÉ’s global pairing with Bruno Mars underscored cross-market collaborations).
- “Ordinary” — Alex Warren (a viral breakout that shows how creator-driven hits can scale globally).
- “DtMF” — Bad Bunny (one of the year’s biggest Latin hits, contributing to Bad Bunny’s global artist crown).
- “Back to friends” — sombr (an indie/viral entry that found mass audiences worldwide).
- “Golden” — HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast (a soundtrack/cast collaboration that demonstrates the power of screen-driven streaming).
- “luther (with SZA)” — Kendrick Lamar & SZA (a major hip-hop collaboration with global reach).
- “That’s So True” — Gracie Abrams (another example of intimate singer-songwriter material crossing borders).
- “Wildflower” — Billie Eilish (complementing her strong album performance this year).
Takeaway
The top ten mixes megastar collaborations (Gaga/Bruno, ROSÉ/Bruno), soundtrack/cast hits, viral indie songs, and core pop catalog, Indian playback megastars, a pattern that reinforces how playlists, trailers, and social media fuel global breakout moments, showing that 2025 streaming was genuinely global in taste, not siloed by market.
