As half of 2014 is already in the books, Spotify figured it would a good time to reflect on the first six months of the year to discover the songs that have been ruling the charts this year so far! 2014 has seen a number of songs go viral including The Chainsmokers’ “#SEFLIE”, Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” and more.
Here’s a list of the most-streamed song on Spotify during the first half of 2014 (Global):
- Katy Perry – ‘Dark Horse’ (142,666,577)
- Pitbull – ‘Timber’ (128,853,502)
- Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – ‘Rather Be’ (127,829,913)
- OneRepublic – ‘Counting Stars’ (103,629,220)
- John Legend – ‘All of Me’ (102,494,251)
- Mr. Probz – ‘Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)’ (94,043,979)
- Imagine Dragons – ‘Demons’ (89,681,979)
- Jason Derulo – ‘Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz)’ (86,332,147)
- Lorde – ‘Royals’ (86,091,843)
- Avicii – ‘Hey Brother’ (85,537,636)
Listen to the most-streamed songs of the first half of 2014 here:
Now although Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” didn’t have the longest running #1 song in the first half of 2014, it did amassed more streams than any other song in the world — more than 142 million plays in the spend of 6 months!
Besides the most streamed songs, Spotify also monitored the most-viral songs of the first half of 2014. Some of the most-viral songs of early 2014 include:
- Lana Del Rey – ‘Once Upon a Dream’
- Soko – ‘We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow’
- Dillon Francis – ‘Get Low’
- Foster The People – ‘Coming of Age’
- Chromeo – ‘Jealous (I Ain’t With It)’
- Tegan & Sara ft. The Lonely Island – ‘Everything Is AWESOME!!!’
- Zedd – ‘Find You’
- Doug Seegers ft. Jill Johnson & Magnus Carlsson – ‘Going Down To The River’
- Beck – ‘Blue Moon’
- Mike Oldfield – ‘Nuclear’
Listen to the most-viral tracks of 2014 to date here:
Enjoy!