Who are the most-streamed artists of 2020? - CBC.ca

Billie Eilish, Roddy Ricch and Bad Bunny top the lists

If 2020 had a theme song, what would it be?

Maybe it would be a song about handwashing, or perhaps even an Oh Corona! musical?

Lucky for us, we don't have to guess the top artist, song or album — they have all been unmasked.

Each year, popular music streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music reveal their most-played tracks.

Who topped the charts across the globe and in Canada?

Bad Bunny, The Box and a few blinding lights

Across Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music, it was a year for the boys … and the letter B?

Bad Bunny, BTS, The Box by Roddy Ricch and Blinding Lights by The Weeknd all topped the charts.

From left to right, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, American rapper Roddy Ricch and Canadian musician The Weeknd. (Image credit: Rich Fury, Emma McIntyre, Noam Galai/Getty Images)

The numbers might surprise you

Can you guess just how much Bad Bunny was streamed on Spotify this year alone?

According to Spotify, he was streamed 8.6 billion times.

That’s more than the population of the world.

You should see her in a crown

Pop sensation Billie Eilish was the top female artist worldwide for the second year in a row, according to Spotify, followed by Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande.

Swift was the top artist overall for Amazon Music.

Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift are some of the top female musicians in the world. (Image credit: Kevork Djansezian, Brendon Thorne, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)