Cool, thanks!
They do seem to hold their own!

If anyone had the recipe for success in the 80s and 90s music business it was producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
Perhaps best known for marrying (and divorcing) one of the biggest female stars (and hottest woman?) of the 90s - Shania Twain.
"Mutt" has produced multi-platinum albums and big hits for artists like AC/DC, Foreigner, Def Leppard, The Cars, Billy Ocean, Bryan Adams, Michael Bolton, The Corrs, Nickelback, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, Muse and of course then spouse Shania Twain.

He had great success in the US especially. I mean, who else has produced 6 Diamond albums with 3 different artists (AC/DC, Leppard & Twain)? He also wrote or co-wrote many of the hits along the way incl. one of the biggest singles of all time: Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I do it for you".
Which songs are still played on Spotify?
Here are the 20 biggest songs on Spotify, produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange:

1 AC/DC - Back in Black - 1980 - 565.1M
2 AC/DC - Highway to Hell - 1979 - 562.0M
3 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long - 1980 - 394.0M
4 Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me - 1987 - 244.9M
5 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - 1991 - 222.2M
6 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman! - 1997 - 203.2M
7 Maroon 5 - Misery - 2010 - 175.6M
8 Shania Twain - You're Still the One - 1997 - 169.8M
9 Nickelback - Burn It To the Ground - 2008 - 160.5M
10 AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill - 1980 - 150.2M
11 AC/DC - Hells Bells - 1980 - 146.1M
12 The Cars - Drive - 1984 - 135.3M
13 Nickelback - If Today Was You're Last Day - 2008 - 133.3M
14 Muse - Psycho - 2015 - 131.2M
15 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much - 1997 - 100.7M
16 Foreigner - Waiting for A Girl Like You - 1981 - 98.2M
17 Lady Gaga - You And I - 2011 - 86.8M
18 Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody - 2008 - 82.6M
19 Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me - 1993 - 79.5M
20 Foreigner - Juke Box Hero - 1981 - 77.8M

And there's no doubt "Mutt" has a huge impact on the sound of these artists. Listen to Shania's "Man I Feel Like a Woman" and you can hear sonic similarities to rock songs like Def Leppard's "Make Love Like A Man" or Bryan Adams' "Can't Stop This Thing We Started".

It would seem that "Mutt" is less relevant these days. Just 3 tracks from the 2010s in this top 20. Then again he is now 71 years old and not working that much.

Halfway through 2020. Here's an update to the list of the top pre-2000 songs on Spotify. 57 songs are now above the 450M mark.
(#) indicates ranking as of Jan 23rd 2020.

As of July 3rd:
1 (1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 1318M
2 (2) OASIS – Wonderwall – 940M
3 (3) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 925M
4 (4) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 864M
5 (6) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 820M
6 (7) TOTO – Africa – 812M
7 (8) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 781M
8 (9) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 774M
9 (10) AHA – Take On Me – 770M

10 (5) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 762M

11 (12) QUEEN – Under Pressure – 737M

12 (11) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 735M
13 (13) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 729M
14 (14) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 699M
15 (16) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 671M
16 (15) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 641M
17 (17) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 619M
18 (19) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 607M
19 (18) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 603M
20 (20) AC/DC – Back In Black – 603M
21 (23) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 602M
22 (22) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 601M
23 (21) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 596M
24 (26) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 585M
25 (24) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 581M
26 (29) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 569M
27 (25) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 566M
28 (28) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 557M
29 (27) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 555M
30 (31) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 553M

31 (33) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 539M

32 (35) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 537M
33 (32) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 536M
34 (34) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 533M

35 (38) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 510M

36 (40) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 507M
37 (37) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 505M
38 (36) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 504M
39 (39) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 501M
40 (42) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 499M
41 (41) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 498M

42 (30) WHAM – Last Christmas – 497M

43 (52) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 492M
44 (44) THE CRANBERRIES – Zombie – 490M
45 (46) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 482M
46 (48) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 482M
47 (43) TLC – No Scrubs – 480M
48 (51) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 479M
49 (45) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 476M
50 (49) AEROSMITH – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – 476M
51 (47) THE VERVE – Bitterswet Symphony – 471M
52 (54) COOLIO – Gangsta’s Paradise – 471M
53 (53) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 465M
54 (55) LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven – 461M
55 (50) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back – 459M

56 (57) U2 – With Or Without You – 454M

57 (new) QUEEN – Somebody To Love – 453M

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– (-) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 449.8M
– (56) GREEN DAY – Basket Case – 449M
– (-) BLINK-182 – All The Smalls Things – 446M

– (-) BON JOVI – You Give Love A Bad Name – 442M

– (-) BOB MARLEY – Three Little Birds – 442M

– (-) VAN MORRISON – Brown Eyed Girl – 439M

Obviously Mariah and Wham drops down the list, they're expected to climb again in December 🙂
One of the big climbers is the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" up from #52 to #43 in less than 6 months! On the list below you can see it's in the top 20 so far this year.

Top 20 songs of the first half of 2020 (since jan 2nd 2020):
1 QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 165.6M
2 QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 126.1M
3 QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 112.6M
4 THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 110.8M
5 AHA – Take On Me – 107.7M
6 QUEEN – Under Pressure – 107.3M
7 JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 106.3M
8 OASIS – Wonderwall – 105.9M
9 THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 105.9M
10 TOTO – Africa – 104.8M
11 GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 99.8M
12 NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 94.0M
13 BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 92.4M
14 BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 92.3M
15 AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 91.2M
16 AC/DC – Back In Black – 89.4M
17 EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 87.8M
18 THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 87.1M
19 AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 84.0M
20 QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 83.4M

Other than "Here comes the Sun" it's mainly the top 20-25 residents marching on. MJ's "Billie Jean" and the Chili Peppers are abscent though.

Thomas - don't forget David Bowie's equal share of Under Pressure

Hi Chartmasters!
In the next few weeks a couple of classic songs will hit 1 billion streams on Spotify: Wonderwall, Lose Yourself and Don't Stop Me Now. Will you be celibrating this feat? A countdown, an insightful article or a new study would be appreciated

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/daryl-hall-and-john-oates-on-classic-you-make-my-dreams-hitting-one-billion-streams-its-stood-the-test-of-time__31161/
Have we missed this one? Or is it just me?

I see Wonderwall by Oasis 1,000,511,397, has become the 2nd track from the 20th century and the 3rd released pre Spotify, to pass 1 Billion streams.

Thanx! Yeah I didn't notice that. It's got almost 487M plays on Spotify alone!

As Martin pointed out a few weeks ago "Wonderwall" became the 2nd song to pass 1B plays on Spotify. Now Queen have put another song in that small club with "Don't Stop Me Now".
The TikTok-viral "Dreams" becomes the first Fleetwood Mac song to pass 500M plays!

Here’s an update to the list of the top pre-2000 songs on Spotify.
54 songs are now above the 500M mark.
(#) indicates ranking as of July 3rd 2020.
As of Oct 19th:
1 (1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 1409M
2 (2) OASIS – Wonderwall – 1008M
3 (3) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 1001M
4 (4) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 931M
5 (5) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 886M
6 (6) TOTO – Africa – 876M
7 (9) AHA – Take On Me – 841M
8 (7) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 840M
9 (8) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 835M
10 (12) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 799M
11 (13) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 799M
12 (11) QUEEN/BOWIE – Under Pressure – 798M
13 (10) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 774M
14 (14) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 753M
15 (15) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 737M
16 (16) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 687M
17 (20) AC/DC – Back In Black – 667M
18 (17) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 664M
19 (22) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 659M
20 (18) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 658M
21 (21) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 657M
22 (19) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 646M
23 (23) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 644M
24 (24) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 640M
25 (25) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 627M
26 (26) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 624M
27 (27) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 603M
28 (30) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 600M
29 (28) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 600M
30 (29) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 593M
31 (31) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 586M
32 (32) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 586M
33 (33) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 577M
34 (34) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 576M
35 (35) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 557M
36 (36) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 551M
37 (39) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 546M
38 (40) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 545M
39 (43) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 544M
40 (37) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 544M
41 (41) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 541M
42 (38) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 540M
43 (44) THE CRANBERRIES – Zombie – 532M
44 (48) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 532M
45 (46) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 530M
46 (45) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 526M
47 (52) COOLIO – Gangsta’s Paradise – 518M
48 (50) AEROSMITH – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – 514M
49 (47) TLC – No Scrubs – 513M
50 (49) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 511M
51 (42) WHAM – Last Christmas – 507M
52 (51) THE VERVE – Bitterswet Symphony – 506M
53 (53) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 504M
54 (-) FLEETWOOD MAC - Dreams - 501M

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55 (54) LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven – 499.5M
56 (56) U2 – With Or Without You – 492M
57 (58) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 489M
58 (55) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back – 488M
59 (-) HALL AND OATES – You Make My Dreams – 487M
60 (57) QUEEN – Somebody To Love – 487M
61 (59) GREEN DAY – Basket Case – 481M

As You can see Led Zeppelin is also about to get their first 500M track on Spotify. The 1971 classic "Stairway to Heaven" is not the oldest track to join the club though. That's Marvin Gaye's "Ain't No Mountain" from 1967. (Here Comes the Sun, Fortunate Son and Have You Ever Seen the Rain are also older than "Stairway")

But at 8:02 min. "Stairway" is by far the LONGEST catalog song to pass 500M. In fact of the 54 songs above the 500M mark only three are over 6 min. long (Paradise City 6:45, Hotel California 6:31 and Nothing Else Matters 6:28) Guns N Roses are likely to reclaim that record next year though, as the 8:56 min. "November Rain" has 443M plays.

Guns N Roses' "Appetite for Destruction" recently became the first pre-2000 album with three 500M+ songs on Spotify. And MJ's "Thriller" the first with four 200M+ songs.

Here are the top albums based on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th biggest song.

Ranking based on 2nd biggest song:
1. Nevermind (Come as You Are - 575.9M)
2. Metallica (Nothing Else Matters - 556.7M)
3. Appetite for Destruction (Welcome to the Jungle - 543.9M)
4. Slippery When Wet (You Give Love a Bad Name - 478.8M)
5. Back in Black (You Shook Me All Night Long - 467.8M)

Ranking based on 3rd biggest song:
1. Appetite for Destruction (Paradise City - 504.4M)
2. Rumours (The Chain - 434.2M)
3. Dr. Dre 2001 (Forgot About Dre - 360.0M)
4. Californication (Scar Tissue - 359.5M)
5. Thriller (Thriller - 345.5M)

Ranking based on 4th biggest song:
1 - Thriller (P.Y.T. - 205.9M)
2 - Dr. Dre 2001 (What's the Difference - 187.6M)
3 - Ten (Jeremy - 183.3M)
4 - Back in Black (Hells Bells - 174.7M)
5 - Exodus (Waiting in Vain - 163.2M)

Ranking based on 5th biggest song:
1 - Dr. Dre 2001 (Xxplosive - 119.9M)
2 - Bad (Dirty Diana - 111.7M)
3 - Rumours (Never Going Back Again - 110.8M)
4 - All Eyez on Me (Only God Can Judge Me - 107.4M)
5 - Thriller (Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - 107.0M)

Ranking based on 6th biggest song:
1 - Thriller (Human Nature - 98.3M)
2 - Dark Side of the Moon (Brain Damage - 94.9M)
3 - All Eyez on Me (How Do You Want It - 83.9M)
4 - Nevermind - (Something in the Way - 83.6M)
5 - Bad (I Just Can't Stop Loving You - 83.0M)

I really enjoy your posts.

Thanks!

It seems peoples need to find some happiness amongst all this Covid gloom, led to Christmas songs being streamed from an earlier point this year and in far, far greater numbers than in previous years, with many tracks recording some outstanding streaming figures over the past 3 or so months.

On the back of this, Mariah Careys All I Want For Christmas Is You has passed 1B on Spotify, it's 11 versions now total 1,001,941,051. It has added approximately 253m streams since January, around 21m between Jan-Sep, around 10m in October and around 222m in Nov and Dec (so far).

Here’s an update to the list of the top pre-2000 songs on Spotify.
65 songs are now above the 500M mark.

(#) indicates ranking as of Jan 2nd 2020.

As of Jan 2nd 2021:
1 (1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 1468M
2 (2) OASIS – Wonderwall – 1054M
3 (3) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 1053M
4 (5) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 1010M
5 (4) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 977M
6 (6) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 929M
7 (7) TOTO – Africa – 918M
8 (10) AHA – Take On Me – 890M
9 (8) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 885M
10 (9) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 877M
11 (14) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 847M
12 (11) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 840M
13 (12) QUEEN/BOWIE – Under Pressure – 835M
14 (13) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 795M
15 (16) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 786M
16 (15) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 718M
17 (20) AC/DC – Back In Black – 714M
18 (23) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 702M
19 (30) WHAM – Last Christmas – 695M
20 (17) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 695M
21 (22) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 695M
22 (19) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 694M
23 (21) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 681M
24 (27) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 677M
25 (18) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 676M
26 (29) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 664M
27 (24) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 656M
28 (31) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 634M
29 (28) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 630M
30 (25) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 626M
31 (34) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 620M
32 (33) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 619M
33 (26) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 615M
34 (35) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 608M
35 (32) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 604M
36 (-) FLEETWOOD MAC – Dreams – 604M
37 (38) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 587M
38 (39) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 581M
39 (51) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 579M
40 (40) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 577M
41 (43) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 575M
42 (41) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 571M
43 (37) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 571M
44 (47) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 566M
45 (36) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 565M
46 (50) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 565M
47 (-) THE CRANBERRIES – Zombie – 565M
48 (45) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 556M
49 (53) COOLIO – Gangsta’s Paradise – 554M
50 (48) AEROSMITH – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – 540M
51 (44) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 535M
52 (42) TLC – No Scrubs – 534M
53 (52) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 531M
54 (46) THE VERVE – Bitterswet Symphony – 528M
55 (-) LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven – 527M
56 (-) QUEEN – Somebody To Love – 527M
57 (-) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 519M
58 (-) U2 – With Or Without You – 517M
59 (-) HALL AND OATES – You Make My Dreams – 509M
60 (49) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back – 507M
61 (-) GREEN DAY – Basket Case – 504M
62 (-) BON JOVI – You Give Love a Bad Name – 503M
63 (-) BLINK-182 – All the Small Things – 503M
64 (-) ELTON JOHN – Rocket Man – 503M
65 (-) VAN MORRISON – Brown Eyed Girl – 500M
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- AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long – 499M
- BOB MARLEY – Three Little Birds – 499M
- MICHAEL JACKSON – Beat It – 494M

As Martin pointed out last week Christmas songs rocked this year. Mariah joins the 1B club and jumps to #4 on the list. Wham also makes a big jump into the top 20. And maybe next Christmas watch out for Brenda Lee (459M!).

The biggest new entry is Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" at #36 - thanks to TikTok of course.
Other climbers include A-Ha, the Eagles, AC/DC and the Beatles. The latter climbing 12 spots from #51-39.

The Top 20 gains since Jan 2nd 2020:
1 Queen – Bo Rhap – 315M
2 Mariah – Xmas – 261M
3 Queen – Don’t Stop 254M
4 Aha – Take On Me – 228M
5 Police – Breath – 226M
6 Eagles – Hotel Cali – 224M
7 Queen – Another One – 221M
8 Journey – Don’t Stop – 220M
9 Oasis – Wonderwall – 219M
10 Wham - Last Xmas - 211M
11 Toto – Africa – 210M
12 Queen/Bowie – Under Pressure – 206M
13 GnR – Sweet Child – 203M
14 AC/DC – BIB – 200M
15 Nirvana – Smells Like – 198M
16 Earth, Wind – September – 192M
17 AC/DC – Highway – 192M
18 Backstreet Boys – I Want – 185M
19 Bon Jovi - Prayer - 184M
20 AC/DC - Thunder - 179M

I don't have the exact number for Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams", but it was about 350M last January, so an increase of around 255M!

While Queen is still very visible in this top 20, they are not as dominant any more. In the list for 18/19 gains they occupied the top 3 and had 6 in the top 20.
With 171M MJ's "Billie Jean" is outside the top 20 of 2020.

34 (35) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 608M
In case you wonder. Last year I put this at #44 by mistake. I somehow missed the unplugged version. #35 should be correct.

Bee Gees' "Stayin Alive" is also at 499M! I realized there is a 27.5M version on the soundtrack.

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 60s:
(As of 2-3/1/2021)

1 (1) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 603.9M

2 (3) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 578.9M

3 (2) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 556.2M
4 (5) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 518.9M
5 (4) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back – 506.9M
6 (6) VAN MORRSION – Brown Eyed Girl – 500.3M
7 (7) THE ANIMALS – House of the Rising Sun – 470.8M
8 (9) BEN E. KING – Stand By Me – 459.0M
9 (8) THE TEMPTATIONS – My Girl – 451.8M
10 (11) ELVIS PRESLEY – Can’t Help Falling in Love – 403.6M
11 (-) ANDY WILLIAMS - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - 399.0M
12 (10) JIMI HENDRIX – All Along the Watchtower – 396.4M
13 (13) THE BEATLES – Come Together – 378.9M
14 (12) ROLLING STONES – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – 370.1M
15 (-) THE BEATLES – Hey Jude – 351.9M
16 (15) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bad Moon Rising – 349.0M
17 (-) FRANK SINATRA – Fly Me to the Moon – 341.0M
18 (-) NEIL DIAMOND – Sweet Caroline – 333.6M
19 (14) SIMON & GARFUNKEL – The Sound of Silence – 332.0M
20 (-) SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Mrs. Robinson – 323.6M

The last 60s list I posted was a top 15 from March 23rd 2020. I've expanded it to a top 20. Let me know if I miss any.

"Here Comes the Sun" moves a step closer to the top and with this pace it should claim #1 later in 2021.
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams is the big new entry. I don't know if it should've been included in March already.
"The Sound of Silence" drop 5 spots to #19, due to just 51.9M plays since March.

Here are the top 10 since 23/3/2020, although Andy WIlliams' Christmas tune should probably be in there somewhere.

1 Beatles - Sun - 138,0M
2 CCR - Fortunate - 110.7M
3 Marvin Gaye - Mountain - 104,6M
4 Stones - Black - 102.8M
5 Morrison - Brown - 94.0M
6 Ben E. - Stand By - 92.3M
7 Animals - House - 90.4M
8 Elvis - Falling - 90.1M
9 Beatles - Together - 84.6M
10 Beatles - Jude - 81.2M

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 70s:
(As of 2/1/2021)

1 (1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 1467.9M
2 (2) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 1052.9M
3 (4) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 847.3M
4 (3) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 839.9M
5 (6) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 701.6M
6 (5) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 694.0M
7 (7) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 681.0M
8 (8) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 614.8M
9 (19) FLEETWOOD MAC – Dreams – 603.8M
10 (10) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 575.2M
11 (9) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 571.1M
12 (11) LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven – 527.0M
13 (12) QUEEN – Somebody To Love – 526.8M
14 (14) ELTON JOHN – Rocket Man – 502.9M
15 (13) BOB MARLEY – Three Little Birds – 498.8M
16 (18) BEE GEES – Stayin’ Alive – 498.5M (as of 3/1/2021)
17 (17) PINK FLOYD – Wish You Were Here – 482.7M
18 (-) FLEETWOOD MAC – Go Your Own Way – 480.7M
19 (15) QUEEN – We Are the Champions – 474.0M
20 (-) FLEETWOOD MAC – The Chain – 469.3M

Top 10 since the list from March 24th 2020:

1 Queen - Bo Rhap - 236.9M
2 Fleetwood - Dreams - 224.7M
3 Queen - Stop - 196.2M
4 Eagles - California - 177.1M
5 Earth - September - 153,8M
6 AC/DC - HTH - 150.0M
7 Lynyrd - Alabama - 131.9M
8 Queen - WWRY - 129.7M
9 Bee Gees - 117.7M
10 CCR - Rain - 117.1M

Obviously the big climber here is Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams", which went viral due to TikTok this year. It jumps from #19-9, and is 2nd to Bo Rhap only in this time frame.
The renewed popularity in Fleetwood Mac also alllowed "Go Your Own Way" and "The Chain" to enter the top 20. All three tracks are from the 1977 classic "Rumours".

They push Aerosmith's "Dream On" (461M) and Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" (449.8M) out of the list.

Another jumper on the list is "Stayin' Alive" (#18-16), but that is mainly because the 27.5M version on the soundtrack was missing last time around.

Queen's "Somebody to Love" also gained 16.2M from a feature on a GH set by George Michael that I didn't include previously. Almost enough to pass Zeppelin, but not quite.

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 80s:
(As of 2/1/2021)

1 (1) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 977.2M
2 (2) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 929.1M
3 (3) TOTO – Africa – 918.0M
4 (5) AHA – Take On Me – 889.6M
5 (4) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 876.6M
6 (6) QUEEN – Under Pressure – 835.3M
7 (7) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 795.1M
8 (8) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 786.1M
9 (9) AC/DC – Back In Black – 713.8M
10 (13) WHAM – Last Christmas – 695.4M
11 (11) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 677.2M
12 (10) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 656.2M
13 (12) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 618.8M
14 (15) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 577.0M
15 (14) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 571.0M
16 (16) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 565.8M
17 (17) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 565.2M
18 (18) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 531.5M
19 (19) U2 – With Or Without You – 517.2M
20 (-) HALL & OATES – You Make My Dreams – 509.1M

Journey still tops the 80s list, soon becoming the first 80s track with 1B+ plays on Spotify.

Top 10 since March 24th 2020:

1 Wham - Xmas - 202.9M
2 A-ha - Take - 180.1M
3 Police - Breath - 175,7M
4 Journey - Believin' - 173,4M
5 Queen - Dust - 168.8M
6 Toto - Africa - 163.3M
7 AC/DC - BIB - 158.8M
8 GnR - Child - 156.3M
9 Queen - Pressure - 155.9M
10 Bon Jovi - Prayer - 141.7M

The big mover since March 2020 is Wham's Last Xmas, however on the full calendar year A-ha, Police, Journey & Queen still tops it.
So the big mover is really A-ha, topping GnR for #4 spot overall, while gaining a bit on the top 3 as well.
GnR still have an impressive three tracks from their debut album "Appetite for Destruction" on the list (similar to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours on the 70s list)

The only new entry is Hall & Oates "You Make My Dreams" at #20. We missed it previously as Freek kindly pointed out a few months ago.
It pushes Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" (502.9M) out of the list.

AC/DC's YSMANL (498.8M) and MJ's Beat It (493.5M) are both still lurking outside the list too.

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 90s:
(As of 2/1/2021)

1 (1) OASIS – Wonderwall – 1053.8M
2 (2) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 1009.5M
3 (3) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 885.1M
4 (4) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 718.1M
5 (5) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 695.3M
6 (7) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 695.1M
7 (6) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 676.5M
8 (9) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 663.6M
9 (11) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 633.8M
10 (10) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 629.9M
11 (8) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 626.5M
12 (13) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 620.1M
13 (12) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 607.6M
14 (15) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 586.6M
15 (16) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 581.3M
16 (14) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 565.3M
17 (17)THE CRANBERRIES – Zombie – 565.1M
18 (-) COOLIO – Gangsta's Paradise – 553.9M
19 (20) AEROSMITH – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – 540.3M
20 (19) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 535.4M

Oasis still tops the 90s list, although Mariah made a real run for it this December. No changes in the top 5, but Backstreet Boys is knocking on the door.

AC/DC makes the top 20 (top 10 even) for the 3rd straight decade (also 70's & 80s). The only artist to do so.

Coolio makes the list this time, pushing TLC's 1999 hit "No Scrubs" (534.0M) out. It actually seems like apart from Backstreet Boys, the late 90s hits are strugling. Goo Goo Dolls (1998), Smash Mouth (1999) and Foo Fighters (1997) drops a few spots, and 9 of these top 10 tracks since March 23rd 2020 are from the early 90s:

1 Mariah - Xmas - 252.6M
2 Oasis - Wonder - 170.0M
3 Nirvana - Spirit - 154.9M
4 BB - That Way - 143.3M
5 AC/DC - Thunder - 140.7M
6 Metallica - Sandman - 124.5M
7 Radiohead - Creep - 123.7M
8 Metallica - Nothing - 117.4M
9 R.E.M. - Religion - 116.9M
10 RHCP - Bridge - 116.5M

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 00s:
(As of 3/1/2021)

1 (1) JASON MRAZ – I’m Yours – 1135.2M
2 (2) EMINEM – Lose Yourself– 1047.6M
3 (3) THE KILLERS – Mr. Brightside – 1045.4M
4 (4) COLDPLAY – The Scientist – 997.9M
5 (5) EMINEM – Till I Collapse – 973.0M
6 (6) MAROON 5 – She Will Be Loved – 936.3M
7 (8) LINKIN PARK – In the End – 915.6M
8 (7) BEYONCÉ – Halo – 905.4M
9 (9) COLDPLAY – Viva La Vida – 884.7M
10 (13) COLDPLAY – Yellow – 788.3M
11 (12) COLDPLAY – Fix You – 781.0M
12 (11) THE WHITE STRIPES – Seven Nation Army – 776.5M
13 (14) LINKIN PARK – Numb – 773.3M
14 (10) KANYE WEST – Stronger – 764.9M
15 (15) TRAIN – Hey, Soul Sister – 751.1M
16 (18) EMINEM – Without Me – 729.2M
17 (20) SHAKIRA – Hips Don’t Lie – 717.2M
18 (17) THE FRAY – How to Save a Life – 712.3M
19 (16) BEYONCÉ – Crazy in Love – 706.1M
20 (19) SNOW PATROL – Chasing Cars – 701.3M

Jason Mraz holds off the competetion, slightly extending his lead on the rest.
Still, if Linkin Parks's Numb was combined with the Numb/Encore (538.8M) mash-up it would top the list with 1312.1M.

Kanye drops from #10-14 due to just 104.2M plays since March - the lowest of all 20 tracks.

The top 10 since March 23rd 2020:

1 Mraz - Yours - 185.8M
2 Killers - Mr. B - 175.4M
3 Linkin - End - 172.0M
4 Coldplay - Scientist - 160.6M
5 Maroon 5 - Loved - 160.2M
6 Coldplay - Vida - 158.8M
7 Eminem - Lose - 157.1M
8 Eminem - Collapse - 153.7M
9 Coldplay - Yellow - 151.6M
10 Eminem - Without - 143.1M

3 from Coldplay and 3 from Eminem in that list, but maybe a bit disappointing that Eminem has none in the top 6?

Top 20 since March 23rd/24th across the decades:

1 Mariah – Xmas – 252.6M
2 Queen – Bo Rhap – 236.9M
3 Fleetwood – Dreams – 224.7M
4 Wham – Xmas – 202.9M
5 Queen – Stop – 196.2M
6 Mraz – Yours – 185.8M
7 A-ha – Take – 180.1M
8 Eagles – California – 177.1M
9 Police – Breath – 175,7M
10 Killers – Mr. B – 175.4M
11 Journey – Believin’ – 173,4M
12 Linkin – End – 172.0M
13 Oasis – Wonder – 170.0M
14 Queen – Dust – 168.8M
15 Toto – Africa – 163.3M
16 Coldplay – Scientist – 160.6M
17 Maroon 5 – Loved – 160.2M
18 AC/DC – BIB – 158.8M
18 Coldplay – Vida – 158.8M
20 Eminem – Lose – 157.1M

The 2 Xmas benefits from missing the early part of 2020. Bo Rhap is the year #1.
None from the 60s (Here Comes the Sun 138M). 4 from the 70s, 7 from the 80s, 2 from the 90s and 7 from the 00s.

I missed ABBA's "Dancing Queen" - should be #19 with 478.4M.

Out of the Blue Mr. Blue Sky 473,963,123
Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of ELO Mr. Blue Sky 9,825,371
ELO Live Mr. Blue Sky - Live 1,078,434
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Wembley or Bust Mr. Blue Sky 768,556

Total = 485,635,484

On another note, one slight issue I've always had, is whether or not Another Brick In The Wall by Floyd should have three separate totals for Parts I, II & III or just one total.