In my humble opinion, this paragraph is no longer relevant: “Ed Sheeran reigns supreme with a pair of songs from Divide, owning the most streamed song on Spotify with Shape of You while Perfect closes an all-2017 podium.” because the weeknd Dominique greatly this chart with 5 songs, including 4 in the top 15, 3 in the top 10 and 2 in the top 5. An update of the page would be nice to see, thank you. But also, like the song "despasito", "save your tears" from the weekend has greatly exceeded billions of streams, for both versions.

Crazy how Blinding Lights still ain't surpassed Shape of You. Ed Sheeran is the greatest, in fact.

Cruel Summer is missing from the list. The main version alone would place it at 45th.

Numb by Linkin Park is currently listed at #21 with almost 3.2B streams, that include 1.1B streams by the Numb/Encore mash-up with Jay-Z.
My question is, should mash-ups count towards the total of both original songs?

I also wonder if orphans and features are automatically included in these totals? Quite often these are covers or karaoke versions not by the original artists, admittedly usually quite small versions.

@thomas-christiansen if you don't mind I'm putting here your list of most streamed legacy songs so that people can comment!

The updated list of top pre-2000 songs on Spotify:

(#) indicates ranking as of Jan 2nd 2024.

As of Jan 2nd 2025:
1 (1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 2812M
2 (4) AHA – Take On Me – 2411M
3 (7) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 2392M
4 (2) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 2373M
5 (3) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 2325M
6 (5) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 2278M
7 (8) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 2257M
8 (6) OASIS – Wonderwall – 2221M
9 (20) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 2117M
10 (10) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 2114M
11 (9) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 2091M
12 (16) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 2034M
13 (13) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 2018M
14 (12) TOTO – Africa – 2005M
15 (14) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 2001M
16 (15) COOLIO – Gangsta’s Paradise – 1993M
17 (11) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 1976M

18 (18) FLEETWOOD MAC – Dreams – 1955M

19 (21) TEARS FOR FEARS – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 1948M
20 (19) WHAM – Last Christmas – 1876M
21 (27) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 1859M
22 (24) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 1851M
23 (23) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 1813M
24 (17) QUEEN/BOWIE – Under Pressure – 1809M
25 (22) AC/DC – Back In Black – 1776M
26 (25) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 1744M
27 (29) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 1648M
28 (33) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 1647M
29 (28) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 1614M
30 (31) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 1612M
31 (36) BEE GEES – Stayin’ Alive – 1602M
32 (43) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 1596M
33 (26) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 1595M
34 (35) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 1591M
35 (32) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 1572M
36 (34) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 1554M
37 (30) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 1546M
38 (39) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 1537M
39 (46) ABBA – Dancing Queen – 1530M
40 (44) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 1522M
41 (38) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 1509M
42 (45) THE CRANBERRIES – Zombie – 1475M
43 (42) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 1469M
44 (37) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 1439M
45 (41) BRENDA LEE – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – 1437M
46 (47) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 1400M
47 (59) AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long – 1386M
48 (54) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 1379M
49 (48) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 1378M
50 (51) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 1376M
51 (49) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 1357M
52 (62) CYNDI LAUPER – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – 1336M
53 (52) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 1330M
54 (50) KATE BUSH – Running Up That Hill – 1327M
55 (58) MICHAEL JACKSON – Beat It – 1300M
56 (55) AEROSMITH – Dream On – 1289M
57 (53) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 1287M
58 (56) NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – Hypnotize – 1274M
59 (–) ELTON JOHN – I’m Still Standing – 1269M
60 (61) ICE CUBE – It Was a Good Day – 1265M
61 (–) BLINK-182 – All the Small Things – 1263M
62 (57) FLEETWOOD MAC – The Chain – 1262M
63 (–) BLACK SABBATH – Paranoid – 1260M
64 (–) BON JOVI – You Give Love a Bad Name – 1258M
65 (–) TLC – No Scrubs – 1251M

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– (–) VAN MORRISON – Brown Eyed Girl – 1250M
– (–) BEN E KING – Stand By Me – 1247M
– (–) GREEN DAY – Basket Case – 1237M
– (–) GEORGE MICHAEL – Careless Whisper – 1237M
– (61) ELTON JOHN – Rocket Man – 1230M
– (63) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 1215M
– (–) BOBBY HELMS – Jingle Bell Rock – 1214M
– (60) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 1213M
– (–) THE CLASH – Should I Stay or Should I Go – 1200M
– (–) THE VERVE – Bitterswet Symphony – 1191M
– (–) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 1187M
– (–) KISS – I Was Made For Loving You – 1185M
– (64) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 1181M

So 65 songs are now above 1.25 billion plays (Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” is just short).
One year ago 64 songs topped the 1 billion mark. With 120 (on my count) that number has almost doubled by now.

Top 20 of 2024:
1 Goo Goo Dolls – Iris – 632M
2 Police – Breath – 580M
3 Aha – Take On Me – 532M
4 CCR – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 527M
5 Radiohead – Creep – 502M
6 Journey – Don’t Stop – 492M
7 Tears for Fears – Rule the World – 490M
8 Fleetwood Mac – Dreams – 447M
9 Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise – 437M
10 Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 436M
11 Michael Jackson – Billie Jean 417M
12 Queen – Don’t Stop 417M
13 AC/DC – Highway to Hell – 415M
14 Mariah – Xmas – 409M
15 CCR – Fortunate Son – 405M
16 Nirvana – Smells Like – 405M
17 GnR – Sweet Child – 392M
18 Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams – 384M
19 Toto – Africa – 383M
20 Wham – Xmas – 382M

(21 ABBA – Dancing Queen – 381M)
(22 Bon Jovi – Living On a Prayer – 373M)
(23 AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 373M)

A lot of big ones this year! In 2023 only 4 tracks (by Tears for Fears, Radiohead, A-ha and Police) were over 400M. In 2024 that number is 16!
5 huge ones are above 500M in 2024, in 2023 Tears for Fears was #1 with ‘just’ 476M.

Biggest of all in 2024 was the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” with 632M, thanks to the Deadpool movie.
It thus skyrockets from #20 to #9 on the all time chart!

Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” lost the battle for second spot to both A-ha and the Police, dropping #2-4. Queen’s “Another One” (#9-11), “Under Pressure” (#17-24) and “WWRY” (#38-41) also drops.

Bo Rhap is still #1 of course, but maybe not forever! It still leads #2 by 400M, but in 2024 it ‘only’ did 336M – not even in the top 30 of the year. That’s about 200M less than A-ha and almost 250M less than the Police!

The Eagles “Hotel California” makes a big drop from #11-17 due to ‘just’ 320M in 2024.

Winners include CCR. Their two songs climb #27-21 and #43-32 respectively. AC/DC’s “YSMANL” climbs 59-47 (HTH tops BIB for AC/DC #1), Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls” climb 62-52 and with 342M in 2024 Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” enter the list at #59.

& thanks for the list Thomas! It's crazy to see that these songs still added 25% ish of their release to date total, now that streams have been significant for a decade. It also looks like the ranking is 'normalizing' itself, overly present artists are slowing down, while songs that weren't obvious go-by tracks on playlists at first (say Backstreet Boys' song) have climbed up once they proved their strenght through the years.

Also kinda amusing to see Christmas songs going down. At every Christmas season they feel bigger and bigger, but this list gives a more accurate view of the situation, and in fact remaining songs increased more in 2024!

Posted by: @thomas-christiansen

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Numb by Linkin Park is currently listed at #21 with almost 3.2B streams, that include 1.1B streams by the Numb/Encore mash-up with Jay-Z.
My question is, should mash-ups count towards the total of both original songs?

I also wonder if orphans and features are automatically included in these totals? Quite often these are covers or karaoke versions not by the original artists, admittedly usually quite small versions.

We include songs credited to the artist by Spotify, it does happen that some orcherstra versions or so do not include the original artist, but these usually have very tiny streams, in the thousands.

To be honest we do not have a clear mind on Numb, it's such a tricky case. It's the same for Al If I remember well. If you ask me if they should be merged, I may say yes in a day and no the following one! 🤔 

Posted by: @mjd

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@thomas-christiansen if you don't mind I'm putting here your list of most streamed legacy songs so that people can comment!

Of course, thanks!

Posted by: @mjd

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Also kinda amusing to see Christmas songs going down. At every Christmas season they feel bigger and bigger, but this list gives a more accurate view of the situation, and in fact remaining songs increased more in 2024! 

It seem a bit up and down for the Xmas songs. Last Xmas (pun intended ) they seemed to go up the ranks, this year they go down. In 2023 three Xmas songs were in the year-end top 13 (Mariah, Brenda & WHAM). In 2024 none of them were in the year-end top 13. Mariah was #14, but that might actually be helped by this "missing" version:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0nKHvC7G3rOawBNOzFM0lu

I'm not sure I included that 27M version before - it's not in the streaming tool database. Without it she would be at 382M in 2024, like WHAM at #20.

Posted by: @mjd

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We include songs credited to the artist by Spotify, it does happen that some orcherstra versions or so do not include the original artist, but these usually have very tiny streams, in the thousands.

To be honest we do not have a clear mind on Numb, it's such a tricky case. It's the same for Al If I remember well. If you ask me if they should be merged, I may say yes in a day and no the following one! 🤔 

I exclude mash-ups and medleys in my lists. Mash-Ups like Numb/Encore & Nothing Else Matter/F*CKING SOCIETY. Medleys like Bohemain Rhapsody/Radio Gaga & Here Comes the Sun/Inner Light.

I try to determine if orphans are legit or not. Like Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine" has a 2.84M version that is not (David Garrett cover)

Same with features. I've excluded Megan thee Stallion's version of We Will Rock You. She samples it, and they get a credit. Eminem samples Dream On in Sing for the Moment, but Aerosmith doesn't get a credit. But it's a bit of a jungle.

If I'm unable to determine if a version is legit, I exclude it.

SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 60s:

As of 2/1/2025 (rank 2/1/23)

1 (3) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 1596.4M

2 (2) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 1537.3M

3 (1) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 1521.8M

4 (4) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 1379.3M

5 (6) VAN MORRSION – Brown Eyed Girl – 1249.6M

6 (7) BEN E. KING – Stand By Me – 1247.4M

7 (10) THE TEMPTATIONS – My Girl – 1080.0M

8 (8) THE ANIMALS – House of the Rising Sun – 1064.3M

9 (11) ELVIS PRESLEY – Can’t Help Falling in Love – 1063.4M

10 (12) ANDY WILLIAMS – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – 1024.7M

11 (15) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bad Moon Rising – 1022.5M

12 (20) THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS – California Dreamin’ – 1013.5M

13 (9) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back – 1008.9M

14 (–) OTIS REDDING – Sitting On the Dock of the Bay – 901.1M (4/1/25)

15 (13) THE BEATLES – Come Together – 821.9M (4/1/25)

16 (16) ROLLING STONES – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – 815.3M (4/1/25)

17 (17) NEIL DIAMOND – Sweet Caroline – 798.2M (4/1/25)

18 (19) FRANK SINATRA – Fly Me to the Moon – 761.8M (4/1/25)

19 (14) JIMI HENDRIX – All Along the Watchtower – 756.1M (4/1/25)

20 (18) THE BEATLES – Hey Jude – 752.4M (4/1/25)

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– (–) THE BEATLES – Yesterday – 732.0M (4/1/25)

The Beatles no longer have the biggest song of the 60s. "Here Comes the Sun" is overtaken by both Creedence's "Fortunate Son" and Marvin Gaye's "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough". Furthermore, their "Come Together" is down #13-15 and "Hey Jude" is #18-20. The good news is "Yesterday" had a healthy 24 months and closes in on the top 20 (#24-21).

Two years ago Burl Ives' Xmas song  was a new entry at #5. Turns out that was a glitch in the database. 

This year Otis Redding has a new entry at #14 with "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay". 

Here are the top 10 of 2023+2024:

1 CCR – Fortunate – 700.0M

2 Marvin Gaye – Mountain – 618.2M

3 Beatles – Sun – 579.4M

4 Stones – Black – 552.0M

5 Morrison – Brown Eyed – 495.7M

6 Ben E. – Stand By – 494.9M

7 Mamas & Papas – 484.1M

8 CCR - Bad Moon - 453.7M

9 Temptations – My Girl – 401.3M

10 Elvis – Falling – 400.7M

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– Otis – Sitting On  – 351.5M (since 28/4/2023!!)

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 70s:

As of 2/1/2025 (rank 1/1/23)

1 (1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 2812.3M

2 (2) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 2372.8M

3 (4) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 2000.5M

4 (3) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 1975.9M

5 (5) FLEETWOOD MAC – Dreams – 1955.5M

6 (10) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 1859.2M

7 (6) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 1851.3M

8 (12) BEE GEES – Stayin’ Alive – 1602.2M

9 (13) ABBA – Dancing Queen – 1529.9M

10 (8) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 1509.0M

11 (7) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 1438.9M

12 (11) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 1378.4M

13 (20) AEROSMITH – Dream On – 1288.5M

14 (16) FLEETWOOD MAC – The Chain – 1262.1M

15 (–) BLACK SABBATH – Paranoid – 1259.6M

16 (15) ELTON JOHN – Rocket Man – 1230.4M

17 (14) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 1187.3M

18 (–) KISS – I Was Made for Loving You – 1184.5M

19 (–) BOB MARLEY – Three Little Birds – 1146.9M

20 (–) BILL WITHERS – Ain't No Sunshine – 1121.4M

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– (–) FLEETWOOD MAC – Go Your Own Way – 1106.3M

– (17) LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven – 1094.5M

– (18) ELO – Mr. Blue Sky – 1065.1M

– (19) QUEEN – Somebody To Love – 1034.1M

Queen still hold the top two songs of the 70s. But WWRY drops 2 spots (#8-10) and Somebody To Love is out.

Two years ago Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" entered at #9. That was due to a glitch in the database. This year Black Sabbath, Kiss and Bill Withers have new entries. Marley’s "Three Little Birds" re-enter (#22-19).

Top 10 in 2023+2024:

1 CCR – Rain – 906.3M

2 Fleetwood – Dreams – 798.7M

3 Queen – Stop – 773.5M

4 Bee Gees – Stayin’ – 712.3M

5 AC/DC – HTH – 701.6M

6 Earth – September – 700.2M

7 Queen – Bo Rhap – 680.0M

8 ABBA – Dancing Queen – 668.1M

9 Eagles – California – 614.3M

10 Black Sabbath – Paranoid – 543.5M

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– Bill Withers  – Sunshine – 509.8M (since 28/4/2023!!)

HUGE number film CCR! Hence the climb from #10-6. We also see why Sabbath is the highest new entry on the list (#15). The part two years "Paranoid" was the 10th biggest song of the 70s.

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 80s:

As of 2/1/2025 (rank 1/1/23)

1 (3) AHA – Take On Me – 2411.4M

2 (5) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 2391.5M

3 (1) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 2257.3M

4 (4) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 2113.9M

5 (2) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 2091.5M

6 (7) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 2017.9M

7 (6) TOTO – Africa – 2004.7M

8 (13) TEARS FOR FEARS – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 1948.5M

9 (10) WHAM – Last Christmas – 1875.8M

10 (11) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 1812.5M

11 (8) QUEEN/BOWIE – Under Pressure – 1809.1M

12 (9) AC/DC – Back In Black – 1776.3M

13 (12) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 1646.5M

14 (14) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 1469.5M

15 (15) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 1400.5M

16 (–) AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long – 1385.5M

17 (16) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 1376.1M

18 (–) CYNDI LAUPER – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – 1336.1M

19 (18) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 1330.5M

20 (19) KATE BUSH – Running Up That Hill – 1328.6M 

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– (–) MICHAEL JACKSON – Beat It – 1300.3M

– (17) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 1287.4M

– (–) ELTON JOHN – I'm Still Standing – 1269.1M

– (20) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 1181.2M

The top 5 is upside down! Journey has been 80s #1 for ages, but A-Ha and the Police have sky-rocketed these past two years. 

Tears for Fears shoots up #13-8! All three Queen songs drop. Break Free is out. 

So does AC/DC's BIB (#9-12), but YSMANL from the same album enters at #16 (#22-16).

Another new entry comes from Cyndi Lauper with "Girls" at #18. And watch out for Elton! "I'm Still Standing" has done very well lately.

Top 10 in 2023+2024:

1 Police – Breath – 1006.7M

2 A-ha – Take – 966.3M

3 Tears for Fears – 965.5M

4 Journey – Believin’ – 795.8M

5 Wham – Xmas – 733.9M

6 GnR – Child – 728.8M

7 Michael – Billie Jean – 727.7M

8 Bon Jovi – Prayer – 688.7M

9 Toto – Africa – 661.3M

10 Queen – Dust – 643.4M

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11 Elton – Still Standing – 638.5M

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 90s:

As of 2/1/2025 (1/1/2023)

1 (2) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 2324.6M

2 (3) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 2277.7M

3 (1) OASIS – Wonderwall – 2221.3M

4 (5) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 2117.1M

5 (8) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 2033.6M

6 (4) COOLIO – Gangsta’s Paradise – 1993.1M

7 (6) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 1744.5M

8 (9) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 1648.4M

9 (12) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 1615.2M

10 (13) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 1612.2M

11 (7) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 1595.3M

12 (16) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 1590.7M

13 (11) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 1571.9M

14 (14) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 1554.4M

15 (10) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 1545.5M

16 (17)THE CRANBERRIES – Zombie – 1475.4M

17 (15) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 1356.9M

18 (20) NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – Hypnotize – 1274.2M

19 (–) ICE CUBE – It Was a Good Day – 1265.5M

20 (–) BLINK-182 – All the Small Things – 1263.1M

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– (–) TLC – No Scrubs – 1250.9M

– (–) GREEN DAY – Basket Case – 1237.3M

– (19) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 1214.5M

– (18) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 1212.5M

Oasis have long been king of the 90s, but now Xmas Queen Mariah reign supreme. Nirvana also tops Oasis and the Goo Goo Dolls is pushing hard from behind.

Ice Cube & Blink-182 pushes the Spice Girls and Smash Mouth out of the top 20.

Top ten 90s tracks in 2023+2024

1 Goo Goo Dolls – Iris – 999.0M

2 Radiohead – Creep – 952.4M

3 Coolio – Gangsta – 820.9M

4 Mariah – Xmas – 784.8M

5 Nirvana – Spirit – 760.8M

6 Foo Fighters – Everlong – 670.7M

7 Oasis – Wonder – 668.5M

8 AC/DC – Thunder – 642.4M

9 Nirvana – Come – 606.6M

10 R.E.M. – Religion – 586.6M

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Metallica – Sandman – 583.3M

So 12 tracks from the 90s topped 200M in 2022, compared to 14 from the 80s, 9 from the 70s, none from the 60s and one from the 50s (Brenda Lee).

TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 00s:
As of 5/1/2025 (rank 2/1/23)

1 (4) COLDPLAY – Yellow – 2852.8M
2 (8) COLDPLAY – Viva La Vida – 2703.2M

3 (1) THE KILLERS – Mr. Brightside – 2480.1M

4 (9) EMINEM – Without Me – 2458.6M

5 (2) EMINEM – Lose Yourself – 2430.6M
6 (7) LINKIN PARK – In the End – 2427.2M

7 (6) COLDPLAY – The Scientist – 2173.1M
8 (5) EMINEM – Till I Collapse – 2129.6M

9 (3) JASON MRAZ – I’m Yours – 2120.3M
10 (14) LINKIN PARK – Numb – 2076.6M
11 (13) EMINEM – The Real Slim Shady – 2035.7M

12 (-) ARCTIC MONKEYS - 505 - 1999.0M

13 (-) EMINEM – Mockingbird – 1959.6M

14 (16) SHAKIRA – Hips Don’t Lie – 1924.6M
15 (12) THE WHITE STRIPES – Seven Nation Army – 1904.8M

16 (-) KEANE – Somewhere Only We Know – 1855.5M

17 (10) MAROON 5 – She Will Be Loved – 1844.5M
18 (-) RIHANNA – Umbrella – 1801.5M
19 (20) MILEY CYRUS – Party in the USA – 1772.8M
20 (15) COLDPLAY – Fix You – 1756.8M
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- (19) BEYONCÉ – Crazy in Love – 1751.2M
- (17) TRAIN – Hey, Soul Sister – 1733.5M

– (-) 50 CENT – In Da Club – 1710.5M

- (11) BEYONCÉ – Halo – 1702.7M

- (18) KANYE WEST – Stronger – 1516.1M

Welcome to the 00s. Welcome to the Coldplay & Eminem Show, with Linkin Park as special guests! The Killers reign of the 00s was shortlived as Coldplay soars to #1 and #2 with "Yellow" and "La Vida"!! Coldplay have a total of 4 songs in the top 20 (although the other two both drop)
Eminem has FIVE! songs in the top 13, and soon all five is above the 2B mark. Incredible! Both Linkin Park songs climb and are now in the top 10. And that's without the "Numb/Encore" mash-up.

Strong new entries by Arctic Monkeys and Keane. Rihanna's "Umbrella" at #18 was bubling under the last time. Train, Kanye and BOTH Beyonce songs are out of the top 20. Former #1 "I'm Yours" continue to drop (#3-9).

The top 10 of 2023+2024:

1 Coldplay – Yellow – 1316.2M
2 Coldplay – Vida – 1275.6M

3 Eminem - Mockingbird - 1109.6M

4 Eminem – Without – 1038.9M
5 Linkin – End – 976.3M

6 Linkin – Numb – 880.9M

7 Eminem – Slim Shady – 836.5M
8 Killers – Mr. B – 833.9M
9 Eminem – Lose – 810.1M

10 Shakira – Hips – 765.8M

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Rihanna – Umbrella – 729.6M
Coldplay - The Scientist - 708.7M

Welcome to the 00s. Welcome to the Coldplay & Eminem Show, with Linkin Park as special guests! They occupy the top 6, and only Killers and Shakira sneak into the top 10 of the past 24 months. I don't have the figures from Arctic Monkeys and Keane, but could they be in or close to the top 10.

And "Yellow" now tops "Bohemian Rhapsody". Released in June 2000 you could fairly say it's the biggest legacy song in Spotify history...