Spotify's 20-Year Music & Podcast Milestones

0:00It's April 23rd, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered Entertainment Report. Spotify just hit his 20th anniversary and dropped the ultimate all-time charts for artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks based on Global Streams up to April 2026. Taylor Swift reigned Supreme as the top artist, followed by Bad Bunny, Drake, The Weekend, and Ariana Grande in the top five. It's a mix of pop queens, hip-hop kings, and global stars showing how music tastes evolved over two decades. Shifting to albums, Bad Bunny's unvarano centi takes the crown, with The Weekend's star boy and Ed Sheeran's divide deluxe right behind. Olivia Rodrigo's sour and more weekend hits like after hours round out the leaders, proving Latin trap and moody R&B dominated the streams. On the song side, The Weekend's blinding lights is untouchable at number one, that pandemic dance craze still echoing.

1:01Ed Sheeran's shape of use sits second, then sweater weather, by the neighborhood, with hairy styles and post-molone close in the mix, offens in the mix timeless hooks, that keep replaying. Podcasts go to Joe Rogan's experience leading the pack, ahead of true crime faves like crime junkie and morbid, plus chat shows like armchair expert. Audio books surprise, with Sarah J. Mosses, a quarter of thorns and roses on top. Tennessee romances crushing classics like tokens fellowship. They even launched a Spotify 20 hub, pack with playlists and a visual timeline to relive it all perfect for fans to stream these legends and see where your playlist ranks.