After a brief hiatus, Bad Bunny has once again become the most-streamed artist of the year on Spotify, both in Spain and globally, the Swedish platform revealed on Wednesday with its 2025 data. According to the same data, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars's 'Die With A Smile' was the most successful song worldwide, while in Spain that honor went to 'La Plena – W Sound 05' by W Sound, Beéle, and Ovy On The Drums. The Puerto Rican is a familiar occupant of Spotify's global throne, as his tracks were the most streamed from 2020 to 2022, when Taylor Swift took over for two consecutive years. The release of his album 'Debí tirar más fotos' in 2025, which has been the most listened to album in the world, had a lot to do with him reclaiming the crown. Behind Bad Bunny, with 19.8 billion streams in the last year, is Swift, who also released an album this year, 'The Life Of A Showgirl'. They are followed by Anuel AA, Rauw Alejandro, Mora, and Dei V. No woman appears until the tenth position, which corresponds to Karol G, while Aitana was the national female artist with the most streams. Among the most-streamed songs in Spain, after 'La Plena', 'Capaz (merengueton)' by Alleh and Yorghaki is second, and 'VeLDÁ' by Bad Bunny, Omar Courtz, and Dei V is third. Bad Bunny's 'Baile inolvidable' is fourth and 'mi refe' by Beéle and Ovy On The Drums is fifth. The most-streamed albums on Spotify Spain were, after 'Debí tirar más fotos', Beéle's 'Borondo' and Quevedo's 'Buenas noches'. The Catalan artist was the sixth most-streamed female artist and was even surpassed abroad, where other compatriots had more streams. The Mallorcan Rels B was in fact again the most successful musician abroad, ahead of Quevedo, Enrique Iglesias, Alejandro Sanz, and in fifth place, Rosalía. The Canadian The Weeknd closes the podium, ahead of his compatriot Drake and the American Billie Eilish. Among the songs, after Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars's hit with 1.7 billion streams, come in this order: Billie Eilish's 'Birds of a feather'; Rosé and Bruno Mars's 'APT.'; Alex Warren's 'Ordinary', and in fifth place, the title track from Bad Bunny's latest album. Behind this work, the silver for the most successful album went to the unexpected phenomenon of the soundtrack to Netflix's animated film 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' and to Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard And Soft', which was actually released the previous year. As for Spain-specific data, where Bad Bunny already reigned in 2022 and 2023, Spotify has revealed that behind the Puerto Rican is Quevedo, who thus becomes the national artist with the most streams. Myke Towers, who was the most-streamed artist in the country last year, is this time third, ahead of fellow Spaniard JC Reyes and Beéle. 'La ciudad' by Alleh and Yorghaki was fourth, and 'Nacer de nuevo' by JC Reyes was fifth. The phenomenon of Rosalía's 'Lux' perhaps came too late to be felt in this 2025 summary.
