Spotify Shares Top 50 Streaming Rap Artists On The Platform

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PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 06: In this photo illustration, the logo of the Swedish music streaming service Spotify is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on January 06, 2017 in Paris, France. Spotify announced, via a tweet published Thursday, that it now has 70 million paid subscribers. As a comparison, in September, Apple Music claimed 30 million subscribers and Deezer had fewer than 10 million subscribers. Spotify, the world's largest streaming music company, is expected to be listed on the Wall Street stock market in the first quarter of 2018. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)
Unsurprisingly, Drake is at the top of the list.

Spotify has been intriguing rap fans a lot recently with information and lists they've shared. First, they showed fans which rap songs and albums had generated the most streams on the platform. Now they've revealed the top 50 rap artists on the platform in terms of total streams. A lot of names that appeared on their other rap lists unsurprisingly appear here. Fresh off the release of his new album For All The Dogs, Drake unsurprisingly occupies the top spot. His tactic of releasing long albums has benefitted him both on the platform and on Billboard charts as he generates a massive amount of streams.

Elsewhere in the top 10 are plenty of rappers you'd expect. Veterans like Kanye West and Eminem land in the top 5. Hitmakers Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, Future, J. Cole, and Nicki Minaj round out the back half of the top 10. The two youngest artists in the top of the list are both posthumous appearances. Juice Wrld and XXXTENTACION both land in the top 5 of the list. Elsewhere posthumous rappers like Pop Smoke, Mac Miller, and even Tupac crack the list. Check out the full ranking below.

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Spotify Crowns Drake The Top Rapper On The Platform

Drake topping the list is no surprise as he's often setting the benchmark for rapper success on Spotify. Following the release of his new album he became the first rapper to reach 80 million monthly listeners on the platform. That placed him as the third most popular artist in the entire world behind only Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.

On Spotify's most-streamed rap songs list many similar artists showed up. It was Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" in particular that stole the show though. The track represents the most streamed female rap song in Spotify history. What do you think of Spotify's list of the top 50 most streamed rappers on the platform? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria
Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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