MEXICO CITY (AP) — Bad Bunny extended its reign as the world’s most listened to Spotify for a third year, topping the list of artists and albums of the year with “Un verano sin ti.” Bad Bunny also reached the fourth and fifth positions of the most played songs in the world.

The Puerto Rican star is the first artist to top Spotify’s favorites list for three consecutive years. In 2022, he had over 18.5 billion views on the music streaming service.

As in 2021, the second most streamed artist in the world was the American Taylor Swift, followed by the Canadians Drake and The Weeknd as well as the South Korean group BTS. Swift is also the most streamed as a female artist.

“Bad Bunny’s (triple) hat trick for three straight years as the most-streamed artist on the planet is no small feat,” Uriel Waizel, music editor at Spotify Mexico.

“It is necessary to celebrate it, it is a Latino artist and it is above all the monsters and the superstars of the world entertainment”, he underlined, during the inauguration of the Casa Spotify, a space in the center of Mexico where they will perform temporarily. immersive experiences for fans to experience the most listened to of the year.

“Mexico and Mexico City have a lot to do with it,” Waizel added of Bad Bunny’s achievement. “We are the main consumer country of reggaeton in the world. Mexico is also a platform for Latin America to come out into the world and also for the world to enter Latin America through Mexico”.

The most popular song of 2022 is Harry Styles’ hit “As It Was”, with over 1.6 billion streams worldwide. In second place, “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals and for the second consecutive year “STAY” by The Kid LAROI with Justin Bieber. Fourth and fifth place are by Bad Bunny, with “Me porto bonito” and “Tití Me Preguntó”.

After “A Summer Without You” by Bad Bunny, the second most listened album of the year is “Harry’s House” by Harry Styles. The charts remained unchanged from third, fourth and fifth place, extending the dominance of 2021 albums: Olivia Rodrigo’s “SOUR” (3), Ed Sheeran’s “=” (4) and “Planet Her” by Doja Cat (5), they clung to their positions.

The most viral artists of 2022, whose music is shared most often from Spotify to social networks, are: Taylor Swift at No. 1, The Weeknd at No. 2, Bad Bunny at No. 3, BTS at No. 4 and Lana Del King in the fifth.

The most shared lyrics worldwide were “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals, followed by “Heather” by Conan Gray, “I Love You So” by The Walters, “Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Rey and “Somewhere Only We Know “. .