Deezer publishes top tracks of 2019 across the globe and introduces a personalized list of your favourite tracks in ‘My Deezer Year’ which also includes a shareable top track playlist – ‘Your 2019’. ‘Your 2019’ gives you the 50 tracks that you’ve been loving all year in a handy mix on Deezer. My Deezer Year can be found here.
Nigel Harding, our VP of Artist Marketing at Deezer, said, “Local music has completely smashed it this year! It’s been a big one for Spanish-speaking music and the world is loving English and Spanish mashup tracks. I’m sure that in 2020 other genres like J-Pop and Afrobeat will continue to define pop music tastes around the world. I’ve personally been hooked on podcasts since Serial came about. So it’s been great to see how they’re taking over the world, especially in comedy and crime.”
Worldwide ‘My Deezer Year’
Latin and K-Pop
Latin music keeps on shining and J Balvin is the most streamed global artist for the second year in a row, with Anitta also featuring in the Deezer top 10. Daddy Yankee & SNoW’s ‘Con Calma’ took third place for the highest streamed track overall, and 5 of the top 20 songs mixed Spanish with English.
BTS also continued to steal hearts outside of Korea. The boy band is not only no.1 in K-Pop but also the 9th biggest international band. Girl groups BLACKPINK and TWICE follow BTS in the K-pop charts.
Top Female Artists
Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish are the ‘girls who run the world’. Ariana had the biggest plays of all female artists, but fans have made Billie’s stunning ‘WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?’ the most played international album.
Top Tracks
The smash-hit of 2019 belongs to Lil Nas X for his country mashup ‘Old Town Road.’ But that didn’t stop A Star is Born’s iconic ‘Shallow’ by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper following in hot pursuit in second place. ‘Shallow’ was also the ‘sing-a-long’ anthem of the year, with people following the song’s lyrics more than any other track this year. Lewis Capaldi, Deezer’s NEXT global artist and global chart newcomer, also had a great year. He easily broke into the global top 20 with his track ‘Someone You Loved’.
Podcast Power
‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ continued to reign as the king of English-speaking podcasts. There was also an interesting trend in language tutorial podcasts. Two English tutorial podcasts (‘Espresso English’ and ‘All Ears English’) made it to the overall global top 40.
Top streamed artists 2019
Overall
J Balvin
International
Ed Sheeran
Female
Ariana Grande
Pop
Ed Sheeran
Rap
Xxxtentacion
R&B
Drake
EDM
David Guetta
K-Pop
BTS
Latin
Anitta
Reggaeton
J Balvin
Most streamed artists overall
J Balvin
Ninho
Marília Mendonça
Jul
PNL
Ed Sheeran
Nekfeu
Ariana Grande
Queen
Anitta
Most streamed tracks overall
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
Shallow – Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga
Con Calma – Daddy Yankee, SNoW
7 rings – Ariana Grande
Señorita – Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
Taki Taki – DJ Snake (ft Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B)
Happier – Bastille, Marshmello
I Don’t Care – Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber
bad guy – Billie Eilish
Giant – Calvin Harris, Rag’n’Bone Man
Say My Name – J Balvin, David Guetta, Bebe Rexha
Sweet but Psycho – Ava Max
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
Loco Contigo – J Balvin, Tyga, DJ Snake
Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
MIA (feat. Drake) – Bad Bunny
High Hopes Panic! At the Disco
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Without Me – Halsey
thank u, next – Ariana Grande
Top streamed English-speaking podcasts
The Joe Rogan Experience
No Such Thing As A Fish
My Dad Wrote A Porno
The Daily
Stuff You Should Know
Sleep With Me
My Favorite Murder
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
Evidence Locker True Crime
Serial
For a complete list of all the top artists and tracks go here.
