The Swedish spawned music streaming portal Spotify has reveled the statistics of its highly lucrative service. There's a list of most streamed albums, tracks and artists in many sub-categories. These lists are mainly consisting of pop-icons and pop-bands. Although there's one DJ out of France, who's got his name on many of the rankings - David Guetta.
David Guetta is on the top spot, with his 'Nothing But The Beat' album getting the honors of being the most streamed album of the year. David Guetta featuring Sia - 'Titanium' is 3rd on the UK's most streamed track list. In addition to that, Guetta's also the most streamed male artist of 2012. What can we say? Performing in countless festivals, concerts and even some talk shows, the veteran French DJ has achieved his brand as one of the most financially successful out there. He's got hoards of fans, with over 36 million likes on Facebook and almost 7 million followers on Twitter.
Skrillex and Avicii are the only two other DJs in these statistics, they find themselves in the list of 'Most-streamed male artists' top ten.
David Guetta is #1 in The Official Global DJ Rankings. Check out the interview with David Guetta here!
Check the full 2012 Spotify statistics below.
Most-streamed tracks of 2012 (Global)
1. Gotye featuring Kimbra - 'Somebody That I Used To Know'
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Call Me Maybe'
3. Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe - 'We Are Young'
4. Flo Rida - 'Whistle'
5. Flo Rida featuring Sia - 'Wild Ones'
6. Train - 'Drive By'
7. Nicki Minaj - 'Starships'
8. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa - 'Payphone'
9. David Guetta featuring Sia - 'Titanium'
10. Loreen - 'Euphoria'
Most-streamed tracks of 2012 in the UK
1. Gotye featuring Kimbra - 'Somebody That I Used To Know'
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Call Me Maybe'
3. David Guetta featuring Sia - 'Titanium'
4. Fun featuring Janelle Monae - We Are Young
5. Nicki Minaj - 'Starships'
6. Flo Rida featuring Sia - 'Wild Ones'
7. Rihanna - 'We Found Love'
8. Alex Clare - 'Too Close'
9. Train - 'Drive By'
10. Jessie J - 'Domino'
Most-streamed albums of 2012
1. David Guetta - 'Nothing But The Beat'
2. Gotye - 'Making Mirrors'
3. Drake - 'Take Care'
4. Lana Del Ray - 'Born To Die'
5. One Direction - 'Up All Night'
6. Fun. - 'Some Nights'
7. Rihanna - 'Talk That Talk'
8. Coldplay - 'Mylo Xyloto'
9. Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Call Me Maybe'
10. Flo Rida - 'Wild Ones'
Most-shared tracks by Spotify users (the most-shared tracks to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Spotify user's Inboxes)
1. Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know'
2. Carly Rae Jepsen 'Call Me Maybe'
3. Fun. 'We Are Young - feat. Janelle Monáe'
4. Flo Rida featuring Sia 'Wild Ones'
5. David Guetta 'Titanium - feat. Sia'
6. Flo Rida featuring Sia - 'Whistle'
7. Train - 'Drive By'
8. Maroon 5 - 'Payphone'
9. Rihanna - 'We Found Love'
10. Michel Teló - 'Ai Se Eu Te Pego - Live'
Most-streamed female artists
1. Rihanna
2. Nicki Minaj
3. Adele
4. Lana Del Ray
5. Katy Perry
6. Carly Rae Jepsen
7. Beyonce
8. Taylor Swift
9. Loreen
10. Kelly Clarkson
Most-streamed male artists
1. David Guetta
2. Flo Rida
3. Eminem
4. Skrillex
5. Gotye
6. Drake
7. Pitbull
8. Jay-Z and Kanye West
9. Chris Brown
10. Avicii
Most-streamed bands
1. Coldplay
2. Maroon 5
3. Fun.
4. Mumford and Sons
5. Florence and the Machine
6. Linkin Park
7. LMFAO
8. One Direction
9. Train
10. Glee Cast
Most popular apps by usage
1. TuneWiki
2. Soundrop
3. We Are Hunted
4. Last.fm
5. Pitchfork
6. Digstr
7. musiXmatch
8. Billboard
9. Filtr
10. Moodagent