The music industry has been in a healthy competition over who is going to have one of the most popular songs of the year. There are several metrics to determine it, but streams on Spotify are a huge criterion for defining success, these are some of the fastest songs from this year to reach 1 billion streams on the platform.
3. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather”: The last single from “Hit Me Hard and Soft” becomes by far the most popular one of the era, the beautiful song reached 1 billion streams on Spotify within 119 days.
2. BTS’ Jimin’s “WHO”: The only Kpop song on the list, “WHO” has had one of the greatest runs for a Kpop idol in the American Market right now. The song took approximately 118 days to reach the milestone, and along with Harry Styles’ “As It Was” is the fastest song by a male artist to reach 1 billion streams on the streaming giant.
1. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso”: This song is the bop of the summer, and maybe, the song of the year. “Espresso” proved Sabrina Carpenter is here to stay for a little longer, releasing bops and breaking records, such as reaching 1 billion streams on Spotify in only 117 days.
