Arijit Singh Surpasses Taylor Swift to Become Most-Followed Artist on Spotify

Arijit Singh has become the most-followed artist on Spotify, with 151 million followers. He surpassed global pop star Taylor Swift, who has 139.5 million.

Arijit overtook Swift on July 1. Ed Sheeran is third with 121 million followers. Billie Eilish (113 million) and The Weeknd (107 million) are the next two on the list, respectively.

AR Rahman is the only other Indian in the top 20, with 65 million followers. He is number 14. Pritam, with 53 million followers, is number 21. Neha Kakkar is number 25 with 48 million followers.

Arijit Singh, one of the top music artists on Spotify worldwide, has 111.3 million monthly listeners, ranking 18th globally. As a lead artist, he has 79.3 billion streams and 4.9 billion as a featured artist.

Earlier, in 2023, Arijit briefly held third place, but Swift reclaimed it soon after, according to The Telegraph. In January 2024, Arijit became the first Indian artist to cross 100 million followers on Spotify, the publication added.

Arijit Singh, however, ranks lower in terms of the most-streamed artists across all on-demand audio platforms. He is number 13 with 77 billion streams. The list is ruled by Taylor Swift with 184 billion streams.

Drake (173 billion), Bad Bunny (128 billion), The Weeknd (119 billion) and Ariana Grande (95 billion) are the next on the list.