

On New Year’s Day, Beyoncé released a brief video filled with unreleased footage of her best moments of the year including the release of Black Is King and her collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion on “Savage (Remix). Taylor Swift was Spotifys second most-played artist of 2021 Pop stars Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny were among the most-streamed artists of 2021, according to figures from Apple Music. The list of most-streamed artists comes not long after other tributes to 2020 came pouring in. Lil Baby, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Dababy made the list as well after locking in more than 3.3 billion streams. The top of the year-end list also includes other notable artists like the late Pop Smoke, who also got a boost in streams when his posthumous album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon dropped in July. Lil Uzi Vert and Post Malone close out the top five. Coming in third place is Youngboy Never Broke Again, who topped the Billboard 200 chart in 2020 after he released projects like Still Flexin, Still Steppin, 38 Baby 2, Until I Return and Top. His streams got a boost after his posthumous project Legends Never Die dropped in July. A post shared by HipHop-N-More artists made the top five like the late Juice WRLD, who garnered 5.3 billion streams after he passed away from an accidental drug overdose.
