Spotify’s Most Popular Songs Of 2014 So Far

As half of 2014 is already in the books, Spotify figured it would a good time to reflect on the first six months of the year to discover the songs that have been ruling the charts this year so far! 2014 has seen a number of songs go viral including The Chainsmokers’ “#SEFLIE”, Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” and more.

Here’s a list of the most-streamed song on Spotify during the first half of 2014 (Global):

1. Katy Perry – ‘Dark Horse’ (142,666,577)
2. Pitbull – ‘Timber’ (128,853,502)
3. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – ‘Rather Be’ (127,829,913)
4. OneRepublic – ‘Counting Stars’ (103,629,220)
5. John Legend – ‘All of Me’ (102,494,251)
6. Mr. Probz – ‘Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)’ (94,043,979)
7. Imagine Dragons – ‘Demons’ (89,681,979)
8. Jason Derulo – ‘Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz)’ (86,332,147)
9. Lorde – ‘Royals’ (86,091,843)
10. Avicii – ‘Hey Brother’ (85,537,636)

Listen to the most-streamed songs of the first half of 2014 here:

Now although Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” didn’t have the longest running #1 song in the first half of 2014, it did amassed more streams than any other song in the world — more than 142 million plays in the spend of 6 months!

Besides the most streamed songs, Spotify also monitored the most-viral songs of the first half of 2014. Some of the most-viral songs of early 2014 include:

1. Lana Del Rey – ‘Once Upon a Dream’
2. Soko – ‘We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow’
3. Dillon Francis – ‘Get Low’
4. Foster The People – ‘Coming of Age’
5. Chromeo – ‘Jealous (I Ain’t With It)’
6. Tegan & Sara ft. The Lonely Island – ‘Everything Is AWESOME!!!’
7. Zedd – ‘Find You’
8. Doug Seegers ft. Jill Johnson & Magnus Carlsson – ‘Going Down To The River’
9. Beck – ‘Blue Moon’
10. Mike Oldfield – ‘Nuclear’

Listen to the most-viral tracks of 2014 to date here:

Enjoy!