Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ becomes the fastest record to reach a billion Spotify streams
American popstar Miley Cyrus has beaten the record made jointly by Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ and Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI’s ‘Stay’ by becoming the fastest ever artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify with her hit ‘Flowers’.
She’ll definitely be buying herself a bouquet… Pop superstar Miley Cyrus’ catchy song ‘Flowers’ has become the fastest song to reach a billion streams on Spotify.
Taking to her Instagram account, Cyrus paid tribute to her fans, sharing a video featuring the song and a caption reading: “Thanks a billion, I love you”.
‘Flowers’, the lead single from the ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ album, hit the billion-stream milestone in just 112 days after its release on 12 January.
It’s been a smash hit for Miley Cyrus, spending 8 non-consecutive weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the longest-running UK Number One single for a female artist since Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ in 2021.
On Spotify alone, ‘Flowers’ also holds the record for the most-streamed song in a single week.
This success comes as no surprise to Euronews Culture. In an interview with Lee Fields in February, the soul legend predicted the single’s success, saying: “I like Miley Cyrus. Whatever her new release is now, I think it’s going to be a mega hit for her. I heard it once before I left the States, and it’s great”.
While Cyrus has previously joined the streaming platform’s ‘Billions Club’ with her 2009 single ‘Party in the U.S.A.’, which has over 1.19 billion plays to date, her latest hit looks set to surpᴀss that popularity.
It has already beaten Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ and Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI’s ‘Stay’, which jointly held the top spot for fastest-to-a-billion views at 118 days a piece, before being pipped to the post by ‘Flowers’.
Following her success, Euronews Culture takes a look at other top Spotify records broken…
Top 5 most streamed songs of all time
While ‘Flowers’ is certainly impressive to have racked up over 1 billion listens, it’s small fry in comparison to the performance of some songs on the platform…
1. The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’, was released in 2019 and has racked up 3.565 billion plays since then.
2. 2017’s ‘Shape of You’ by Ed Sheeran, who recently won his ‘Let’s Get It On’ copyright infringement trial, has been played 3.470 billion times.
3. The unofficial soundtrack to the COVID-19 pandemic ‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones and I has inspired 2.813 billion listens since its release in 2019.
4. Lewis Capaldi’s hit ‘Someone You Loved’ has been listed to 2.771 billion times since it came out in 2018.
5. ‘Rockstar’ by Post Malone, featuring 21 Savage, is not even six years old, but has managed an impressive 2.666 billion listens on Spotify since its 2017 release.
