AUSTIN, Texas — Music lovers are “unwrapping” an early Christmas gift on Wednesday.
Spotify Wrapped is officially out, and we now know who’s been dominating the world’s headphones for the past year.
Taylor Swift took the app’s most-played artist spot for the second year in a row. Listeners played her music more than 26 billion times during 2024. Swift also earned the most-streamed album with the “The Tortured Poets Department.”
Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter snatched the most-streamed song globally with her hit “Espresso.”
But how did Austin stack up against the rest of the streaming world? Taylor Swift and Carpenter’s “Espresso” also dominated the 2024 soundtrack for the Capital City. Beyond those, there’s some difference in the lists of popular artists and songs streamed in Austin over the past year on Spotify.
Austin’s most-streamed artists of 2024
- Taylor Swift
- Drake
- Peso Pluma
- Zach Bryan
- Bad Bunny
Austin’s most-streamed songs of 2024
- “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
- “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan
- “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish
- “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” by Tommy Richman
- “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar
Austin’s most-streamed albums of 2024
- “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” by Taylor Swift
- “Short n’ Sweet” by Sabrina Carpenter
- “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” by Chappell Roan
- “Hit Me Hard and Soft” by Billie Eilish
- “Éxodo” by Peso Pluma