Just some interesting stats from Spotify's playcounts

[lolly]

Life Got Cold is kneecapped by not being on even the deluxe Ten, I suppose. Still, neither is See The Day.

And that just exposes how relatively poorly both Wake Me Up and Whole Lotta History are performing, I guess.

 

[OutSynk]

OF COURSE she did it in 13 fucking days. She’s INSUFFERABLE.

 

[Devil]

The Show sadly not getting much love relatively either

 

[straightorbroken]

Nobody streams The Show unless my heart says so.

It's clearly too good for the masses.

 

[Shoat]

Inevitable the masses only want the basics!

I'm just a love machine my ass

 

[Halli]

I am surprised Life got Cold was not on TEN but WAS in the TEN tour? Its not like they disowned it

 

[Rita]

JUMP BEING TOP 3!?

 

[funky]

RIGHT I had a go at doing Madonna and WHAT A FUCKING RABBIT HOLE THAT WAS.

Still fun though

Madonna is probably the artist most affected by play counts split by song length not being recognised as the same song. She has so many different edits of her big hits strewn across compilations (as it so happens, the compilation function on Madonna's page doesn't seem to WORK, which is ODD in itself...)

370m - Material Girl
351m - Like A Prayer
323m - Hung Up
278m - La Isla Bonita
258m - Like A Virgin
251m - 4 Minutes
204m - Vogue
161m - Holiday
108m - Into The Groove
105m - Papa Don't Preach
98m - Crazy For You
97m - Frozen (actually 216m if you count the recent remix)






The consistency of accessing songs is all over the place. In some cases the studio version is the default, in others it's the compilation version. One example: on LAV, Material Girl has 45m plays; seems low. On Celebration, that version has 318m plays.

It gets more complicated from there because live versions of Vogue and Like A Prayer probably make up another 30m or so each, but I've only counted studio versions. There's just SO many versions of songs for people to access.

Finally Enough Love have even MORE versions but they've barely made a dent on the bigger tunes... yet.

MADONNA UPDATE POST TOUR

484m - Material Girl
438m - Like A Prayer
436m - Hung Up
376m - La Isla Bonita
348m - 4 Minutes
324m - Like A Virgin
250m - Vogue
195m - Holiday
141m - Into The Groove
133m - Papa Don't Preach
127m - Crazy For You
118m - Frozen
98m - Bitch I'm Madonna
84m - Sorry
79m - Music
71m - Medellin
69m - Ray Of Light
67m - Girl Gone Wild
63m - Borderline
63m - Live To Tell
62m - Express Yourself
58m - Take A Bow
56m - Open Your Heart
55m - American Pie
52m - True Blue
50m - Give Me All Your Luvin

Extra effort made to combine the main versions (radio/remix/comp version) as her Spotify catalogue is a fucking mess. Doesn't include live versions as the numbers are mostly small, although Vogue would probably get a 30m bump from lots of popular different versions. Possibly LAP also although to a lesser degree. Doesn't include the countless dance remixes as Spotify separates them ALL, but wouldn't make a huge difference.

Also:

Popular 666,895,526
Frozen (Sidekick) 162,905,131
Me Against The Music 63,230,255

 

[Kratz]

Where's VULGAR?

 

[funky]

Where's VULGAR?

26m

 

[Pipo]

Where's VULGAR?

in the BIN one would hope!

 

[Kratz]

in the BIN one would hope!

My favourite memory of that whole debacle was when it charted in the UK at....number 69

OF COURSE IT DID

 

[lolly]

Kate Bush all time

01 1,191m Running Up That Hill
02 190m Wuthering Heights
03 155m Babooshka
04 69m Cloudbusting
05 58.3m This Woman's Work
06 43.1m Hounds Of Love
07 37.3m Army Dreamers
08 29.2m The Man With The Child In His Eyes
09 14.2m Oh To Be In Love
10 12.8m The Big Sky
11 12.5m And Dream Of Sheep
12 10.8m Suspended In Gaffa
13 10.5m The Sensual World
14 9.5m Moving
15 8.2m Wow
16 7.4m Mother Stands For Comfort
17 7.1m Sat In Your Lap
18 6.8m Breathing
19 6.6m L'Amour Looks Something Like You
20 6.4m Waking The Witch

 

[lolly]

Kate Bush 25/04/2024

01 661k Running Up That Hill
02 362k Army Dreamers
03 148k Babooshka
04 87k Wuthering Heights
05 51k Cloudbusting
06 36k This Woman's Work
07 26k Hounds Of Love
08 12k The Man With The Child In His Eyes
09 11k Oh To Be In Love
10 9k Suspended In Gaffa

 

[Shoat]

Can't believe the masses are still ignoring Get Out Of My House

 

[lolly]

Ugh, let me sort the formatting out

 

[lolly]

Lady Gaga all time

01 2,669m Shallow
02 1,789m Die With A Smile
03 1,547m Poker Face
04 1,487m Always Remember Us This Way
05 1,423m Bad Romance
06 1,262m Just Dance
07 1,124m Rain On Me
08 888m Million Reasons
09 820m Telephone
10 717m Paparazzi
11 707m Judas
12 675m Born This Way
13 632m Applause
14 620m Bloody Mary
15 544m Alejandro
16 481m LoveGame
17 394m Stupid Love
18 387m I'll Never Love Again
19 383m Sour Candy
20 382m The Cure

 

[lolly]

Lady Gaga 08/02/2025

01 10.304m Die With A Smile
02 9.077m Abracadabra
03 1.514m Disease
04 1.453m Poker Face
05 1.151m Always Remember Us This Way
06 1.096m Just Dance
07 1.056m Shallow
08 1.046m Bad Romance
09 1.024m Judas
10 0.738m Paparazzi
11 0.697m Telephone
12 0.580m Alejandro
13 0.492m LoveGame
14 0.486m Applause
15 0.430m Bloody Mary
16 0.404m Born This Way
17 0.342m Million Reasons
18 0.329m Rain On Me
19 0.231m G.U.Y.
20 0.225m Born This Way

 

[Shoat]

AGOG at The Edge Of Glory erasure

People have really been picking Applause and G.U.Y over it?

 

[Tetris-Rock]

AGOG at The Edge Of Glory erasure

People have really been picking Applause and G.U.Y over it?

Both are more similar in vibe to Abracadabra.

 

[Jark]

Edge was a pretty big hit at the time right? but it only has 350m ish streams so I guess it hasn't endured

 

[Pipo]

unpopular opinion but G.U.Y. and Applause are infinitely better.

 

[Joseph]

I’m sad Marry The Night isn’t more popular

 

[Pipo]

I’m sad Marry The Night isn’t more popular

I AM!

 

[Shoat]

I have always been, and remain, of the opinion that Judas is the worst of the BTW singles. Sorry arty Mopsy!

Marry The Night and The Edge Of Glory deserve more.

I also wonder whether You And I might have fared a lot better now, given the current ease that anyone can score a hit if they slap on an Americana label

 

[Pipo]

Marry The Night and Edge OF Glory shouldn't have been singles ever and time has proven THAT; Scheiße and Bloody Mary ate the true unsung heroes of the album.

 

[Devil]

Glory was an excellent single, even if it doesn’t pull the numbers now - it totally saved the era somewhat after Judas essentially tanked (for her).

 

[Joseph]

 

[lolly]

Just because Edge Of Glory isn't pulling numbers NOW is no reflection on it being a wrong choice of single 14 years ago. That's a nonsense.

 

[AlgoAlex]

Marry The Night and Edge OF Glory shouldn't have been singles ever and time has proven THAT; Scheiße and Bloody Mary ate the true unsung heroes of the album.

OOOOOHHH OOOOOOH OOOOOH

HEAVY METAL LOVERRRRR

 

[Jark]

the singles were broadly right at the time but Americano or Bloody Mary deserved a moment of their own. it's horrible that there's no bloody Bloody Mary video so we'd at least better get it on TOUR!

I love You and I, it's a Gaga classic. that should also come out on tour.

 

[Pipo]

the singles were broadly right at the time but Americano or Bloody Mary deserved a moment of their own. it's horrible that there's no bloody Bloody Mary video so we'd at least better get it on TOUR!

I love You and I, it's a Gaga classic. that should also come out on tour.

Jark speaking the TRUTH always.

 

[POP!]

Edge of Glory felt like the biggest hit of that album, even if it doesn’t pull big numbers in 2025. I still hear it more often than Born This Way, Judas and You and I, anyhow.

 

[Shoat]

The Edge Of Glory definitely felt like the only crossover hit during that era

Born This Way was going to be a chart hit by default regardless, but came a little close to marking her as a gay-interest-only act. Judas low key bombed, and that could easily have been it for the era. The Edge granted some shelf-life, and by the end was probably the only one that held any value as a radio staple acceptable for the unwashed masses.

 

[Santaliger007]

Me spotfy is no nos to complex

Ligers cool

 

[lolly]

01 739m Dancing Queen
02 406m Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
03 318m Mamma Mia
04 253m The Winner Takes It All
05 211m Take A Chance On Me
06 187m Lay All Your Love On Me
07 186m Waterloo
08 181m Super Trouper
09 172m Chiquitita
10 112m SOS
11 107m Voulez-Vous
12 106m Fernando
13 104m Knowing Me Knowing You
14 100m Does Your Mother Know
15 91m Money Money Money
16 67m I Have A Dream
17 66m Angeleyes
18 62m One Of Us
19 61m Thank You For The Music
20 57m Honey Honey
21 54m Slipping Through My Fingers
22 52m Don't Shut Me Down

I noticed a few days ago that it was nearly three years ago that I posted this, so thought it would be interesting to see the difference in that time.

01 1695m (+956m) Dancing Queen
02 990m (+584m) Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
03 709m (+390m) Mamma Mia
04 615m (+428m) Lay All Your Love On Me
05 540m (+287m) The Winner Takes It All
06 489m (+278m) Take A Chance On Me
07 421m (+235m) Waterloo
08 373m (+192m) Super Trouper
09 373m (+201m) Chiquitita
10 318m (+227m) Money Money Money
11 280m (+214m) Angeleyes
12 269m (+157m) SOS
13 261m (+154m) Voulez-Vous
14 224m (+170m) Slipping Through My Fingers
15 223m (+117m) Fernando
16 210m (+110m) Does Your Mother Know
17 207m (+103m) Knowing Me Knowing You
18 127m (+60m) I Have A Dream
19 121m (+60m) Thank You For The Music
20 120m (+63m) Honey Honey
21 112m (+51m) One Of Us
22 92m (+40m) Don't Shut Me Down

And 7 more songs have hit the 50m I cut off at last time.

 

[Pipo]

yay for LAYLOM climbing, must have been thanks to me, I fucking love it.

 

[lolly]

Meryl Streep Top Ten

01 216m Slipping Through My Fingers
02 206m Mamma Mia
03 187m Our Last Summer
04 187m Dancing Queen
05 134m Money Money Money
06 130m The Winner Takes It All
07 117m Super Trouper (Mamma Mia)
08 102m SOS
09 84m Super Trouper (Mamma Mia Here We Go Again)
10 63m My Love, My Life

Frankly AGOG at those numbers at the top - particularly as the first three and The Winner Takes It All (currently her #1 and having a moment, as is the original, apparently due to tiktok and Squid Game) are still getting over 100k streams daily.

 

[lolly]

And her version of My Love, My Life has double the streams of Abba's, and is still outpacing it daily.

 

[Shoat]

There just aren't any circumstances where I can imagine picking the musical versions over the Abba originals

BIZARRE