The Most Popular Spotify Artists

Time and technology march forward relentlessly. 

It is easy to keep up – until you pause or slow down.

Being an Early Adopter was a big part of my identity.  At this point in my life, I am still early with respect to new technologies, but I feel like I'm losing touch with a lot of today's culture. 

Perhaps this started over a decade ago?  I remember finding my sons' slang and music off-putting. 

As an aside, my youngest son, Zach, went through a phase where it felt like he used the verbal tic ... "Dude" in every other sentence.  Parenting trick – I broke his habit by screaming "FOOPDEEDOO!!" every time he said it, regardless of when it happened, where we were, or who we were with. 

If it's crazy and it works ... it's not crazy.  He certainly stopped saying "dude". 

OK, back to the point.  I realize that the Top 40 is basically a list of 40 songs that I don't know (and feel like I only randomly know some of the artists).  Meanwhile, my staff laughingly refer to my favorite stations on SiriusXM radio as old-man music.

To make the point further, my research assistant asked me if I knew about Bad Bunny.  To me, it sounded like a Disney cartoon for Halloween.  But, apparently, he is a Grammy-winning recording artist who won "Album of the Year" for music that I had never heard.

It didn't take long to get to the list of top Spotify artists.  For the record, I do know most of those artists – but admittedly few of their songs. 

Here is the list.  How did you do?

via StatsPanda

 

But as I said, listening to the Top 40 is getting harder for me.  Where's the rock (or songs with discernable melodies)?! 

Meanwhile, I'm about to start a new art exhibit. I call it "Jen Sleeps At Pop Concerts" 

So far, we've got Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Bob Seger, the Eagles, and the Rolling Stones. In case you're curious, she did not fall asleep at John Legend, Queen, or Ed Sheeran. 

Times are changing ...