By CFJCToday

The Year in Pop: Spotify

Aug 23, 2018 | 6:15 AM

Spotify and Guinness World Records has announced the launch of the ultimate record-breaking playlist The Year in Pop. To celebrate the musicians featured in the upcoming Guinness World Records 2019 book, the playlist is made up of the artists’ record-breaking tracks for all to listen.

“With records from ‘Most streamed track worldwide’ to ‘Most followers on Instagram,’ these musicians are recognized for a variety of record-breaking achievements, including tours, online streaming, social media and even crowdfunding,” Guinness said on its website.

The playlist features Justin Bieber, BTS, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and more.

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Full Story: Guinness World Records

The Records Set:

Most streamed track worldwide: (4.6bn) – “Despacito” (remix) by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber

Most streamed track on Spotify (1,655,258,694): Ed Sheeran for “Shape of You”
Most watched video online in 24 hours (43.2m): Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do”
Most Twitter engagements (average retweets): BTS registered 330,624 engagements on Twitter, overtaking Harry Styles who had 147,653 engagements on the same date
Most Latin Grammy Award wins by a female: Shakira won her 11th award at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, taking home the Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album for her album, El Dorado
Longest stay on the U.S. Hot Latin Songs chart by a single artist: 22 weeks by J Balvin with Ginza
Most consecutive weeks on the US singles chart (multiple singles): Drake with a total of 431 weeks – eight years and 88 days – on the Billboard Hot 100
Highest annual earnings for a band (current year): Coldplay made 68.53 ($88.23 U.S.) million
Most decades with a Top 20 hit on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart: Dolly Parton scored her 107th entry with a version of “Jolene” released with a capella quintet, Pentatonix
Most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 – singles (current year): (87) – “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
Most followers on Instagram: (120,135,089 followers) – Selena Gomez
Most followers on Instagram for a music group: (17,229,071 followers) – One Direction
Most followers on Twitter for a DJ: (22,205,936 followers) – David Guetta
First user to reach 100 million followers on Twitter: Katy Perry
Most viewed music channel on YouTube (group): (9,035,970,802 video views) – Maroon 5

The Full The Year In Pop Playlist:

The Year in Pop: Spotify

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