Hip Hop turns 50 and is the second most listened to genre in the world by Spotify

This year, Hip Hop scores 50 years old since your birth. And, even today, it continues to influence music and culture on a global scale, being the second most popular music genre on Spotifycommon 68% growth. of consumption in the last three years at a global level. So far, in 2023, around 25% of all Spotify streams worldwide are hip hop music.

Today, all over the world, there are more than 53 million playlistsconsidering the editorial playlists of Spotify and the user-generated ones they mention hip-hop or Rap, and more 2 billion containing at least one Hip Hop song.

Based on the period from January to July this year, Brazil is the third country that consumes more Hip Hopbehind only the WE Comes from Mexico. Today, the genre has 23% share of total plays on Spotify in the countryside, with a 140% increase in flows from 2020.

Brazilian playlists by Spotify Trapperz Brazil and cream are among the The 10 most listened Hip Hop/Rap playlists in the world on the platform. Already RapCaviarthe most listened to playlist of the genre and the second with the most followers in the world, it has Brazil as the fifth country that consumes its songs the most.

check the 10 countries that consume the most Hip Hop/Rap on Spotify worldwide in 2023, based on data from January THE July:

1. United States

2. Mexico

3. Brazil

4. Germany

5. France

6. United Kingdom

7. Spain

8. India

9.Canada

10. Italy

Source: Terra

Earl

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