Weekly Music Data Report: November 23-30

Here is your weekly music data report, covering November 23rd to 30th. Keep reading to get insights on streaming, social, and events trends. 

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This chart highlights the artists with the greatest relative gain in Spotify Monthly Listeners, a metric that is updated every day and consists of “unique listeners who play your music during a 28-day period.

Wavo Analysis 

  • Mike Epps is the first comedian that's made our list. Did his 2019 Netflix special “Only One Mike” or his role in “Dolemite Is My Name” encourage people to listen to his comedy albums? Or was his single with Big Boi and Sleepy Brown, which ended up in the playlist “Christmas Music,” responsible for the traffic?

  • Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane also landed a spot here, due to a resurgent interest in his 2014 Christmas-themed album “Holiday for Swing.” Judy Garland, the first person to record “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” saw a seasonal bump in streaming activity too.

  • Through the holiday cheer, burgeoning hip-hop acts A$AP TyY and Big Zuu saw impressive Spotify Monthly Listener gains based on the strength of their latest releases.

 
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This chart includes some of the world's most popular artists, filtered to highlight those with impressive gains in Spotify Monthly Listeners. 

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  • Mr. Eazi’s busy year is paying off. The Nigerian singer collaborated with J Balvin and Bad Bunny on their joint album “Oasis,” featured on the Lion King Soundtrack, and lent his voice to at least a dozen other releases from artists based in Ghana, Haiti, Sweden, and Uganda.

  • UK singer Ella Henderson made waves on Spotify in September after providing her vocal to the Jax Jones club hit “This Is Real.” Now, she’s released an acoustic version, extending the life of the original, and giving die-hard fans something extra to dig into.

  • Nowadays, he's mostly associated with drama and comedy movies, but Zac Efron also has an impressive Spotify profile with over 7M Monthly Listeners and three songs surpassing 200M streams, all attributed to his work in musicals.

 
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Instagram is one of the most important social platforms for music discovery and engagement. This chart highlights the artists with the biggest followings on Instagram and their follower growth.

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  • Yet another actor has made it into our music lists! Emma Watson, known for her role in Harry Potter, did her fair share of singing as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, a streaming favorite in Disney-related Spotify Playlists. Her next movie "Little Women" will be released this December.

  • Dua Lipa continues her reign as the most popular artist on Instagram, showing a nearly 1% growth week-over-week. She receives an average of 3673 comments per post. Her latest song "Don't Stop Now" shows no signs of slowing down, nearly doubling in streams to since our last music data report. It currently has 116M streams on Spotify, and an Offical Remix from Dom Dolla is bound to boost her numbers higher.

  • Camila Cabello has maintained a top-three spot for over a month. This Friday, she will release her second album "Romance"—early reviews were shared on her Instagram.

 
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Based on Bandsintown data, this chart highlights the artists with the most live music event announcements this past week.

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  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band may not be a name you immediately recognize, but they've been mixing bebop and funk for 40 years, a style showcased in their NPR Tiny Desk Concert. The band is currently on tour across the US and Canada.

  • Self-proclaimed and new "King of R&B" Jacquees is taking his latest album on the road with a number of dates in the US and UK. The tour starts this month.

  • Belgian-American dance group Lords of Acid have been around since 1988, earning a reputation for their industrial sound and explicit lyrics. They kick off a North American tour in March—the outfit’s first tour of the continent in six years.