Weekly Music Data Report: Sept 2-16

A new week brings new data to Spotify.

To stay ahead, here is your mid-September snapshot of Spotify's fastest-growing artists, top performers, and their chosen musical genres.

1. Fastest-growing artists

This chart shows the artists who experienced the greatest relative growth in Spotify Monthly Listeners between September 2nd and September 16th. 

What’s behind the growth?

Dominican dembow veteran El Alfa got a big boost in Monthly Listeners from his latest release "Que Calor," a collaboration between Colombian megastar J Balvin and Diplo-led collective Major Lazer.

Singer-songwriter Natalie Hemby was announced as the final member of country supergroup The Highwomen earlier this year—they released their debut album on Sept 6th.

CEO by day, DJ by night. When David Solomon isn't running Goldman Sachs, he is rocking dancefloors as DJ D-Sol. A late August release with Kool & The Gang and a spot on Apple's Beats 1 radio station this past weekend helped him reach the 500K Monthly Listeners milestone.

Genre breakdown

2. Artists who gained the most Monthly Listeners

This chart shows the artists who experienced the greatest absolute change in Spotify Monthly Listeners between September 2nd and September 16th. With Monthly Listener counts as high as 25M, the artists included are among the most popular in the world right now.

What’s behind the growth?

Ty Dolla $ign has been part of a number of high-profile projects lately, working with everyone from Megan Thee Stallion to Skrillex to James Arthur.

Lana Del Rey released her sixth studio album on August 30th, then joined forces with Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande to record the new Charlie's Angels theme song. An official music video and lyric video including footage from the film were released on Sept 13th and 15th, respectively.

Canadian rapper bbno$ has experienced a steady lift in Monthly Listeners ever since the release of his single “LaLaLa” with Y2K. The duo credit their aggressive marketing push across TikTok, Tinder, and Craiglist as the main reason for the song’s success.
 

Genre breakdown

This post originally appeared in Wavo’s Weekly Stat email.