Spotify just did what we all secretly love to argue about… they dropped their Top 100 Songs of the Streaming Era — and yes, opinions are already flying.
The list went live on Spotify’s newsroom this morning, and sitting at number one?
Olivia Rodrigo with “drivers license.”
Not gonna lie… that checks out.
When “drivers license” came out in January 2021, it absolutely took over the planet. It broke Spotify’s record for the most streams in a single day for a non-holiday song. You couldn’t scroll, drive, cry, or exist without hearing it. Heartbreak had never sounded so good — or so loud.
And it’s not like she’s surrounded by randoms in the Top 10 either. The list is basically a playlist of the last decade of our lives:
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Olivia Rodrigo – “drivers license”
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Chappell Roan – “Pink Pony Club”
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Taylor Swift – “Cruel Summer”
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Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now”
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Carly Rae Jepsen – “Run Away With Me”
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Justin Bieber – “Sorry”
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Lorde – “Green Light”
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Drake – “One Dance”
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Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
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Ariana Grande – “no tears left to cry”
There’s heartbreak. There’s dance-floor therapy. There’s main-character energy. And yes, Canada shows up strong — shoutout to Carly, Bieber, and Drake holding it down.
Spotify says this ranking celebrates the songs that defined the streaming generation — the ones we looped, replayed, added to every mood playlist, and maybe dramatically stared out a window to once or twice.
The real question now: what did they miss?
Because you know there’s at least one song you’re convinced deserved Top 10 status.
(Source: Spotify)
