2020 Spotify Listeners for 161 Artists
LINKIN PARK (63.5M listeners) to IN SEARCH OF SOLACE (24.7k)
Happy Sunday!
The 2020 Spotify Artist Wrapped for 161 Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk (or adjacent) artists, ranked by total listeners from November-ish 2019 through November-ish 2020.
Not every artist posts one of these; not every artist who posts one uses the hashtag; not every artist who posts one puts it on the band’s account (as opposed to their personal account). So, to find these, I sat here and thought about different artists, then looked at their socials. I can’t imagine I’ll update this again, so, let’s call this “definitive.”
Linkin Park - 63.5M listeners
KISS - 35.5M
Scorpions - 35.1M
Nickelback - 34.8M
Paramore - 33.2M
The Offspring - 32.5M
Plain White-T’s - 27.5M
3 Doors Down - 27.3M
Papa Roach - 27.1M
Simple Plan - 24.8M
The All-American Rejects - 23.1M
Sum 41 - 21.9M
Mötley Crüe - 21.9M
Skillet - 19.1M
We The Kings - 18.4M
All Time Low - 18.3M
Rise Against - 18M
Five Finger Death Punch - 17.6M
Third Eye Blind - 17.6M
Shinedown - 16.9M
Seether - 16.7M
Breaking Benjamin - 16.6M
A Day To Remember - 15.2M
Stone Sour - 14.7M
Echosmith - 14.2M
Godsmack - 12.8M
Hollywood Undead - 12.6M
I Prevail - 12.2M
Falling In Reverse - 12M
Bad Wolves - 11M
P.O.D. - 10.9M
Asking Alexandria - 10.6M
The Used - 9.5M
Mayday Parade - 8.7M
Sleeping With Sirens - 8.3M
Alter Bridge - 7.6M
Thousand Foot Krutch - 6.5M
New Found Glory - 6.4M
The Specials - 6.3M
Silverstein - 6.3M
I Don’t Know How But They Found Me - 6M
Neck Deep - 6M
Bad Religion - 5.9M
Machine Head - 5.7M
Skunk Anansie - 5.3M
All That Remains - 5.2M
Of Mice & Men - 5.1M
Beartooth - 5M
Fame On Fire - 5M
From Ashes To New - 4.8M
Airbourne 4.8M
Palaye Royale - 4.6M
Amaranthe - 4.5M
Sevendust - 4.2M
10 Years - 4.2M
Red - 4.2M
The Amity Affliction - 3.9M
The Word Alive - 3.9M
State Champs - 3.8M
Dance Gavin Dance - 3.7M
Our Lady Peace - 3.6M
The Interrupters - 3.2M
Fit For A King - 3.2M
Opeth 3.1M
Senses Fail - 3.1M
Hatebreed - 3.1M
Crown The Empire - 3.1M
Wage War - 3M
With Confidence - 2.9M
Point North - 2.9M
Tommy Lee - 2.9M
Blessthefall - 2.8M
Hands Like Houses - 2.7M
Fozzy - 2.6M
Ace Frehley - 2.6M
Skindred - 2.3M
Polaris - 2.2M
Boston Manor - 2.2M
Fire From The Gods - 2.2M
Stand Atlantic - 2.1M
DevilDriver - 2.1M
Bayside - 2.1M
Soilwork - 2.1M
Sonata Arctica - 2M
Body Count - 1.9M
Lagwagon - 1.8M
Demon Hunter - 1.7M
Cradle Of Filth - 1.7M
Broadside - 1.7M
Like A Storm - 1.6M
Paradise Lost - 1.6M
Jinjer - 1.6M
Movements - 1.5M
Knuckle Puck - 1.5M
Bleeker - 1.5M
Cory Marks - 1.5M
Angra - 1.4M
Gloryhammer - 1.4M
Amorphis 1.4M
Katatonia - 1.3M
Throw The Fight - 1.3M
Chelsea Grin - 1.3M
Hyro The Hero - 1.2M
Black Top Mojo - 1.2M
Currents - 1.2M
Mad Caddies - 1.1M
3Teeth - 1.1M
Firewind - 1M
Fireflight - 1M
Thousand Below - 1M
The Acacia Strain - 994.9k
Trash Boat - 982.9k
Crystal Lake - 915.3k
Mayhem - 876.6k
At The Gates - 837.6k
Rhapsody Of Fire - 808.4k
Insomnium - 780k
Disciple - 758.2k
Twiztid - 753.8k
Armored Saint - 751.1k
Capstan - 736.6k
Lorna Shore - 665.5k
Converge - 652.4k
Moonspell - 585.6k
Enslaved - 582.5k
Tetrarch - 564.5k
Lotus Eater - 559.9k
My Dying Bride - 555k
Kublai Khan - 540.3k
Stitched Up Heart - 535.6k
Deez Nuts - 532.8k
Eat Your Heart Out - 509.4k
Cro-Mags - 451.6k
Fleshgod Apocalypse - 451.3k
Set Your Goals - 432.1k
Varials - 426.1k
All Shall Perish - 390.9k
Toxic Holocaust - 359.9k
The Agonist - 358.4k
Kill The Lights - 348.7k
Borknagar - 342.5k
Dark Funeral - 327.2k
The Wise Man’s Fear - 320.1k
Omnium Gathering - 317.6k
Throwdown - 314.7k
Starkill - 294.5k
Evile 294.2k
Locket - 292.4k
Little Stranger - 279.6k
Sunsleep - 270.2k
Black Crown Initiate - 254k
Oceans Of Slumber - 246.8k
Lucifer - 226.3k
Doll Skin - 191.7k
Eva Under Fire - 177.9k
Grade 2 - 109.8k
Svart Crown - 98k
Art Of Shock - 67k
Nevrlands - 41k
Enforced - 24.8k
In Search Of Solace - 24.7k
Punktastic 2020 Albums of the Year
Code Orange, Underneath
Touché Amoré, Lament
Svalbard, When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Palm Reader, Sleepless
Boston Manor, Glue
Spanish Love Songs, Brave Faces Everyone
Loathe, I Let It in and It Took Everything
Creeper, Sex, Death & The Infinite Void
Black Foxxes, Black Foxxes
Enter Shikari, Nothing is True & Everything is Possible
Speak N’ Destroy (A Metallica podcast)