kamil24 Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) So I was bored yesterday and decided to go through Spotify, as I was curious to see which finalists out of them all have the most monthly Spotify listeners. Here are the Top 20 Idol contestants that currently have the most listeners: Kelly Clarkson – 29,852,243 Carrie Underwood – 6,643,385 Gabby Barrett – 4,754,638 Jordin Sparks – 4,161,482 Adam Lambert – 3,818,707 Lauren Alaina – 3,626,404 Haley Reinhart – 2,703,438 Phillip Phillips – 2,598,454 David Archuleta – 2,572,521 Chris Daughtry – 2,508,672 Scotty McCreery – 2,026,960 Jennifer Hudson – 1,743,028 Fantasia – 1,607,430 Danny Gokey – 1,049,908 Mandisa – 896,875 Katharine McPhee – 755,109 Catie Turner – 619,830 Colton Dixon – 522,970 Elliott Yamin – 498,356 Kellie Pickler – 438,571 Thoughts? Any surprises on who is there, and who isn't? I did only go through finalists though there are some others that would make the list if I did more; for example Tori Kelly would be #2, Todrick Hall at #14 & Brielle Von Hugel would make it at #18. Edited December 13, 2020 by kamil24 1 1
Bk1234 Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Oh wow, this is interesting! It’s nice to see Gabby Barrett so high, especially since she was on an ABC season. Edited December 13, 2020 by Bk1234
AngelaKD Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 On 12/13/2020 at 12:55 PM, Bk1234 said: Oh wow, this is interesting! It’s nice to see Gabby Barrett so high, especially since she was on an ABC season. I’m actually surprised Gabby’s number is so low. I Hope is a mega hit. She should have at least 10 million monthly listeners IMO. 1
mytake1 Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) On 12/13/2020 at 9:18 AM, kamil24 said: So I was bored yesterday and decided to go through Spotify, as I was curious to see which finalists out of them all have the most monthly Spotify listeners. Here are the Top 20 Idol contestants that currently have the most listeners: Kelly Clarkson – 29,852,243 Carrie Underwood – 6,643,385 Gabby Barrett – 4,754,638 Jordin Sparks – 4,161,482 Adam Lambert – 3,818,707 Lauren Alaina – 3,626,404 Haley Reinhart – 2,703,438 Phillip Phillips – 2,598,454 David Archuleta – 2,572,521 Chris Daughtry – 2,508,672 Scotty McCreery – 2,026,960 Jennifer Hudson – 1,743,028 Fantasia – 1,607,430 Danny Gokey – 1,049,908 Mandisa – 896,875 Katharine McPhee – 755,109 Catie Turner – 619,830 Colton Dixon – 522,970 Elliott Yamin – 498,356 Kellie Pickler – 438,571 Thoughts? Any surprises on who is there, and who isn't? I did only go through finalists though there are some others that would make the list if I did more; for example Tori Kelly would be #2, Todrick Hall at #14 & Brielle Von Hugel would make it at #18. The Monthly Listeners number can fluctuate depending on new music, promotion cycle. For example, Gabby Barrett has a big record on the radio. But overall career, she is not more successful than i.e. Chris Daughtry. Here are the Spotify Followers for the above: Kelly Clarkson 7.1m Carrie Underwood 4.3m Jordin Sparks 1.6m Chris Daughtry 1.5m Fantasia 1.3m Adam Lambert 1.1m Jennifer Hudson 1.2m Phillip Phillips 830k Scotty McCreery 668k Kellie Pickler 636k Lauren Alaina 418k David Archuleta 382k Haley Reinhart 237k Mandisa 297k Danny Gokey 217k Colton Dixon 175k Kat McPhee 130k Gabby Barrett 110k Elliott Yamin 90k Catie Turner 61k Edited December 19, 2020 by mytake1 1
kamil24 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Posted December 19, 2020 15 hours ago, mytake1 said: The Monthly Listeners number can fluctuate depending on new music, promotion cycle. For example, Gabby Barrett has a big record on the radio. But overall career, she is not more successful than i.e. Chris Daughtry. Here are the Spotify Followers for the above: Kelly Clarkson 7.1m Carrie Underwood 4.3m Jordin Sparks 1.6m Chris Daughtry 1.5m Fantasia 1.3m Adam Lambert 1.1m Jennifer Hudson 1.2m Phillip Phillips 830k Scotty McCreery 668k Kellie Pickler 636k Lauren Alaina 418k David Archuleta 382k Haley Reinhart 237k Mandisa 297k Danny Gokey 217k Colton Dixon 175k Kat McPhee 130k Gabby Barrett 110k Elliott Yamin 90k Catie Turner 61k Yes I'm aware, Kelly is also very inflated right now because of her Christmas song, and Gabby + Lauren Alaina are too with their current hits. But I like to look at listeners since they actually listen to the music, whereas followers don't necessarily mean they are listening. I tihnk I'll update the list in a few months to see how things have changed. 2
mytake1 Posted December 19, 2020 Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, kamil24 said: Yes I'm aware, Kelly is also very inflated right now because of her Christmas song, and Gabby + Lauren Alaina are too with their current hits. But I like to look at listeners since they actually listen to the music, whereas followers don't necessarily mean they are listening. I tihnk I'll update the list in a few months to see how things have changed. It's important to look at Monthly Listeners AND Followers. Spotify has both metrics for a reason. Kelly, Carrie, Jordin, Daughtry, Fantasia, J-Hud, Adam, Phillip, Scotty - all have high Monthly Listeners and Followers. And not all of them have new music or on a promotion cycle. Whereas I thought Gabby Barrett's stats would be a lot higher, considering she has a big song on the radio. It will be interesting what her numbers are when she doesn't. Edited December 19, 2020 by mytake1
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