The music industry has witnessed a dramatic shift in power in the last few decades. With new singers rising to fame alongside a surge in digital streaming services, the transformation has propelled many artists to global fame and recognition. While previously Taylor Swift held a strong position and made headlines, now there are a few more female artists added to the list.
According to recent reports generated by Spotify, there are three female artists who reached the 2 billion streaming mark on the online platforms. Releasing the report by the end of the year, Spotify announced how Olivia Rodrigo joined Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa to have multiple songs with over 2 billion streams.
Dua Lipa
Starting as a model before signing a recording contract with Warner Bros., Dua Lipa rose to prominence in 2017. Rather new to the music industry, the English singer and songwriter started her career at the age of 14, by covering songs on YouTube.
Now, Lipa has reached the summit of her success by becoming the first female singer in history to have 2 solo songs from 2 separate albums surpassing 2 billion streams. Taking advantage of the online streaming platform, Spotify, Dua Lipa became the first on our list to cross the 2 billion mark.
Billie Eilish
Following Dua Lipa’s success, there came another rather new singer, Billie Eilish, who first gained recognition in 2015 for the song Ocean Eyes. Later in 2020, Eilish became the youngest person ever to win a Grammy for album of the year.
While achieving such major success, Billie Eilish recently topped the Spotify charts for Lovely and Bad Guy. Earning 2 billion streams for her songs, Eilish went from tinkering in her bedroom to racking up billions of streams worldwide. The young artist simply set the record straight with her meteoric rise to fame.
Olivia Rodrigo
Next in line, who recently joined the club of 2 billion streams on Spotify is another young and extremely new artist, Olivia Rodrigo. The epitome of a one-hit wonder, Rodrigo has come up with four back-to-back hit songs within two years, since her unprecedented debut with Drivers License.
Generating billions of views with her catchy ballads, her song even debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Currently, according to reports on X, Olivia Rodrigo’s Happier has surpassed several artists and has reached the 2 billion mark on the streaming platform. Waiting to achieve great things, the young artist is solidifying her career, better than ever.
