For the third year in a row, Bad Bunny became the most-streamed global artist on Spotify and his music generated over 18.5 billion streams this year.

The audio streaming platform on Wednesday released the Spotify Wrapped 2022, a list of top artists, songs, albums and podcasts of the year.

Coming in second among the most-streamed global artists was "All Too Well" singer Taylor Swift. The 32-year-old singer was also the most-streamed female artist and the most viral artist worldwide.

Drake was the third most-streamed artist globally and ranked first among the most-streamed artists in the U.S. The Weeknd and BTS took the fourth and fifth spots respectively.

Meanwhile, Harry Styles' "As It Was" was the most-streamed track of 2022 with over 1.6 billion streams globally. It was followed by "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals and "Stay" by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber. The fourth and fifth spots went to Bad Bunny's "Me Porto Bonito" and "Titi Me Pregunto" respectively.

Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" was the most-streamed album worldwide this year, followed by Harry Styles' "Harry's House" at No. 2 and "Sour" by Olivia Rodrigo at No. 3. On the fourth spot was "=" (Equals) by Ed Sheeran. "Planet Her" by Doja Cat took the fifth spot.

Following Swift on the list of most viral artists globally were The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, BTS and Lana del Rey.

Among Spotify podcasts, "The Joe Rogan Experience" became the most popular show on the platform. "Call Her Daddy" by Alex Cooper, "Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain," "Caso 63" (All Languages) and "Crime Junkie" were the other top podcasts.

BTS' Jungkook was the most-streamed K-pop soloist of 2022. He was followed by Blackpink's Lisa and fellow band member J-Hope.

Last year, Spotify Wrapped introduced a new segment that included thank-you messages from 100 artists. It will include messages from over 40,000 artists this year.

Taylor Swift, shown here at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards in Düsseldorf on November 13, 2022
AFP