The Beatles A Bigger Hit On Spotify Than Current Artists

After all these years, it's surprising how popular The Beatles music still is, and the band's presence on Spotify proves it. The Fab 4 have been on the streaming service for a mere 100 days, yet the it's been one of the most popular, even more so than current artists like Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and 5 Second of Summer.

The band has averaged 6.5 million listeners a month, with 67% of them being under the age of 35. All told it's been estimated that the several hundred million plays add up to more than 24 million hours of listening.

Surprisingly enough, Beatlemania is strongest in Mexico City, followed by London, Santiago, Chile and Los Angeles, and Thursday at 5PM is the peak time for listening. The top 4 countries that listen are the USA, UK, Mexico and Sweden.

The 4 most popular songs globally are "Here Comes The Sun," followed by "Come Together," "Let It Be," and "Yesterday," while the most popular albums are 1, Abbey Road, The White Album and Let It Be. The band's songs also now appear on 4.2 million playlists.

It's pretty amazing that the music from any single artist could be so enduring and popular.

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Different Age Groups, Different Beatles Favorites

The Beatles music truly transcends generations, and it's even more apparent now that the Fab 4 have embraced streaming. What's interesting is that each generation has its favorite Beatles songs. Here's a list from Spotify Insights that shows the top 10 for each age group.

17 & Under

1. Here Comes The Sun
2. Let It Be
3. Hey Jude
4. Come Together
5. Twist And Shout
6. Yellow Submarine
7. Yesterday
8. I Want To Hold Your Hand
9. Love Me Do
10. Penny Lane

18-24

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. Here Comes The Sun
3. Come Together
4. Penny Lane
5. You Never Give Me Your Money
6. With A Little Help From My Friends
7. Twist And Shout
8. Hey Jude
9. Let It Be
10. Yellow Submarine

25-29

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. Penny Lane
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
5. Love Me Do
6. From Me To You
7. A Hard Day’s Night
8. Something
9. Can’t Buy Me Love
10. Get Back

30-34

1. She Loves You
2. Paperback Writer
3. Ticket To Ride
4. The Long And Winding Road
5. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Hello, Goodbye
7. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
8. Day Tripper
9. Can’t Buy Me Love
10. Blackbird

35-44

1. We Can Work It Out
2. A Day In The Life
3. Ticket To Ride
4. The Long And Winding Road
5. She Loves You
6. Paperback Writer
7. Back In The U.S.S.R.
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Please Please Me
10. Something

45-54

1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Ticket To Ride
4. A Day In The Life
5. Yesterday
6. Let It Be
7. Got To Get You Into My Life
8. I Feel Fine
9. She Loves You
10. Help!

55+

1. Rock And Roll Music
2. Back In The U.S.S.R.
3. Mean Mr Mustard
4. Nowhere Man
5. Drive My Car
6. Glass Onion
7. We Can Work It Out
8. Long, Long, Long
9. Do You Want To Know A Secret
10. A Day In The Life

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Beatles Songs Stream 50 Million Times In 48 Hours

The Beatles were one of the final major holdouts to streaming, and many thought that they waited far too long to be able to take advantage of the medium. That view seems to be unfounded as Beatles songs were streamed more than 50 million times in just 48 hours since they went live on Christmas eve.

What's most interesting about all the streams is demographic that's listening the most. According to Spotify, 65% of listeners are age 34 or younger. Beatles tracks were also added to more than 673,000 playlists during that time.

There's also been a lot of buzz around the Fab 4 coming to streaming, as Brandwatch found that there were 46,000 mentions of "the Beatles streaming" in the hours after launch. 87% of those were positive.

So what Beatles songs were listened to the most? Here's the top 10 worldwide.

1. Come Together
2. Let It Be
3. Hey Jude
4. Love Me Do
5. Yesterday
6. Here Comes The Sun
7. Help!
8. All You Need Is Love
9. I Want To Hold Your Hand
10. Twist And Shout

We should have a better idea of the impact The Beatles catalog has on streaming in a few months, but for now its off to a great start.

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The Beatles Finally Coming To Streaming

All signs are pointing to one of the last major remaining holdouts, The Beatles, finally coming to a streaming network near you. Billboard, MBW, and Hits Daily Double all report that the Fab 4 will finally be available on either Apple Music or Spotify (or both) on Christmas Eve.

There's also some speculation that The Beatles music might be the first available only on Spotify's Premium tier. Last month CEO and founder Daniel Eck seemed to indicate that the company was softening its stance on making certain superstar artists available only on the paid tier and not on the free one.

This seems like a good strategy that may not only get more people to upgrade their accounts (which pay much higher royalties to artists, publishers and labels), but to appease the music industry as well.

The music business has long been railing against giving away music for free, although money is still generated via advertising, just at a lower rate.

The Beatles haven't been absent from streaming altogether though. They've been on Pandora for some time because of a more encompassing license for the non-interactive format.

Just as a point of reference, the band has sold 178 million albums in the US to date, according to the , and their music has been available on iTunes since 2008.

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