Ariana Grande is now the female artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify

[TaylorSwift 162,471]

[HeavyMetal Halcyon 1,885]

Happy for her! But interested to see how long this will last. With the new Christmas droplet single from Gaga and the carpool karaoke/fortnite/JFAD on streaming promo, I think Gaga might bounce back a bit. 

[Railing 2,799]

The 2024 payola paid off 

[Bonkers 30,860]

popular

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 32,016]

3 minutes ago, Railing said:

The 2024 payola paid off 

*the great movie choice

[Princess Diana 24,487]

5 minutes ago, Railing said:

The 2024 payola paid off 

ntm on ari, she picked a great script 

[Railing 2,799]

11 minutes ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

*the great movie choice

and the heavily pushed album, the 2 SNL appearances, the BRAT remix, the Just Dance 2025 sponsorship, etc.

I'm not saying it to dunk on her, but it seemed like she was over at the start of the year, and then she turned it around and became inescapable 

[LadyxGaGa 3,220]

dude ngl i wa so worried that wicked was going to get such pushback but i am so happy it’s a smash it’s SUCH a good movie 

[Junko Enoshima 4,585]

4 minutes ago, Railing said:

became inescapable

Good. I preffer her being everywhere instead of Taylor 

[Edonis 28,974]

3 minutes ago, Railing said:

and the heavily pushed album, the 2 SNL appearances, the BRAT remix, the Just Dance 2025 sponsorship, etc.

I'm not saying it to dunk on her, but it seemed like she was over at the start of the year, and then she turned it around and became inescapable 

by pushing and promoting music? that's hardly payola 

[TaylorSwift 162,471]

20 minutes ago, Railing said:

The 2024 payola paid off 

Her 'Santa Tell Me' is one of the most listened to Christmas songs on Spotify and hence her increase in monthly listeners. Brenda Lee had less than 5M listeners in November and now she has 50M.

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 32,016]

6 minutes ago, Railing said:

and the heavily pushed album, the 2 SNL appearances, the BRAT remix, the Just Dance 2025 sponsorship, etc.

I'm not saying it to dunk on her, but it seemed like she was over at the start of the year, and then she turned it around and became inescapable 

That’s promo, not payola 

[Killa 18,824]

It was unavoidable, her xmas song has been climbing positions every year and with wicked release plus her already huge catalogue. 

I also thought she was gonna flop hard when she released the first single and that first month or so. It kinda came and went until it didnt