Spotify has released its list of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs of the Streaming Era, and Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” sits at #1. The ranking was assembled by a cross-disciplinary team of Spotify editors guided by criteria including cultural impact, musicality, and artist storytelling, covering songs released on the platform from 2015 to the present.
“drivers license” arrived in January 2021 and broke Spotify’s record for most streams in a single day for a non-holiday song, then broke it again the following day. Spotify’s editors describe it as a song that reminded us what it felt like to watch a star be born in real time, a deceptively simple ballad that distilled heartbreak, melodrama, and coming-of-age into something instantly classic.
Chappell Roan lands two songs in the top 2, with “Pink Pony Club” at #2 and “Good Luck, Babe!” at #11. Taylor Swift claims 3 spots in the top 10 alone, with “Cruel Summer” at #3, “august” at #68, and “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” at #49. Billie Eilish places 3 songs in the top 25, including “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” at #9, “bad guy” at #22, and “ocean eyes” at #14.
The list reflects the full arc of streaming-era pop, from Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” at #4 and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Run Away With Me” at #5, to foundational moments like Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” at #32 and Drake’s “Hotline Bling” at #21. Tyla’s “Water” at #50 and Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” at #29 represent the growing global reach of Afrobeats in the mainstream, while Charli xcx places 3 tracks across the list.
The full 100 is below.
Spotify’s 100 Greatest Pop Songs of the Streaming Era:
- “drivers license,” Olivia Rodrigo
- “Pink Pony Club,” Chappell Roan
- “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift
- “Don’t Start Now,” Dua Lipa
- “Run Away With Me,” Carly Rae Jepsen
- “Sorry,” Justin Bieber
- “Green Light,” Lorde
- “One Dance,” Drake, Wizkid, and Kyla
- “BIRDS OF A FEATHER,” Billie Eilish
- “no tears left to cry,” Ariana Grande
- “Good Luck, Babe!,” Chappell Roan
- “Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd
- “Sunflower,” Post Malone and Swae Lee
- “ocean eyes,” Billie Eilish
- “Delicate,” Taylor Swift
- “we can’t be friends (wait for your love),” Ariana Grande
- “Closer,” The Chainsmokers and Halsey
- “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd
- “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter
- “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
- “Hotline Bling,” Drake
- “bad guy,” Billie Eilish
- “deja vu,” Olivia Rodrigo
- “New Rules,” Dua Lipa
- “Kill Bill,” SZA
- “Please Please Please,” Sabrina Carpenter
- “Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles
- “Von dutch,” Charli xcx
- “Calm Down,” Rema and Selena Gomez
- “Cut To The Feeling,” Carly Rae Jepsen
- “Without Me,” Halsey
- “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran
- “What Was I Made For?,” Billie Eilish
- “Despacito – Remix,” Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber
- “Die With A Smile,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
- “Love On The Brain,” Rihanna
- “As It Was,” Harry Styles
- “Hello,” Adele
- “Circles,” Post Malone
- “Say So,” Doja Cat
- “Wild Thoughts,” DJ Khaled, Rihanna, and Bryson Tiller
- “Be the One,” Dua Lipa
- “Escapism.,” RAYE and 070 Shake
- “The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey
- “Butterflies,” Kacey Musgraves
- “CUFF IT,” Beyoncé
- “Havana,” Camila Cabello and Young Thug
- “Into You,” Ariana Grande
- “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift
- “Water,” Tyla
- “Woman,” Doja Cat
- “STAY,” The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
- “thank u, next,” Ariana Grande
- “Eastside,” benny blanco, Halsey, and Khalid
- “Bad Liar,” Selena Gomez
- “HOT TO GO!,” Chappell Roan
- “Lover,” Taylor Swift
- “good 4 u,” Olivia Rodrigo
- “Vroom Vroom,” Charli xcx
- “When We Were Young,” Adele
- “I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix),” Mike Posner and Seeb
- “I Know A Place,” MUNA
- “Perfect,” Ed Sheeran
- “APT.,” ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
- “Never Really Over,” Katy Perry
- “About You,” The 1975
- “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,” Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus
- “august,” Taylor Swift
- “Rainbow,” Kacey Musgraves
- “Ever Again,” Robyn
- “Good as Hell,” Lizzo
- “Heart to Break,” Kim Petras
- “Now I’m In It,” HAIM
- “Girl, so confusing featuring lorde,” Charli xcx and Lorde
- “Midnight Rain,” Taylor Swift
- “Cheap Thrills,” Sia and Sean Paul
- “Rush,” Troye Sivan
- “Headphones On,” Addison Rae
- “Stick Season,” Noah Kahan
- “Lush Life,” Zara Larsson
- “Issues,” Julia Michaels
- “Levitating,” Dua Lipa and DaBaby
- “Bruises,” Lewis Capaldi
- “Supercut,” Lorde
- “Happy World,” Debbii Dawson
- “Kiss Me More,” Doja Cat
- “21st Century Cool Girl,” Chloe Qisha
- “Lost In Japan,” Shawn Mendes
- “Love Me Not,” Ravyn Lenae
- “Lose You To Love Me,” Selena Gomez
- “So Easy (To Fall In Love),” Olivia Dean
- “California,” Grimes
- “Sports car,” Tate McRae
- “Just for Me,” PinkPantheress
- “Rain On Me,” Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
- “Motivation,” Normani
- “Angel Of My Dreams,” JADE
- “If the World Was Ending,” JP Saxe and Julia Michaels
- “Slow Hands,” Niall Horan
- “Cool for the Summer,” Demi Lovato