Oftentimes, an artist’s number of monthly listeners will fluctuate and vary from month to month (at times depending on recent activity and releases) however, the monthly total generally does not seem to rapidly fluctuate, thus giving users an excellent gauge of an artist’s popularity on the platform.

Spotify provides users with an easily accessible metric to measure an artist’s popularity on their platform, monthly listeners. After analyzing and compiling the most-streamed Country artists on Spotify, it certainly was proven that a Pop or crossover hit would seemingly increase an artist’s success on the streaming platform. For many of these artists, that very song remains their top song on Spotify oftentimes holding the top spot, despite not being a very “recent” hit. It can be said that a Country artist having a Pop or crossover hit directly correlates with their streaming numbers. Of the top ten ranked Country artists, eight have achieved at least one major Pop or crossover hit. Photos: Kane Brown (Matthew Berinato), Maren Morris (Jamie Nelson), Thomas Rhett (John Shearer)

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