Metallica Was Streamed 1.1 Billion Times On Spotify In 2020
Metallica’s music was streamed 1.1 billion times on Spotify in 2020. This year marks the second year in which the band were played more than a billion times on the streaming service within a year.
The news was shared by the band to their social media, where they said “We thought last year’s numbers were insane… you guys have outdone yourselves! 99.3M hours?! That’s like if someone started listening on October 27, 9318 B.C. and never stopped.”
The band went on to say “Can anyone guess what this year’s most played song was, clocking in at 128.6M streams??” Adding “You remain the most dedicated fans in the world – thank you for spending so much of your year with us!”
Last year the band’s music was streamed on Spotify 1 billion times, equating to 89.9M hours. The band also grew by 7.4 million listeners over this year.
The bands music was first made avilable on spotify back in December 2012. This was significant at the time because Sean Parker, who co-founded Napster, was on the board of Spotify. The band noteably went after Napster in court over a decade earlier over the illegal sharing of the bands music, leading to a battered public image for the band.
When the Spotify deal was announced in New York on the 6th December 2012, Metallica’s drummer Lars Ulrich and Sean Parker appeard together, seemingly buring the hatchet. Ulrich said at the time “When [Sean Parker] and I saw each other a few months ago. We could see that we had been put down as adversaries. We realize we had much more in common and sitting down was long overdue… We were younger, maybe somewhat more ignorant. We sat down and had a heart to heart.”
A statement posted to the bands website read “We are extremely proud to be a part of Spotify, who not only has a proven track record, but is by far the best streaming service.”
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