Did you know that on average, a person listens to music for 17.8 hours a week? Indeed, music has many benefits, even if we listen to it unintentionally. Know that listening to music gives a real feeling of pleasure, helps to fight against stress and anxiety, and boosts motivation and endurance when doing something, such as household chores, sports, among others. But what are the most listened to genres of music in the world? And which songs are the most streamed in 2022?
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The most listened to genres of music in the world
For several years, pop has kept its place as the most listened to musical genre in the world. With a listening rate of 64 %, pop is well ahead of rock and electronic music. In second place, rock has a listening rate of 57 %. Electronic music is in third place with a listening rate of 32 %.
This is followed by Soundtrack music (30 %), Hip-Hop/Rap/Trap music (26 %), Variety (24 %), Classical songs/Opera (24 %), R&B music (23 %), soul and blues music (22 %), and finally metal (19 %)
These percentages were obtained by interviewing 18,000 people in 18 countries.
Top 20 most listened music in 2022
Ninho takes the first place in the ranking of the most listened music in 2022 with his song titled “Jefe”. Indeed, this song reached 67 million plays in just six months. But not only that, he also grabbed second place with his famous song entitled “VVS”. Both titles belong to his latest album “Jefe”. In third place, we have the hit "Filtered" sung in duet by Timal and Gazo which has been listened to more than 44 million times in streaming on Spotify, not to mention other platforms. This song is followed by the hit of the summer which is none other than the cover of “Suavamente” by Soolking. In last position of the Top 5, we have the famous hit of the year entitled “La Fama” sung by Rosalia and The Weekend.
After these 5 hits, there are still 15 others that are among the most listened to music this year.
Here is the list of the 20 music most listened to in streaming during the first half of this year 2022 with the name of the singers (solo or featuring) and their title.
| Rank | Singer(s) | music title |
| 1 | Ninho | "Jefe" |
| 2 | Ninho | “VVS” |
| 3 | Timal & Gazo | "Filtered" |
| 4 | Soolking | "Sweetly" |
| 5 | Rosalia & The Weeknd | "The Fame" |
| 6 | Koba LaD | " Blankie " |
| 7 | Angele & Damso | "Demons" |
| 8 | Naps & Gims | “BestLife” |
| 9 | gayle | « abcdefu » |
| 10 | Yanns | "Click Click Pan Pan" |
| 11 | Aya Nakamura & Damso | "Draw" |
| 12 | Stromae | "Hell" |
| 13 | Alonzo & Ninho & Naps | " Everything's good " |
| 14 | Kay | “Emiliana” |
| 15 | imagine Dragons | "Enemy" |
| 16 | Kay | “Love Nwantiti” |
| 17 | Orelsan | "Best Day" |
| 18 | naps | "Kiffance" |
| 19 | Orelsan | " The quest " |
| 20 | Elton John & Dua Lipa | “Coldheart” |
