Spanish streaming increased 16% in 2022 with 72 Bn streams, up from 62 Bn streams in 2021 according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. Streaming continues to account for 85% of music consumption with paid subscriptions that currently accounting for 55% of the total consumption of audio streaming. These statistics confirm the recent IFPI report published in November 2022 which found that Spaniards listen to more music throughout the day, on average, than in other neighbouring countries consuming more than 200 million songs a day.
835 artists got their songs streamed in Spain more than 10 million times (100 more than in 2021). 45 of them even managed to obtain more than 100 million streams – 20 more than in 2021. Sales of vinyl LPs continued to increase with a 6% increase during the year whilst CDs continued their decline with a fall of 13%.
Once again Spanish music continues to be a large part of the Spanish sales charts in 2022. Bad Bunny (Un Verano sin ti – A summer without you) was the best selling album achieving 5 double platinum records. Rosalía (Motomami) achieved number 1 in vinyl sales and second position in album sales and Tacones Rojos by Sebastián Yatra is the most widely broadcast song on music radio.
Only 4 songs in the Top 100 songs are not in Spanish, which reflects the public’s interest in music in Spanish, but only 37 songs out of the 100 are by Spanish artists (or collaborations with Spanish artists). Latin music also continues to be popular with Spaniards and artists such as Rauw Alejandro with Viceversa (position 5) and Sebastián Yatra y su Dharma (position 6) feature in the top positions.
Harry Styles, Rauw Alejandro, Sebastian Yatra, Taylor Swift, Mora, Feid, Olivia Rodrigo, Camilo, Dua Lipa and Daddy Yankee were the best-selling international artists in Spain last year.
Radio continues to be a great showcase for Spanish and Spanish-language pop music as well as for international pop, which stands out from the urban sounds that are more widely broadcast via streaming.
Full chart lists of albums, songs, vinyl LPs, compilations and radio plays (in Spanish) can be found on the Promusicae website here.
