Spanish streaming increased 20.8% in 2023 with 87 Bn streams, up from 72 Bn streams in 2023 according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. Streaming continues to account for 87% of music consumption with paid subscriptions that currently accounting for 56% of the total consumption of audio streaming. These statistics confirm the recent IFPI report published in December 2023 which found that Spaniards listen to more music throughout the day, on average, than in other neighbouring countries consuming more than 238 million songs a day.
972 artists got their songs streamed in Spain more than 10 million times (137 more than in 2022). 56 of them even managed to obtain more than 100 million streams – 11 more than in 2023. Sales of vinyl LPs continued to increase with a 4% increase during the year whilst CDs continued their decline with a fall of 10%.
Once again songs sung in Spanish continues to be a large part of the Spanish sales charts in 2023 although only 36 Spanish artists made the Top 100 Song Chart. Latin music continues to be popular in Spain with Bad Bunny, Karol G, Eladio Carrión and Mora all achieving the top album slot during the year.
Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Mäneskin, Miley Cyrus, The Rolling Stones, Metallica and Depeche Mode were amongst the best-selling international artists in Spain last year.
Women featured prominently in radio plays in 2023 with more than half (30) of the top slots in the Top 50 Radio Chart 2023. The most broadcast Spanish track was Nochentera by Vicco which was popular on both dance floors and on-air reaching number 3 in the chart. Spanish pop and Anglo-Saxon music plus other Latin rhythms, make up the bulk of music on the radio. Urban music which has a significant presence on streaming platforms has a relatively small fraction of total radio plays.
Full chart lists of albums, songs, vinyl LPs, compilations and radio plays (in Spanish) can be found on the Promusicae website here.
