Hip-hop 50 years: Goiás is one of the 10 states with the most consuming hip-hop music on Spotify in Brazil

Nearly all of the streams on Spotify globally are hip-hop tracks; Brazil is the third most consuming country for this species; The Brazilian playlists “Trapperz Brasil” and “creme” are among the most listened to in the world.

This year, hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary. To this day, it continues to influence music and culture on a global scale. Hip-hop is the second most popular genre of music on Spotify, with a 68% growth in consumption over the past three years globally. As of 2023, approximately ¼ of all Spotify streams worldwide is hip-hop.

Today, worldwide, there are more than 53 million playlists, including editorial playlists and user-created playlists that mention hip-hop or rap, and more than 2 billion that contain at least one hip-hop song.

Based on the period from January to July this year, Brazil is the third largest consumer of hip-hop music, behind only the United States and Mexico. Today, the genre has 23% of Spotify’s total plays in the country, with a 140% increase in streams since 2020.

Spotify’s Trapperz Brasil and Cream Brazilian playlists are among the world’s top 10 hip-hop/rap playlists on the platform. RapCaviar, the most listened to playlist of this genre and the second with the largest number of followers in the world, Brazil ranked fifth in terms of consumption of its tracks.

Countries consuming the most hip-hop/rap music on Spotify in the world in 2023 (January-July):

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Mexico

Brazil

Germany

France

United kingdom

Spain

India

Canada

Italy

Spotify’s Most Streamed Hip-Hop/Rap Playlists in the World in 2023 (January-July):

Caviar wrap

I love 90’s hip hop

Get Turnt

Imprisoned

Trappers Brazil

Mio mode

generous

Duetcrap Brandnew

PVNCHLNRS

generation rap

Countries most streamed hip-hop music on Spotify in Brazil in 2023 (January-July):

Sao Paulo

Minas Gerais

Rio de Janeiro

Parana

Rio Grande do Sul

Santa Catarina

Bahia

Federal District

Ciara

Goyas