Shawn Mendes Tops Spotify's Global 25 Under 25 List

Spotify

SHAWN MENDES topped SPOTIFY's third annual list of the 25 most influential artists under the age of 25 dominating the music industry right now. The 18-year-old CANADIAN singer-songwriter boasts 25 million SPOTIFY listeners each month and over 500 million streams of his breakout smash, "Stitches."

To determine the list, SPOTIFY looked at a variety of factors such as the number of people listening to an artist each month on the streaming service, artists with songs featured in SPOTIFY’s top playlists and top-performing artists by genre.

Following MENDES at the top of the list are: ARIANA GRANDE, CHANCE THE RAPPER, MARTIN GARRIX and JUSTIN BIEBER along with such rising stars as CHARLIE PUTH, TORY LANES and DNCE.

SPOTIFY Digital Trends Expert SHANON COOK commented: "With so many young listeners on SPOTIFY, it's always fascinating to hone in on the peer artists they're listening to and looking up to. It seems there are more musicians than ever under the age of 25 who are doing well, and while it's always good to see returning stars like JUSTIN BIEBER, ARIANA GRANDE and RAE SREMMURD, this year's list also highlights newcomers like singer-songwriter JOEL ADAMS and alt-rock band NOTHING BUT THIEVES, whose tracks are really engaging listeners and gaining traction in popular playlists."

The complete list as follows:
1. SHAWN MENDES
2. ARIANA GRANDE
3. CHANCE THE RAPPER
4. MARTIN GARRIX
5. JUSTIN BIEBER
6. ALESSIA CARA. 
7. CHARLIE PUTH
8. FIFTH HARMONY 
9. HAILEE STEINFELD 
10. FLUME
11. ZARA LARSSON
12. MALUMA
13. TORY LANEZ 
14. KELSEA BALLERINI 
15. DNCE: 
16. JOEL ADAMS 
17. DESIIGNER 
18. SELENA GOMEZ
19. GLASS ANIMALS
20. HALSEY
21. NOTHING BUT THIEVES 
22. DEMI LOVATO 
23. RAE SREMMURD 
24. CHEAT CODES
25. DAYA

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