Top 5 Most Followed Indian Singers On Spotify. Spotify, the global music streaming and podcast giant, celebrated its 5th anniversary in February 2024 in India. The platform boasts more than 28,000 artists in India alone. Spotify recorded a growth of 85 percent year-over-year in global consumption of music from India in 2023.
The digital music service provider has given local Indian artists a global stage where they can share their music in whatever language they like from Tamil, Hindi, Telugu to Punjabi. Spotify is most loved by the GenZ and millennials.
Spotify’s former Head of Music Culture and Editorial India Sneha Singh highlighted India’s love for local and global artists. India is home to Bollywood artists, raga virtuosos, indie talent, and world-class singers. It has a rich culture.
Here is top five most followed Indian singers on Spotify
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Arijit Singh– Followers: 119.15 million
He is a popular playback singer and music composer. Arijit Singh rose to fame with the song Tum Hi Ho for Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur’s Aashiqui 2. He was in the top 10 of Planet Bollywood for eight weeks for that song. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for this song.
Some of his popular songs include Sajni (from Laapataa Ladies), Chaleya, Satranga (from Animal) and O Maahi. Arijit Singh recently surpassed Taylor Swift becoming the most-followed artist on Spotify.
Badshah– Followers: 26.9 million
Badshah is an Indian rapper. He is known to fuse indie hip-hop and commercial music into mainstream and impeccable style. Badshah, born as Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia) sings Hindi, English, Punjabi and Haryanvi songs. He has also sung for Bollywood movies including Good Newwz, Veera Di Wedding, Namaste England, and Bala, among others.
Shreya Ghosal- Followers: 25.6 million
She is regarded as India’s nightingale. Shreya Ghosal’s melodious songs have pierced hearts across the world. She has won numerous awards – National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, and regional awards including Kerala State Film Awards.
Shreya Ghosal is ranked amongst the great vocalists in India. She lent her voice to Devdas, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, Paro (played by Aishwarya Rai).
Shreya Ghosal sang Morey Piya, Dola Re Dola, Bairi Piya, and Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka. She also sang Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai, and the most hit Sun Raha Hai Na Tu.
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Armaan Malik- Followers: 20 million
Arman Malik has sung songs in multiple languages – Tamil, Hindi, English, Kannada, Punjabi, Malayalam, and Bengali, among others. He debuted as a child singer in 2007 for the song Bum Bum Bole for Amir Khan’s film Taare Zameen Par. Armaan Malik was the lead singer for the cricket biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.
He has also sung Dil Mein Chhupa Loonga, and Chale Aana, among others.
Neha Kakkar. Followers: 15.7 million
She is a playback singer who came into the limelight in the reality show Indian Idol (2005). Neha Kakkar made her mark with the song Second Hand Jawaani for the film Cocktail (2012) which starred Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Diana Penty.
She emerged as the most-viewed female artist on YouTube in 2019 with 13.9 billion views. Moreover, in January 2021 Neha Kakkar won the YouTube Diamond Award, a first for an Indian singer.
