Alka Yagnik beats Taylor Swift, becomes most streamed artist on YouTube in 2022

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Alka Yagnik beats Taylor Swift, becomes most streamed artist on YouTube in 2022 (Image: Instagram/therealalkayagnik)
Alka Yagnik beats Taylor Swift, becomes most streamed artist on YouTube in 2022 (Image: Instagram/therealalkayagnik)

New Delhi : Bollywood playback singer Alka Yagnik has become the most streamed artist on YouTube globally last year with 15.3 billion YouTube streams in 2022 and an average of 42 million per day. According to data released by liberty games Alka Yagnik is the most streamed artist on YouTube with 17.7 billion streams in 2021 and 16.6 billion in 2020. She even surpassed the greats like Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift and BTS.

South Korean superstar BTS received 7.95 billion streams and stood at 6th rank, while Black Pink got 7.29 billion streams and rank Death 8. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, grabbed the 26th rank with 4.33 billion. You must be shocked to know that Udit Narayan is ranked at 3rd position with 10.6 billion global YouTube listeners, while Arijit Singh took the 4th place with 10.2 billion streams.

Late playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, also known as Nightingale of India, took the 9th position. According to the data, almost 25% of Youtuber users are from India.

Bollywood playback singer Alka Yagnik has a career span of around 4 decades. She has recorded more than 8000 songs for movies and single albums in various Indian languages. She has also received 2 National Film Awards.

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