Russia’s Polina Gagarina may have the most Youtube views on the official Eurovision channel, but Sweden’s Måns Zelmerlöw is dominating the charts on streaming service Spotify.
Sweden and Italy are not only leading on betting odds, but also on the Spotify plays. Måns currently has over 13 million plays, putting him well ahead of Italy’s Il Volo, who have 2.2 million plays, and Spain’s Edurne, who is in the third place with 1.2 million plays. Norway’s Mørland & Debrah Scarlett and Netherlands’ Trijntje Oosterhuis round out the top five.
We shouldn’t rush to any major conclusions just yet. Spotify, the world’s most popular streaming service, was founded in Sweden. Streaming now accounts for a staggering 79% of the Swedish record music market and Spotify has higher penetration in its home market than anywhere else in the world. It makes sense that the Swedish contestant would have a natural leg up here.
And Spotify isn’t available in all markets. Many countries including Russia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Serbia don’t even have access to it.
Of course, having access to Spotify doesn’t necessarily mean your country is listening to you though. Slovenia and Belarus don’t have Spotify but the Eurovision acts from those countries have more streams than those from Ireland and Cyprus, countries that do have access. They are ranked last and next-to-last.
You can draw your own conclusions from the full list of streams below:
Please note: This information is correct as of 20:00 CET on Sunday, 3 May, 2015.
Eurovision stars ranked by Spotify streams
1. Sweden: 13,684,672
2. Italy: 2,248,663
3. Spain: 1,219,813
4. Norway: 1,012,246
5. The Netherlands: 885,309
6. Denmark: 481,861
7. Estonia: 390,024
8. Germany: 325,066
9. Australia: 199,973
10. Belgium: 187,305
11. Finland: 137,400
12. Austria: 128,001
13. Slovenia: 70 979
14. Belarus: 69 548
15. Russia: 68 500
16. Israel: 68 021
17. Iceland: 67 457
18. Albania: 66 366
19. Macedonia: 64 715
20. France: 52 747
21. United Kingdom: 50 598
22. Georgia: 50 261
23. Switzerland: 49 583
24. Poland: 42 309
25. Azerbaijan: 40 327
26. Malta: 40 169
27. Hungary: 39 696
28. Latvia: 39 473
29. Serbia: 37 073
30. Lithuania: 33 294
31. Moldova: 33 993
32. Montenegro: 33 589
33. Armenia: 31 802
34. Romania: 31 754
35. Greece: 30 867
36. Czech Republic: 28 971
37. Portugal: 28 570
38. San Marino: 19 686
39. Ireland: 17 453
40. Cyprus: 14 601
We will update the standings in the coming weeks. Do you think that a country should have more or less plays than it has? Tell us why in the comments section! Can Spotify streams predict the winner of Eurovision 2015?
I think that Albania or Estonia should this Eurovision. It’s my opinion please respect it.
AMANECER
Wait that’s actually a cover of an original Italian classic opps. Oh and Albania’s I’m Alive along with Electro Velvet’s Still In Love You!
Yup! Man’s Heroes is my Spotify list atm. Il Volo’s song isn’t but I have their other new song, Ancora instead 😉
Why is Mans on pedestal on this picture? Is he so self-assured? C c c …
Italian guys look so cute together. Gianluca is the most beautiful guy this year and Edurne is the most beautiful woman this year. 🙂
Sweden and Italy kinda remind me of Sanna vs Aram last year.
I hope so badly Italy or Sweeden not to win! I want an Eurovision like Dusseldorf 2011 or even last year. This year’s winner I guess will surprise us. I bet Spain, Slovenia or Albania will take the trophy home!
The real dark horse is of course some one never expects… I bet it’s Tsjech Republic!
Where were Conchita and the Common Linnets on Spotify three weeks before the ESC 2014??? Beware of the dark horse with a late run from the back of the field.
Update this news please, Azerbaijan has 2.1 mln views
Ireland is so underatted people should listen Molly Sterling is a amazing talent.
Australia or Sweden wili win thank I think to juries vote and EBU. Small chance to win have Italy and Azerbaijan.
Dark horse maybe Estonia or Norway
Albania should be on top 10
I just can’t get over the fact that Sweden and Italy are so completely different. It’s cool! 🙂
They just released the Remixed version of Amanecer in spotify by Bryan Cross…
https://play.spotify.com/album/0Ul0oVc2xnvFc1aLJd6Qyr?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open
Wow , i love it is just my top 5, very good
Sweden is crazy about Spotify, hence the huge number of streams for the Swedish entry.
Wow. I hate all three of those songs.
I’m just happy that I can listen to these songs in the U.S.! Grande Amore and Tonight Again were already available but glad that Heroes, A Monster Like Me, and Amanecer is available for American listeners.
Netherlands 5th :)!
Ireland forgotten about again…..really annoying, its better than so many songs that are ranked so high.
bavarson, what is your point ? Should no-one listen to any of the songs before the contest ? You can’t stop people from playing the songs they like.
I hate that outsiders are strongly promoted before ESC because this is bad socialism.
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