Kygo reaches 1 billion Spotify streams in fastest ever time

Murray Stassen

Spotify has revealed that Norwegian producer Kygo has become the fastest artist of all time to reach one billion plays on the streaming service.

Named by Spotify as their Breakout Artist of 2015 on December 1, he reached the figure just 12 months after the release of his debut single Firestone, which was exclusive to Spotify for the first 24 hours. By comparison the likes of Sam Smith and Ariana Grande typically take two years from the release of their ...

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