The true greats have maintained popularity throughout the ages, and here we’re demonstrating it with the rock bands with the most streams in the modern era.
The greatest rock era’s were certainly in the previous century, but rock never dies and the music lives on – you’ll be surprised who’s number one!
The most streamed rock artist is Queen with 35.54B streams, which includes 35.48B as lead artist and 68.2M from features, followed by Imagine Dragons (24.49B) and Linkin Park (19.08B).
A countdown of the most famous rock music artists in order of streams as lead artist is as follows:
- 50Pearl Jam
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.65B
- Most streamed song of all time: Even Flow with 621.8M streams
- 49The Script
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.80B
- Most streamed song of all time: Hall of Fame with 1.55B streams
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- 48Van Halen
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.98B
- Most streamed song of all time: Jump with 925.1M streams
- 47Train
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.99B
- Streams as a featured artist: 230K
- Most streamed song of all time: Hey, Soul Sister with 1.64B streams
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- 46Kings of Leon
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.01B
- Most streamed song of all time: Sex on Fire with 1.56B streams
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- 45The Cure
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.10B
- Streams as a featured artist: 2.3M
- Most streamed song of all time: Friday I'm in Love with 769.1M streams
- 44Mumford & Sons
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.11B
- Streams as a featured artist: 95.0M
- Most streamed song of all time: Little Lion Man with 760.3M streams
- 43Aerosmith
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.30B
- Most streamed song of all time: Dream On with 1.20B streams
- 42Rammstein
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.40B
- Most streamed song of all time: Du hast with 613.0M streams
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- 41Dire Straits
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.55B
- Most streamed song of all time: Sultans of Swing with 1.27B streams
- 40Glass Animals
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.57B
- Streams as a featured artist: 34.4M
- Most streamed song of all time: Heat Waves with 3.14B streams
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- 39Nickelback
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.61B
- Most streamed song of all time: How You Remind Me with 1.16B streams
- 38Slipknot
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.71B
- Most streamed song of all time: Duality with 804.1M streams
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- 37Blink-182
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.77B
- Most streamed song of all time: All The Small Things with 1.19B streams
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- 36Muse
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.83B
- Most streamed song of all time: Uprising with 646.4M streams
- 35My Chemical Romance
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.14B
- Most streamed song of all time: Teenagers with 1.00B streams
- 34Billy Joel
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.18B
- Streams as a featured artist: 466K
- Most streamed song of all time: Uptown Girl with 1.00B streams
- 33The Lumineers
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.22B
- Streams as a featured artist: 187.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: Ho Hey with 1.36B streams
- 32Paramore
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.38B
- Most streamed song of all time: Misery Business with 857.1M streams
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- 31Oasis
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.40B
- Most streamed song of all time: Wonderwall with 2.11B streams
- 30The 1975
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.47B
- Most streamed song of all time: Somebody Else with 821.9M streams
- 29The Smiths
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.80B
- Most streamed song of all time: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out with 668.4M streams
- 28Bon Jovi
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.83B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.7M
- Most streamed song of all time: Livin' On A Prayer with 1.70B streams
- 27Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.97B
- Most streamed song of all time: Have You Ever Seen The Rain with 1.75B streams
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- 26Tame Impala
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.98B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.7M
- Most streamed song of all time: The Less I Know The Better with 1.76B streams
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- 25Foo Fighters
- Total Streams as a lead: 8.02B
- Most streamed song of all time: Everlong with 1.27B streams
- 24The Killers
- Total Streams as a lead: 8.03B
- Streams as a featured artist: 6.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: Mr. Brightside with 2.32B streams
- 23System of a Down
- Total Streams as a lead: 9.26B
- Most streamed song of all time: Chop Suey! with 1.45B streams
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- 22Radiohead
- Total Streams as a lead: 9.59B
- Most streamed song of all time: Creep with 1.80B streams
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- 21Fleetwood Mac
- Total Streams as a lead: 9.83B
- Most streamed song of all time: Dreams with 1.79B streams
- 20Led Zeppelin
- Total Streams as a lead: 9.87B
- Most streamed song of all time: Stairway to Heaven with 1.02B streams
- 19Fall Out Boy
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.00B
- Most streamed song of all time: Centuries with 1.24B streams
- 18U2
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.03B
- Most streamed song of all time: With Or Without You with 1.10B streams
- 17The Police
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.12B
- Most streamed song of all time: Every Breath You Take with 2.21B streams
- 16Pink Floyd
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.69B
- Most streamed song of all time: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 with 928.3M streams
- 15Green Day
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.75B
- Streams as a featured artist: 35.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Basket Case with 1.15B streams
- 14Hozier
- Total Streams as a lead: 11.56B
- Streams as a featured artist: 227.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: Take Me to Church with 2.70B streams
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- 13Elton John
- Total Streams as a lead: 11.63B
- Streams as a featured artist: 445.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: Cold Heart with 2.14B streams
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- 12AC/DC
- Total Streams as a lead: 12.26B
- Most streamed song of all time: Highway to Hell with 1.71B streams
- 11Guns N' Roses
- Total Streams as a lead: 12.27B
- Most streamed song of all time: Sweet Child O' Mine with 2.00B streams
- 10The Beatles
- Total Streams as a lead: 12.83B
- Most streamed song of all time: Here Comes The Sun with 1.42B streams
- 9Metallica
- Total Streams as a lead: 13.27B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Enter Sandman with 1.49B streams
- 8The Rolling Stones
- Total Streams as a lead: 14.67B
- Most streamed song of all time: Paint It, Black with 1.29B streams
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- 7Twenty One Pilots
- Total Streams as a lead: 15.49B
- Most streamed song of all time: Stressed Out with 2.42B streams
- 6Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Total Streams as a lead: 15.81B
- Most streamed song of all time: Californication with 1.50B streams
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- 5Nirvana
- Total Streams as a lead: 17.87B
- Most streamed song of all time: Smells Like Teen Spirit with 2.14B streams
- 4Arctic Monkeys
- Total Streams as a lead: 18.95B
- Most streamed song of all time: I Wanna Be Yours with 2.47B streams
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- 3Linkin Park
- Total Streams as a lead: 19.08B
- Most streamed song of all time: In the End with 2.20B streams
- 2Imagine Dragons
- Total Streams as a lead: 24.48B
- Streams as a featured artist: 14.5M
- Most streamed song of all time: Believer with 3.15B streams
- 1Queen
- Total Streams as a lead: 35.48B
- Streams as a featured artist: 68.2M
- Most streamed song of all time: Bohemian Rhapsody with 2.59B streams
