American listeners racked up more than 1 trillion music streams for the first time last year, fueled in part by breakout artists such as Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish, new data show. Total US music streams spiked 29.3 percent to 1.15 trillion in 2019 as services such as YouTube and Spotify continued to dominate how listeners get their tunes, according to Nielsen Music’s annual report.
Source: US listeners surpass 1 trillion music streams in 2019