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 36.55B streams, which includes 36.48B as lead artist and 72.2M from features, followed by Imagine Dragons (24.49B) and Linkin Park (21.59B).
A countdown of the most famous rock music artists in order of streams as lead artist is as follows:
- 50R.E.M.
- Total Streams as a lead: 4.69B
- Most streamed song of all time: Losing My Religion with 1.59B streams
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- 49Twenty One Pilots
- Total Streams as a lead: 4.81B
- Most streamed song of all time: Stressed Out with 2.58B streams
- 48Johnny Cash
- Total Streams as a lead: 4.84B
- Streams as a featured artist: 726.0M
- Most streamed song of all time: Hurt with 622.8M streams
- 47Cage The Elephant
- Total Streams as a lead: 4.93B
- Most streamed song of all time: Cigarette Daydreams with 1.13B streams
- 46Florida Georgia Line
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.04B
- Streams as a featured artist: 604.0M
- Most streamed song of all time: Cruise with 466.3M streams
- 45Papa Roach
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.21B
- Most streamed song of all time: Last Resort with 1.29B streams
- 44Luke Bryan
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.30B
- Streams as a featured artist: 959.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: Play It Again with 568.6M streams
- 43David Bowie
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.32B
- Streams as a featured artist: 3.45B
- Most streamed song of all time: Under Pressure with 1.83B streams
- 42Three Days Grace
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.47B
- Most streamed song of all time: I Hate Everything About You with 916.2M streams
- 41Eagles
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.74B
- Most streamed song of all time: Hotel California with 1.82B streams
- 40Disturbed
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.88B
- Most streamed song of all time: The Sound of Silence with 869.4M streams
- 39Weezer
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.94B
- Streams as a featured artist: 4.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: Island in the Sun with 892.8M streams
- 38The Strokes
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.95B
- Most streamed song of all time: Last Nite with 705.0M streams
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- 37Bring Me the Horizon
- Total Streams as a lead: 5.95B
- Most streamed song of all time: Can You Feel My Heart with 715.5M streams
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- 36Pearl Jam
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.08B
- Most streamed song of all time: Even Flow with 686.9M streams
- 35Van Halen
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.20B
- Most streamed song of all time: Jump with 985.7M streams
- 34Iron Maiden
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.26B
- Most streamed song of all time: The Trooper with 501.0M streams
- 33Mumford & Sons
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.32B
- Streams as a featured artist: 95.0M
- Most streamed song of all time: Little Lion Man with 809.8M streams
- 32Kings of Leon
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.38B
- Most streamed song of all time: Sex on Fire with 1.72B streams
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- 31Phil Collins
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.54B
- Most streamed song of all time: In the Air Tonight with 810.8M streams
- 30Journey
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.60B
- Most streamed song of all time: Don't Stop Believin' with 2.32B streams
- 29Aerosmith
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.79B
- Most streamed song of all time: Dream On with 1.31B streams
- 28Rammstein
- Total Streams as a lead: 6.86B
- Most streamed song of all time: Du hast with 672.5M streams
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- 27Muse
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.16B
- Most streamed song of all time: Supermassive Black Hole with 710.0M streams
- 26Nickelback
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.17B
- Most streamed song of all time: How You Remind Me with 1.32B streams
- 25Blink-182
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.23B
- Most streamed song of all time: All The Small Things with 1.29B streams
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- 24Billy Joel
- Total Streams as a lead: 7.72B
- Streams as a featured artist: 466K
- Most streamed song of all time: Uptown Girl with 1.12B streams
- 23Bon Jovi
- Total Streams as a lead: 8.41B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.7M
- Most streamed song of all time: Livin' On A Prayer with 1.86B streams
- 22Foo Fighters
- Total Streams as a lead: 8.42B
- Most streamed song of all time: Everlong with 1.38B streams
- 21Dire Straits
- Total Streams as a lead: 8.54B
- Most streamed song of all time: Sultans of Swing with 1.39B streams
- 20The Killers
- Total Streams as a lead: 8.55B
- Streams as a featured artist: 6.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: Mr. Brightside with 2.53B streams
- 19Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Total Streams as a lead: 9.65B
- Most streamed song of all time: Have You Ever Seen The Rain with 1.93B streams
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- 18System of a Down
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.09B
- Most streamed song of all time: Chop Suey! with 1.60B streams
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- 17Led Zeppelin
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.27B
- Most streamed song of all time: Stairway to Heaven with 1.09B streams
- 16Hozier
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.59B
- 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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- 15Fleetwood Mac
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.70B
- Most streamed song of all time: Dreams with 1.99B streams
- 14Radiohead
- Total Streams as a lead: 10.81B
- Most streamed song of all time: Creep with 2.04B streams
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- 13Pink Floyd
- Total Streams as a lead: 11.18B
- Most streamed song of all time: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 with 1.01B streams
- 12U2
- Total Streams as a lead: 12.45B
- Most streamed song of all time: With Or Without You with 1.18B streams
- 11Guns N' Roses
- Total Streams as a lead: 12.98B
- Most streamed song of all time: Sweet Child O' Mine with 2.17B streams
- 10AC/DC
- Total Streams as a lead: 13.15B
- Most streamed song of all time: Highway to Hell with 1.88B streams
- 9Metallica
- Total Streams as a lead: 14.07B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Enter Sandman with 1.63B streams
- 8The Beatles
- Total Streams as a lead: 14.10B
- Most streamed song of all time: Here Comes The Sun with 1.54B streams
- 7The Rolling Stones
- Total Streams as a lead: 16.47B
- Most streamed song of all time: Paint It, Black with 1.41B streams
- 6Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Total Streams as a lead: 16.79B
- Most streamed song of all time: Californication with 1.61B streams
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- 5Nirvana
- Total Streams as a lead: 18.79B
- Most streamed song of all time: Smells Like Teen Spirit with 2.32B streams
- 4Arctic Monkeys
- Total Streams as a lead: 20.80B
- Most streamed song of all time: I Wanna Be Yours with 2.88B streams
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- 3Linkin Park
- Total Streams as a lead: 21.59B
- Most streamed song of all time: In the End with 2.47B 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: 36.48B
- Streams as a featured artist: 72.2M
- Most streamed song of all time: Bohemian Rhapsody with 2.73B streams
