Italy can repeat Eurovision victory, says Spotify

This taking into account the most listened to songs on the platform.

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After, last year, data from the Spotify predicted a victory for the Italian hard rock band Moonlightwith “ZITTI E BUONI”, whose song was the most listened to between March and May 2021, this year Italy can repeat the victory in the Eurovision. The biggest highlight of Europe’s music calendar is back – and its popularity remains stronger than ever.

Spotify data reveals that streams of Eurovision playlists increased by more than 594% during the 2021 edition, with streaming of 27 million minutes, with 71% of users aged between 13 and 34 years.

The song chosen to represent Italy in 2022, “Brividi”, by Mahmood e BLANCOcurrently has five times more streams than “Hold Me”, from Cornelia Jakobs from Swedenwhich is in second place, with the podium ending with “De Deipte” by S10, the music of the Netherlands. With the exception of the song chosen to represent each country, “Brividi” is the most listened to song in 28 of the 40 countries participating in the Festival da Canção in Turin. Only four countries – Spain, Luxembourg, Israel and Ireland – have won twice in a row, with Ireland managing to win three times between 1992 and 1994.

The music that will represent Portugal, “saudade, saudade”, by MAROhad an exponential growth since the announcement of the victory in the Song Festival, having grown more than 1000% and has already surpassed 2 million streams. According to Spotify data on the songs participating in Eurovision with the most streams, “saudade, saudade” is in 12th place, which should guarantee a place in the final in Turin, on May 14.

The 15 most listened to songs worldwide in this year’s edition of Eurovision are:

1. Italy – “Brividi” by Mahmood & BLANCO
2. Sweden – “Hold Me Closer” by Cornelia Jakobs
3. Netherlands – “De Diepte” by S10
4. Spain – “SloMo” by Chanel
5. Noruega – “Give That Wolf A Banana” de Subwoolfer
6. Ukraine – “Stefania (Kalush Orchestra)” by KALUSH
7. Austria – “Halo (feat. PIA MARIA)” by DJ LUM!X & Pia Maria
8. Finland – “Jezebel” by The Rasmus
9. United Kingdom – “SPACE MAN” by Sam Ryder
10. Poland – “River” by Ochman
11. Letónia – “Eat Your Salad” de Citi Zēni
12. Portugal – “saudade, saudade” by MARO
13. France – “Fulenn” by Alvan & Ahez
14. Belgium – “Miss You” by Jérémie Makiese
15. Czech Republic – “Lights Off” by We Are Domi

The 15 most listened to songs in Portugal in this year’s edition of Eurovision are:

1. Portugal – “saudade, saudade” by MARO
2. Italy – “Brividi” by Mahmood & BLANCO
3. Spain – “SloMo” by Chanel
4. Sweden – “Hold Me Closer” by Cornelia Jakobs
5. Ukraine – “Stefania (Kalush Orchestra)” by KALUSH
6. Netherlands – “De Diepte” by S10
7. Noruega – “Give That Wolf A Banana” de Subwoolfer
8. United Kingdom – “SPACE MAN” by Sam Ryder
9. Austria – “Halo (feat. PIA MARIA)” by DJ LUM!X & Pia Maria
10. France – “Fulenn” by Alvan & Ahez
11. Poland – “River” by Ochman
12. Grécia – “Die Together” by Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord
13. Cyprus – “She” from Andromache
14. Czech Republic – “Lights Off” by We Are Domi
15. Estonia – “Hope” by Stefan

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