JANUARY
Top hit
Starboy · The Weeknd
Top album
A Pentatonix Christmas · Pentatonix
Enter the Year
Year
2017
Streaming Rewrites the Rules
Virality enters the vocabulary — yet month by month, the story stays human.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
Bad And Boujee · Migos
Top album
Starboy · The Weeknd
MARCH
Top hit
Shape Of You · Ed Sheeran
Top album
FUTURE · Future
APRIL
Top hit
Shape Of You · Ed Sheeran
Top album
÷ (Divide) · Ed Sheeran
MAY
Top hit
Humble. · Kendrick Lamar
Top album
DAMN. · Kendrick Lamar
JUNE
Top hit
Despacito · Luis Fonsi
Top album
Harry Styles · Harry Styles
JULY
Top hit
Despacito · Luis Fonsi
Top album
Witness · Katy Perry
AUGUST
Top hit
Despacito · Luis Fonsi
Top album
4:44 · Jay-z
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Despacito · Luis Fonsi
Top album
Rainbow · Kesha
OCTOBER
Top hit
Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) · Cardi B
Top album
Concrete And Gold · Foo Fighters
NOVEMBER
Top hit
Rockstar · Post Malone
Top album
Beautiful Trauma · P!nk
DECEMBER
Top hit
Rockstar · Post Malone
Top album
Reputation · Taylor Swift