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Most streamed "breakout" act on Spotify (current year)

Most streamed
Who
ZAYN
What
894,000,000 total number
Where
Not Applicable
When
2016

Zayn Malik (UK), formerly of the chart-topping group One Direction, was Spotify's most streamed "breakout" act – i.e., newcomer – in 2016, amassing 894 million streams for tracks including "Pillowtalk", "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (feat. Taylor Swift) and "Like I Would".

FRENSHIP (USA, Brett Hite and James Sunderland), Anne-Marie (UK, b. Anne-Marie Nicholson), MadeinTYO (USA, b. Malcolm Davis) and Rob $tone (USA, b. Jaylen Robinson), ranked 2–5 respectively behind ZAYN, completed Spotify's top 5 "breakout" acts of 2016.