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Khalid
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Khalid Is Now the Most Streamed Artist in the World on Spotify

The singer earned 50 million monthly listeners on the streaming platform.

Khalid just made a major milestone,

The Grammy-nominated singer is now the no. 1 most listened to artist in the world on Spotify.

With over 50 million monthly listeners, he beat out Ariana Grande on Spotify’s monthly listener's chart, according to Spotify’s public-facing data from earlier this week. Grande is now at the no. 2 slot, with J Balvin at no. 3, Post Malone at no. 4, and Billie Eilish at no. 5.

The 21-year-old was also ranked as one of TIME's Most Influential People this year.

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The only artists to have reached 50 million monthly listeners on Spotify so far have been Khalid, Drake, Ariana Grande, J Balvin, and Ed Sheeran.

Khalid released his sophomore album, Free Spirit through RCA Records earlier this month and it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.