Having broken over the main audience 15 years before streaming was even a thing, Eminem continues to be a force to be reckoned with. 2013’s smash The Monster moves past a billion streams on Spotify, meaning that his entire top 10 is now over this mark.

Artists with the most songs above 1 billion streams

It took until the end of 2016 to see the first song cracking that historical milestone – Drake‘s One Dance was the first billionaire song, undoubdtedly helped by its absence on YouTube at the time.

While the amount of songs above the billion streams on Spotify increase significantly in recent years, it’s still a noteworthy achievement for any recording. As Eminem completes his perfect 10, with lead songs only, 11 artists are now part of this elite group. We review them.

When several artists share the same number of songs over a billion, the tie-breaker is the date of the last song turning billionaire: the earliest an artist made it, the highest ranked he is.

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Eminem – 10 songs

From Lose Yourself to The Monster, Eminem has a stacked top 10, full of classic songs. No less than 9 of these were released in 2013 or earlier. The lone exception is Godzilla, the only track released during the streaming era.

The fact that a song from his last 2020s album Music to Be Murdered By makes the cut reflects that Eminem is still very capable of scoring big hits. And the presence of 9 legacy songs shows how immensely valuable his catalog is.

This is what makes his presence on this listing all the more impressive. Indeed, the US rapper happens to be the only artist to break over the main audience before 2000 to be there.

Eminem most streamed songs on SpotifyEminem’s most streamed songs on Spotify, retrieved April 12, 2024

Lose Yourself and Without Me are over 20 years old, yet both stand over 2 billion, with Till I Collapse poised to reach them at some point during Q3 2024. Hard to believe all these golden songs came out within 5 months. What a moment this was for the artist!

It’s worth noting that both The Real Slim Shady and Mockingbird are currently recording over a million streams per day, again fantastic numbers. Love the Way You Lie is almost there too.

Eminem is looking to push his tally of billionaire songs with Not Afraid by mid-May 2024, while Akon‘s Smack That is also bubbling under, although this ranking focuses on lead songs only.