This Wednesday, August 16th marks the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. To commemorate the King of Rock N’ Roll, Spotify has taken a look at the musical impact he continues to have today and uncovered a few surprises.
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Elvis’s catalog of songs has been streamed well over a billion times on Spotify with the most streamed Elvis song globally and in the US is ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’, which has been streamed more than 90 million times . ‘Suspicious Minds’ is at number 2 with 69 million streams worldwide, and ‘Jailhouse Rock’ rounds out the global top 3 with 68 streams.
Surprisingly, Elvis’s home country of the US doesn’t have the biggest share of Elvis listening within a country. In fact, Sweden has the highest concentration of Elvis listening, followed by the United Kingdom, Chile, Iceland and the Netherlands.
Three out of the top five cities with the largest share of Elvis listening come from the United Kingdom, with Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham coming in at number one, three and five, respectively. Santiago, Chile takes the number two spot, and Göteborg, Sweden appears a number four.
Top Global Elvis Tracks:
- Can’t Help Falling in Love
- Suspicious Minds
- Jailhouse Rock
- Blue Christmas
- In the Ghetto
- A Little Less Conversation – JXL Radio Edit Remix
- Hound Dog
- Always On My Mind
- Burning Love
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Don’t Be Cruel
- Blue Suede Shoes
- All Shook Up
- (You’re The) Devil In Disguise
- Love Me Tender
- Viva Las Vegas
- Are You Lonesome Tonight
- It’s Now or Never
- Return to Sender
- That’s All Right
Top US Elvis Tracks:
- Can’t Help Falling in Love
- Blue Christmas
- Jailhouse Rock
- Suspicious Minds
- Hound Dog
- Burning Love
- Heartbreak Hotel
- A Little Less Conversation – JXL Radio Edit Remix
- In the Ghetto
- Don’t Be Cruel
- Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
- All Shook Up
- It’s Now or Never
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Love Me Tender
- Stuck on You
- (You’re The) Devil in Disguise
- Santa Claus Is Back In Town
- Always on My Mind
- That’s All Right
Top Countries (normalized*):
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- Chile
- Iceland
- Netherlands
- Ireland
- Belgium
- Norway
- Liechtenstein
- Cyprus
- Spain
- Andorra
- Greece
- Malta
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Monaco
- Austria
Top Cities (normalized*):
- Glasgow, Glasgow City, UK
- Santiago, Region Metropolitana, CL
- Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, SE
- Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Dublin, Dublin, IE
- Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, SE
- Oslo, Oslo, NO
- Melbourne, Victoria, AU
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
- Curitiba, Parana, BR
- Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR
- Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, AR
- Mexico, Distrito Federal, MX
- Montréal, Quebec, CA
- London, London, City of, UK
- Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, DK
- Barcelona, Catalonia, ES
- Perth, Western Australia, AU
- Auckland, Auckland, NZ
*Elvis listening was normalized by dividing his streams by all streams in a country or city.