Rap / Hip Hop absolutely dominated music this year.

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If you need any proof of hip-hop’s streaming dominance, look no further than Billboard’s year-end Streaming Songs Artists chart for 2018. Of the 25 acts featured on the 2018 list, 17 are rappers, exceeding the 15-rapper mark set in 2017. The top 10 features eight of those musicians, including the entire top four.

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Additionally, on the 75-position year-end Streaming Songs chart, 50 songs come from the hip-hop genre, up from 40 in 2017.

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And they weren’t just slow-builders, either; in 2018, 11 songs debuted at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, 10 of them hip-hop songs. Only four did so in 2017 (three rap) and two in 2016 (neither rap).

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An incredible 20 of the top 25 most streamed songs in 2018 where rap songs.

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An incredible 20 of the top 30 most streamed albums in 2018 where rap albums.

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Two of spotifys most featured playlist where rap playlists.

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Spotify announced Emo Rap was the genre that grew the most in 2018

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4 of Spotify's top artists where Rap, 5 of 5 if you count Khalid.

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Spotify's top 5 songs where rap, and top 5 albums where also rap as well

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