Eurovision's Top Spotify Hit: Sweden's KAJ Dominates Global Streams

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Eurovision's Top Spotify Hit: Sweden's KAJ Dominates Global Streams
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Even before the European Championship gets underway in Basel next week, a global winner has emerged on Spotify. "Bara bada bastu" with KAJ has been streamed more than twice as much as the second on the list.

In the statistics, which are based on listening from April 1 to May 4, Sweden's contribution thus tops the list of the most played Eurovision contributions globally. Number two on the list is Italy's "Volevo essere un duro" with Lucio Corsi.

Spotify itself does not disclose the exact number of listens for different time periods, but TT has found out that "Bara bada bastu" has 13.2 million listens during the time span, while the Italian contribution has 6.3 million listens.

Powerful, it's almost unreal to take in, but we are so grateful that people have found our song and that it has spread like wildfire, says Axel Åhman, one of the group members.

Third on the global list is the Netherlands' contribution "C'est la vie" with Claude, who is one of KAJ's favorites and is seen as a likely competitor for the win.

Claude can be seen coming from behind. Half of the streams probably come from my Spotify account, says Jakob Norrgård.

Not entirely unexpectedly, KAJ and "Bara bada bastu" are also number one on the list of the most played Eurovision contributions in Sweden. On the Swedish list, they are followed by Tommy Cash's "Espresso macchiato", which competes for Estonia, and Norway's contribution "Lighter" with Kyle Alessandro.

Most played globally:

1. "Bara bada bastu" with KAJ (Sweden)

2. "Volevo essere un duro" with Lucio Corsi (Italy)

3. "C'est la vie" with Claude (Netherlands)

4. "Tutta l'Italia" with Gabry Ponte (San Marino)

5. "Espresso macchiato" with Tommy Cash (Estonia)

6. "Baller" with Abor & Tynna (Germany)

7. "Maman" with Louane (France)

8. "Lighter" with Kyle Alessandro (Norway)

9. "Ich komme" with Erika Vikman (Finland)

10. "Wasted love" with JJ (Austria)

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Most played in Sweden:

1. "Bara bada bastu" with KAJ (Sweden)

2. "Espresso macchiato" with Tommy Cash (Estonia)

3. "Lighter" with Kyle Alessandro (Norway)

4. "Róa" with Væb (Iceland)

5. "Wasted love" with JJ (Austria)

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