Spotify's top streamed and most viral music this week: Ke$ha, Jay-Z and Rihanna

The Lumineers, Alex Clare, A$AP Rocky and In This Moment: Who else is surprising listeners?

By AP Staff Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 3:09 PM

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The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, Nov. 5 to Sunday, Nov. 11 in the United States:

1. Ke$ha, "Die Young" (RCA/Kemosabe Records)
2. Rihanna, "Diamonds" (Island Def Jam Music Group)
3. Fun., "Some Nights" (WEA/Fueled By Ramen)
4. Taylor Swift, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (Big Machine Records)
5. The Lumineers, "Ho Hey" (Dualtone)
6. Psy, "Gangnam Style" (Schoolboy/Universal Republic)
7. Imagine Dragons, "It's Time" (Interscope)
8. Alex Clare, "Too Close"(Universal Island Records)
9. Bruno Mars, "Locked Out Of Heaven" (Atlantic)
10. Mumford & Sons, "I Will Wait"(Glassnote Entertainment Group)

The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Nov. 5 to Sunday, Nov. 11, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify in the United States:

1. Jay-Z, "My President Is Black (Remix)" (Island Def Jam Music Group)
2. Young Jeezy, "My President" (Island Def Jam Music Group)
3. Upon this Dawning, "Call Me Maybe" (Fearless Records)
4. In This Moment, "Blood" (Century Media)
5. A$AP Rocky, "(Expletive) Problems" (RCA Records)
6. Epic Rap Battles of History, "Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney" (Maker Studios)
7. Hollywood Undead, "We Are" (A&M/Octone Records)
8. Sam Palladio & Clare Bowen "If I Didn't Know Better (Nashville Cast)" (Lion's Gate Television)
9. Ludacris "Representin - Explicit Version" (Island Def Jam Music Group)
10. Bad Religion, "(Expletive) You" (Epitaph)