{"id":3905,"date":"2021-12-04T01:58:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T01:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=3905"},"modified":"2021-12-04T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T14:26:29","slug":"lil-nas-xs-gay-anthem-montero-was-one-of-2021s-most-streamed-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=3905","title":{"rendered":"Lil Nas X&#8217;s Gay Anthem Montero Was One of 2021&#8217;s Most Streamed Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we enter December, people are starting to look back at the media they were obsessed with this year, and when it comes to what the world consumes,&nbsp;there\u2019s a whole lot of Montero.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2021-12-01\/what-the-world-streamed-most-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thanks to Spotify<\/a>, we now know that&nbsp;his sexy, chart-topping banger &#8220;Montero (Call Me By Your Name)&#8221;&nbsp;is the second most-streamed song globally in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual, everyone is checking out their Spotify Wrapped to find their most listened to tracks, and this year, a lot of people are going to see \u201cMontero\u201d at the very top. According to Spotify, it was the second most-streamed song in the world in 2021, after only \u201cdrivers license\u201d by Olivia Rodrigo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other songs in the top five include \u201cStay\u201d by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, \u201cgood 4 u\u201d by Olivia Rodrigo, and \u201cLevitating\u201d by Dua Lipa and DaBaby. In the US, the top five most-streamed songs were \u201cdrivers license,\u201d \u201cgood 4 u,\u201d \u201cKiss Me More\u201d by Doja Cat and SZA, \u201cHeat Waves\u201d by Glass Animals, and \u201cLevitating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">X wasn&#8217;t just a one-hit-wonder, though.&nbsp;His debut album&nbsp;<em>MONTERO<\/em>&nbsp;was also the sixth most streamed album globally. Miss Rodrigo was once again at the top of the list with her debut album&nbsp;<em>SOUR<\/em>. She\u2019s followed by Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, and Doja Cat, who rounds out the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (Official Video)\" width=\"749\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6swmTBVI83k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a great year for Lil Nas X, who was also nominated for five Grammys, including Album, Record, and Song of the Year. He\u2019s also up for Best Music Video and Best Melodic Rap Performance. The Record, Song, and Music Video awards are all for the song \u201cMontero.\u201d The Best Melodic Rap nomination is for \u201cIndustry Baby\u201d featuring Jack Harlow. We\u2019ll find out how many awards he takes home when the Grammy winners are announced on January 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter December, people are starting to look back at the media they were obsessed with this year, and when it comes to what the world consumes,&nbsp;there\u2019s a whole lot of Montero.&nbsp;Thanks to Spotify, we now know that&nbsp;his sexy, chart-topping banger &#8220;Montero (Call Me By Your Name)&#8221;&nbsp;is the second most-streamed song globally in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}