Made in the USA: American artists rule Spotify at home and abroad

Made in the USA: American artists rule Spotify at home and abroad

America exports more music than any other country. But the real story isn’t how U.S. artists dominate globally; it’s what’s happening at home.

To explore these patterns, the piano learning app Skoove partnered with the analysts at DataPulse Research to break down more than a year of Spotify Top 200 data across 73 countries. The dataset includes over 800,000 data points, revealing how local music ecosystems thrive or fade in the algorithmic era.

American listeners are fiercely loyal to their own talent. Based on the analysis of Spotify’s weekly charts, U.S.-based artists captured 79% of chart positions within the country, placing the U.S. sixth out of 73 in local artist loyalty. The U.S. trails only countries like Indi