A new Spotify study released ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest has revealed the most-streamed songs in the competition’s history and highlighted key patterns behind their success.
According to the report, the all-time leader is Dutch singer Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade,” which has accumulated more than 1.5 billion streams.
In second place is Armenian singer Rosa Linn’s hit “Snap”, which has also surpassed the one billion stream mark, despite the fact that she finished only 20th in the 2022 contest, Radar Armenia reported.
Spotify data show that Eurovision continues to serve as an important platform for gaining international recognition. The most-streamed Eurovision-related artist of all time is the legendary group ABBA with 12.5 billion streams. They are followed by Måneskin with 9 billion and Celine Dion with 7 billion streams.
The study also emphasized that songs achieving broad popularity are often not contest winners but entries with relatively modest results. As an example, it cited the Portuguese song “Deslocado,” which became the most-streamed track of 2025 despite finishing only 21st in the final.
Experts also analyzed the technical characteristics of winning songs and identified several recurring patterns. According to their assessment, a successful Eurovision track should combine emotional depth with energy and maintain a tempo of around 127 BPM.
The study found that the most successful formula is a composition written in F major and a 4/4 time signature. The closest example to these criteria was identified as Irish singer Johnny Logan’s 1987 winning song “Hold Me Now,” which experts described as “one of the most ideal Eurovision entries in history.”
