Blink-182 and Bon Jovi the new Spotify billionaires
The list of songs that have reached and passed the billion listening on the main streaming platform is stretched. In recent days, the last song to reach this goal had been “I Want to Know What Love Is” of the Foreigner. Today two other tracks enter the “billionaire” club in terms of reproductions of a single song.
New entries are: “All the small things” of the Blink–182single from the album “Enema of the State” published in 1999 (the first with Travis Barker to replace the original drummer Scott Raynor) and “It’s my life”, Signed by Bon Jovi, Single of the seventh studio album of the band released in 2000.
Blink-182 were awarded during the Fanduel Super Bowl party sponsored by Spotify in New Orleans.
Before this certification in streaming “All the small things“It was already recognized as the most successful song of the punk rock trio. In fact, he had reached the top of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks ranking and the number 6 position of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. He also placed himself at number 2 of the UK Singles Chart, selling over 1.2 million copies and obtaining double platinum certification in the country. It was also platinum certified in Australia and five times platinum in the United States.
The video also gets a good response and you tube reports almost 390ml of views from 17 June 2009
For the other band entered this (less and less) restricted circle of super streams it is a confirmation. With “It’s my life“I Bon Jovi in fact enter For the third time in the list of billionaires listening to streaming on the Swedish platform. The other two tracks are “Livin ‘On a Prayer” entered in January 2023 and “You Give Love a Bad Name” added in June 2024.
“It’s my life”, published in June 2000, it reached n. 33 of the Billboard Hot 100 US and the summit of the rankings across Europe.
John Bon Jovi’s band’s song also goes strong on You Tube which certifies 1.3 billion views in 15 years. In the billionaire club of the video platform, the American group has two other songs: the great hit “Livin on a Prayer” (from 1986) entered in February 2023 and “Always” (from 1994) in the standings since March 2024.
The Bon Jovi also occupy five positions in the Billboard Hard Rock Digital Song Sales Chart with the inevitable “Livin ‘On a Prayer“At n. 1,”It’s my life“At n. 3,”You Give Love a Bad Name“At n. 4,”Wanted Dead or Alive“at n. 6 and”Runaway“At n. 8.
