Spotify lists Top 20 rock acts (with surprising artist taking out #1)

Spotify has just announced the Top Rock acts of 2017, in celebration of International Day of Rock N Roll, with Coldplay taking out the number one position on Spotify across the global and Australian lists.

Missing out on the number one position, Twenty One Pilots takes out the second spot, with The Beatles, Linkin Park and Red Hot Chili Peppers featuring in the Top Five.

International Day of Rock N Roll was first celebrated on on July 13 1985 to mark Live Aid. 

Along with the top rock songs, Spotify has highlighted rock-themed playlists.

Top genre collections such as Rock This, New Noise and Rock Hard have over 200,000 listeners.

However, looking at 10 of the top Rock playlists, not one of them features Coldplay or Twenty One Pilots. While it’s not like either act really needs the boost that a coveted spot in those collections can offer, it’s an interesting little disconnect between artist-genre tags and genre playlists.

Top 20 Rock Acts Globally on Spotify

1 - Coldplay
2 - Twenty One Pilots
3 - The Beatles
4 - Linkin Park
5 - Red Hot Chili Peppers
6 - Panic! At The Disco
7 - Metallica
8 - Arctic Monkeys
9 - Queen
10 - Fall Out Boy
11 - Green Day
12 - AC/DC
13 - Pink Floyd
14 - Blink-182
15 - Paramore
16 - Guns N’ Roses
17 - Nirvana
18 - The Rolling Stones
19 - The 1975
20 - Kings of Leon

Top 20 Rock Acts in Australia on Spotify

1 - Coldplay
2 - Twenty One Pilots
3 - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4 - The Beatles
5 - Linkin Park
6 - Panic! At The Disco
7 - Blink-182
8 - Fall Out Boy
9 - Fleetwood Mac
10 - Green Day
11 - The xx
12 - Arctic Monkeys
13 - AC/DC
14 - Queen
15 - Bon Iver
16 - Metallica
17 - Tame Impala
18 - alt-J
19 - Kings of Leon
20 - Florence + The Machine