I received the below information today from Money.co.uk and it made me wonder, what’s your favourite musical song or soundtrack that you have on repeat?

Regular readers of my site don’t need to question mine too much, but I have to say the soundtrack listing suprised me a little?

Now that theatres are beginning to open, fans are eager to see their favourite shows. Money.co.uk analysed 15 of the highest grossing musicals’ soundtracks on Spotify to see which musicals have been streamed most across the globe.

Most Streamed Musical Soundtracks:

	Musical	Number of Spotify streams per musical
1	Hamilton	4,077,703,917
2	Lion King	969,393,322
3	Mamma Mia!	929,362,461
4	Les Misérables	498,230,674
5	Beauty And The Beast	463,058,760
6	Aladdin	431,907,426
7	Wicked	407,072,399
8	Jersey boys	368,457,599
9	Mary Poppins	219,360,768
10	Book Of Mormon	192,699,068
11	Phantom Of The Opera	184,438,321
12	Chicago	129,453,916
13	Kinky Boots	46,613,896
14	Cats	34,889,512
15	Miss Saigon	3,562,103

Money.co.uk can reveal that the most streamed musical is Hamilton with a whopping 4,077,703,917 streams for all of its songs on Spotify!

Hamilton’s most streamed song is its classic opening song Alexander Hamilton which has been streamed 191,957,326 times so far!

Our second favourite soundtrack to stream is The Lion King with 969,393,322 total streams, followed by Mamma Mia! with 929,362,461.

The list wouldn’t be complete without Les Misérables placing fourth with a grand total of 498,230,674 streams, followed by Disney classic Beauty and the Beast with 463,058,760 streams.

Most Streamed Songs:

	Musical	Number of Spotify streams per musical
1	December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) – Jersey Boys	243,890,399
2	Alexander Hamilton – Hamilton	191,957,326
3	A Whole New World – Aladdin	187,272,953
4	I Just Can’t Wait To Be King – The Lion King	173,018,233
5	Can You Feel The Love Tonight – The Lion King	172,134,185
6	My Shot – Hamilton	165,415,206
7	Satisfied – Hamilton	164,271,176
8	The Schuyler Sisters – Hamilton	154,097,647
9	Hakuna Matata – The Lion King	153,928,742
10	You’ll Be Back – Hamilton	150,134,753

The overall most streamed song is December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) from the Jersey Boys musical with 243,890,399 streams on Spotify.

Second is Alexander Hamilton from Hamilton with 191,957,326, and then A Whole New World from Aladdin with 187,272,953 total streams.

The Lion King completes the top five with I Just Can’t Wait To Be King (173,018,233 streams), and Can You Feel The Love Tonight? (172,134,185streams).

Methodology:

1. Money.co.uk pooled a list of the 15 top grossing musicals. They then found the official album for each musical on Spotify and the number of global streams for each song. 
2. They ordered this data to find the musical with the most streamed songs in total and as an average per song
3. All data was collected on 17/05/2021 and is correct as of then

*Please note I am in no way affiliated to Money.co.uk this is purely for entertainment value.