Arthur Nery Passes 3 Billion Spotify Streams, Becomes Most-Streamed OPM Solo Artist
Singer-songwriter Arthur Nery has crossed 3 billion total streams on Spotify, a milestone that makes him the most-streamed OPM solo artist of all time on the platform, Daily Tribune reported on Sunday, November 15.
The R&B artist built that number on hits like “Pagsamo,” “Isa Lang” and “Take All the Love,” plus songs from his latest album, Fictions You Produce. Streaming tracker Kworb put his total across 42 tracks at more than 3.13 billion streams as of November 11, with “Isa Lang” leading at over 536 million plays.
The report added that Nery had held the spot of Spotify Philippines’ No. 1 most-streamed OPM male artist of all time for 440 straight days as of October 13. He also ranked fifth on Spotify Philippines’ Top Artists chart, sharing the list with global names such as Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Bruno Mars.
To mark his streaming run, Spotify held its first-ever Spotify 360 event in the Philippines with Nery as headliner. According to Philstar.com, the platform invited Premium subscribers it identified as his superfans, based on their listening data, to the New Clark City Athletics Stadium in Tarlac on October 22.
There, Nery performed “Na Naman,” “Binhi,” “Pagsamo,” “Isa Lang” and “Take All The Love” with his band, a live string section and a choir. Singer Jolianne joined him on stage for their collaboration “Palayo sa Mundo.” Daily Tribune said more than 200 fans and media members attended, making Nery the first OPM artist to host an interactive fan experience with the streaming service.
Spotify also noted that “Isa Lang” is among the three most-streamed songs in the Philippines, while the line “Take all the love that I give” is Nery’s most-shared lyric on the app. His listenership has grown 13 times since he joined the RADAR Philippines program in 2020.
Nery first broke into the mainstream with “Higa” and “Binhi” before “Pagsamo” became the first OPM song to top 500,000 daily streams on Spotify Philippines for four days in a row, according to his Spotify artist profile. He released his sophomore album, II: The Second, in September 2024.
For a homegrown R&B act, reaching 3 billion streams shows how far Filipino music can travel when listeners keep pressing play.
