Quevedo overtakes Rosalía to become Spain's most-streamed artist on Spotify

This summer, the artist tops the ranking on the Swedish platform, which estimates monthly streams per act, overtaking his Catalan colleague and Rels B. With an estimated 33,922,381 monthly listeners on Spotify at the time of publication, the artist Quevedo – identified with Canary Islands culture despite being born in Madrid and spending his first four years in Brazil – has for the moment become the most-listened-to artist both in the islands and on the Iberian Peninsula. The trap artist now ranks ahead of Rosalía (with 26,999,894 plays in the last month, according to the latest estimates) and Rels B (23,439,003). "I always write from the context of Las Palmas and the islands," he said in a recent interview with the Canary Islands public broadcaster. "That makes me feel free, and feeling free makes me feel good." His breakthrough came four summers ago thanks to a track released during one of the hugely popular sessions with Argentine DJ BZRP, session number 52. This fan favourite also earned him a Latin Grammy in 2023, when it was nominated in the Best Urban Fusion/Performance category. The word used for baby "baifitos" (the young of the Canary Islands’ endemic goat breed, and whose name comes from Guanche, the language spoken by the islands’ original inhabitants before Spanish colonisation) gives its name to Quevedo’s latest album, "El Baifo", and also appears in typically Canary Islands expressions such as "se me fue el baifo", meaning to get distracted or lose focus. This is his third studio album, after "Buenas noches" and "Donde quiero estar", and sees the urban trap singer champion Canary Islands identity, in line with other Spanish-language artists such as Bad Bunny with Puerto Rico. The project includes collaborations with artists like Elvis Crespo on tracks such as "La Graciosa", which was played at the last football World Cup during Spain’s matches alongside songs like Aitana’s "Superestrella".