The Top Ten Highest Earning Break Up Songs
New research shows Lewis Capaldi has earned streaming royalties of up to £6.2 million so far from his heart break song ‘Someone You Loved’, making it the highest earning break up song on Spotify.
The study by BingoSites analysed the number of streams from the top break up songs on Spotify to establish how much the most popular break up songs have earned in streaming royalties, with a single stream earning an artist £0.0028.
The data revealed that Lewis Capaldi had the highest earning break up song, with his hit ‘Someone You Loved’ which he released in 2019. From his 2,219,939,767 streams he has potentially earned £6,215,831.35.
Justin Bieber came second with his song “Love Yourself” which has earned him £4,775,803.45 so far, with 1.7 million streams. The song hit No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end of 2016, making it his top charting song on Hot 100 so far.
With five songs released in 2012, Passenger has the third highest earning song on the list earning £4,243,884.46 for his song “Let Her Go” as a result of 1.5 billion streams.
| Artist | Song | No. of streams on Spotify | Stream Earnings |
| Lewis Capaldi | Someone You Loved | 2,219,939,767 | £6,215,831.35 |
| Justin Bieber | Love Yourself | 1,705,644,081 | £4,775,803.45 |
| Passenger | Let Her Go”
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1,515,673,021 | £4,243,884.46 |
| Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next | 1,448,144,689 | £4,054,805.13 |
| Halsey | Without Me | 1,433,452,850 | £4,013,667.98 |
| The Killers | Mr Brightside | 1,313,923,940 | £3,678,987.03 |
| Post Malone | I Fall Apart | 1,301,455,762 | £3,644,076.13 |
| Olivia Rodrigo | Drivers License | 1,252,581,994 | £3,507,229.58 |
| Dua Lipa | IDGAF | 1,217,751,821 | £3,409,705.10 |
| Adele | Someone Like You | 1,195,764,482 | £3,348,140.55 |
Ariana Grande’s 2019 hit ‘thank u, next’ places fourth on the list, with a possible earning of more than £4 million with a current amount of 1,448,144,689 streams. The massively empowering break up song led Ariana Grade to win the Kids Choice Award for Favourite Song (2019) and the Teen Choice Award for Choice Pop Song (2019).
The fifth song on the list with 1,433,452,850 streams is ‘Without Me’ by Halsey which has earned her just over £4 million in streaming royalties.
Commenting on findings, a spokesperson from BingoSites said “The highest earning songs on this list are songs that derive from an artist’s own personal experience and personal heartbreak, which can often make a song more meaningful and powerful for fans to listen to.
This study shows that artists can not only use their talents to share their heartbreak and inspire others through their art, but that they can also make a sizeable profit from these songs.”
