At the end of each year, Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms release a list of each user's most listened-to artists throughout the year.
According to an in-person poll conducted by The Eastern Echo, these are the most popular music artists for Eastern Michigan University students.
The percentage beside the name represents the percentage of the total vote each artist received.
11th place: Conan Gray (2.29%)
Conan Gray's most recent album, "Wishbone," released Aug. 25, 2025. With 12 songs, the album explores grief and heartbreak after the end of a relationship. Gray's most popular song, "Heather," currently sits at 2.2 billion streams on Spotify.
10th place: Bruno Mars (2.29%)
While Bruno Mars has not released a studio album since 2016, Atlantic Records recently announced that a new album is on its way. "The Romantic," which features nine tracks, is set to release Feb. 27, 2026.
Ninth place: Hozier (2.29%)
With 41.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Hozier's recent hit "Too Sweet" compares love languages and the different ways a person can show affection in a relationship.
Eighth place: NBA YoungBoy (2.29%)
YoungBoy's most recent album release, "Slime Cry," features an impressive 30 unique tracks. Born in Louisiana, YoungBoy's musical discography spans across nine studio albums and 23 mixtapes.
Seventh place: Tyler, the Creator (2.29%)
With back-to-back album releases, "Chromakopia" and "Don't Tap The Glass," Tyler currently has 43.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, with recent hits "Sugar On My Tongue" and "Like Him" releasing within a year.
Sixth place: Tate McRae (2.29%)
McRae's first studio album released in 2022, with two more releases as of January 2026. Her recent release "Just Keep Watching" was also featured in "F1," a 2025 film starring Brad Pitt.
Fifth place: Sabrina Carpenter (2.29%)
Former Disney star Sabrina Carpenter's recent album "Short n' Sweet" won two Grammy awards and topped the U.S. Billboard charts.
Fourth place: Pierce the Veil (2.29%)
First formed in 2006, Pierce the Veil has released five studio albums, with their songs "A Match Into Water" and "King for a Day" cemented as classic alternative hits.
Third place: Ariana Grande (2.29%)
Recent "Wicked" witch and former Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande has seen massive success after her tenure as a child actor, with 47 different songs reaching the U.S. Billboard Top 100 list.
Second place: Daniel Ceasar (3.44%)
With four studio albums and one studio EP, Daniel Ceasar currently sits at 39.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify, with hits "Best Part" and "Get You" featuring H.E.R. and Kali Uchis respectively.
First place: Drake (6.89%)
With nearly double the percentage of votes in comparison to the other 106 artists competing on this list, Drake has had 13 singles hit the number one spot on the Billboard Top 100 across eight studio albums.
Across 174 students interviewed, 107 unique artists were listed.
Editor's note: Artists in third through 11th place each received the same number of votes. Interviews were conducted in person across EMU's campus.
