On June 05, 2015, Spotify revealed that multi-award winning singer-songwriter John Legend’s ballad All of Me is the top choice for tying the knot around the globe. Mellow-rocker Jason Mraz is the world’s favorite artist for matrimonial music, with two of his tracks featuring in the global top 20 list.
Spotify analyzed over 400,000 wedding themed playlists worldwide, also identifying Bruno Mars’ Marry You, Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud and even Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines as among the most popular wedding music.
Analysis of ‘First Dance’ playlists revealed that British crooner Ed Sheeran is the most popular artist globally for the all-important first dance, with his tracks Tenerife Sea and Thinking Out Loud featuring in the top 5, Jason Mraz, Etta James and Elvis Presley are also favorites.
In the Philippines, Meiko’s upbeat, happy and light music Stuck On You is top streamed song on Filipinos’ wedding playlists, followed by the popular slow but sweet Thinking Out Loud of Ed Sheeran, and world’s most streamed song on weddings, All Of Me by John Legend.
Angela Watts, VP, Global Communications at Spotify, commented: ‘Weddings are one of the most popular life events we see playlists created for on Spotify. Not only does music have the power to tell the story of a couple’s relationship, it also – very importantly – encourages guests to get onto the dancefloor and strut their stuff’.
Most Popular Wedding Songs Globally:
- All of Me – John Legend
- Marry You – Bruno Mars
- Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
- A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
- Ho Hey – The Lumineers
- Marry Me – Train
- Lucky – Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat
- You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
- I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
- Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
- First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes
- Happy – Pharrell Williams
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Everything – Michael Bublé
- Best Day Of My Life – American Authors
- I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
- At Last – Etta James
- Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
- Better Together – Jack Johnson
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) – Stevie Wonder
Most Popular First Dance Songs Globally:
- Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
- At Last – Etta James
- Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley, The Jordanaires
- Marry Me – Train
- Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran
- You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
- First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes
- Make You Feel My Love – Adele
- Everything – Michael Bublé
- Lucky – Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat
- Can’t Help Falling In Love – Ingrid Michaelson
- Better Together – Jack Johnson
- God Gave Me You – Blake Shelton
- Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
- The Luckiest – Ben Folds
Most Popular Wedding Songs in the Philippines
- Stuck On You – Meiko
- Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
- All Of Me – John Legend
- Make You Feel My Love – Adele
- A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
- Latch (Acoustic) – Sam Smith
- Lucky – Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat
- You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
- Love Is Beginning – Imaginary Future
- XO – John Mayer
- I Want To Belong To You – Katie Herzig
- First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes
- Marry Me – Jason Derulo
- You and I – Ingrid Michaelson
- Marry Me – Train
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