Top Male Artists of 2026
The backbone of male artist rankings: IFPI 2025, Billboard 2025 Year-End, Spotify Wrapped, and Kworb monthly listeners (re-ranked for solo male vocalists); K-Pop covered separately.
How this list is organized
Compilation date 2026-08-09. This list coversmale solo singers（including rap-focused solo acts）；for K-Pop groups, seethe K-Pop special feature；female soloists are covered separately；for an overview, seeArtists & Performers. Primary charts: IFPI 2025 Global Artist Chart, Billboard 2025 Year-End Top Artists, Spotify Wrapped 2025，and Kworb's Spotify monthly listenerssnapshots—each chart has been re-ranked after removing female artists and boy bands from the original listings.
| Sources | Date | What We're Watching |
|---|---|---|
| IFPI Global Artist Chart 2025 | Full Year 2025 | Global physical + download + streaming equivalent units |
| Billboard 2025 Year-End Top Artists (artist-specific articles already compiled on site) | Year-End 2025 | Overall artist performance in the U.S. market |
| Spotify Wrapped 2025 | Full Year 2025 | Platform's top streaming artists of the year |
| Kworb · Spotify Monthly Listeners | Snapshot as of August 2026 | Current monthly listeners |
IFPI 2025: Male Solo Artists Re-Ranked
On the original IFPI Global Artist Chart, Taylor Swift still holds the No. 1 spot; Stray Kids (a group, covered in the K-Pop article) is No. 2. The highest-ranked male solo artist is Drake(No. 3 on the original chart),The Weeknd(No. 4),Bad Bunny(No. 5), followed by Kendrick Lamar and Morgan Wallen. Tyler, The Creator, Eminem, Zach Bryan, Ed Sheeran, and Justin Bieber also made the original chart’s top 20.
| # | Male artists | IFPI original chart position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | #3 |
| 2 | The Weeknd | #4 |
| 3 | Bad Bunny | #5 |
| 4 | Kendrick Lamar | #6 |
| 5 | Morgan Wallen | #7 |
| 6 | Tyler, The Creator | #12 |
| 7 | Eminem | #15 |
| 8 | Zach Bryan | #17 |
| 9 | Ed Sheeran | #18 |
| 10 | Justin Bieber | #20 |
For rap, look to the more granular chartsthe Rap Artists chart; here, Drake / Kendrick / Eminem / Tyler stay on the same list under the "male artist" classification.
Billboard 2025 Year-End Top Artists (Male)
The original No. 1 on the U.S. year-end artist chart is Morgan Wallen, with Kendrick Lamarin second; Taylor, Sabrina, SZA, and other female artists are interspersed throughout. After re-ranking solo male artists, Wallen, Kendrick, Drake, Bad Bunny, and Tyler still hold the top spots, showing that country and rap are both thriving.
| # | Male Artists | Approximate position on original chart |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Wallen | #1 |
| 2 | Kendrick Lamar | #2 |
| 3 | Drake | #6 |
| 4 | Bad Bunny | #7 |
| 5 | Tyler, The Creator | #9 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | #10 |
| 7 | Shaboozey | #11 |
| 8 | Benson Boone | #12 |
| 9 | Teddy Swims | #14 |
| 10 | Post Malone | #15 |
| 11 | Alex Warren | #18 |
| 12 | Bruno Mars | #19 |
Spotify: Wrapped 2025 + Monthly Listener Snapshot
In the top five artists of Wrapped 2025 for the full year, the solo male acts were Bad Bunny(No. 1),The Weeknd(No. 3), andDrake(No. 4).
| # | Male Artists (Wrapped 2025) | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Bunny | #1 |
| 2 | The Weeknd | #3 |
| 3 | Drake | #4 |
Kworb’s Spotify monthly listeners (August 2026 snapshot) skews toward “what’s still playing right now”: the top spots are Bruno Mars(about 129.9 million),Justin Bieber(about 122.8 million),The Weeknd(about 114.4 million). Below, only solo male vocalists are included (bands like Coldplay and Maroon 5 don’t make this list).
| # | Male Artists | Monthly Listeners (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Mars | 129.9 million |
| 2 | Justin Bieber | 122.8 million |
| 3 | The Weeknd | 114.4 million |
| 4 | Bad Bunny | 99.21 million |
| 5 | Michael Jackson | 99.1 million |
| 6 | Drake | 90.92 million |
| 7 | David Guetta | 86.76 million |
| 8 | Pitbull | 86.27 million |
| 9 | Ed Sheeran | 82.83 million |
| 10 | Calvin Harris | 80.19 million |
| 11 | J Balvin | 72.66 million |
| 12 | Eminem | 71.77 million |
| 13 | Kanye West | 68.80 million |
| 14 | Kendrick Lamar | 67.01 million |
| 15 | Post Malone | 63.03 million |
For female artists, see2026 Female Artists Chart; for actors, seeMale Actors / Actress。
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