Black Star Monthly Listeners & Spotify Streams

Overview

Black Star currently has 656,343 monthly listeners and 491,424 followers. StreamClout groups Black Star in the rising tier, its band for artists of comparable reach. The catalog spans 2 albums and 14 tracks and has drawn 223,254,456 Spotify streams in total.

Black Star gained 1.7K monthly listeners (+0.3%) over the last 7 days and gained 8.4K monthly listeners (+1.3%) over the last 30 days. Followers gained 479 (+0.1%) over the last 7 days.

The most-streamed release is Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star with 220,973,811 streams. The first release on record dates to 1998 — 28 years of releases tracked. Listening concentrates in London (15.2K listeners), Los Angeles (12.6K listeners) and New York City (11.9K listeners).

Streaming Statistics

• 656,343 monthly listeners
• 491,424 followers
• 223,254,456 total streams
• 2 albums
• 14 tracks

Recorded Count Changes

• Listeners 7d: +1.7K (+0.3%)
• Followers 7d: +479 (+0.1%)

Top Cities

1. London — 15,214 listeners
2. Los Angeles — 12,630 listeners
3. New York City — 11,907 listeners
4. Chicago — 9,780 listeners
5. Sydney — 8,180 listeners

Top Tracks

1. Definition — 65,037,432 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
2. Respiration — 31,190,433 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
3. Thieves In The Night — 29,970,511 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
4. Brown Skin Lady — 21,581,966 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
5. Astronomy (8th Light) — 18,501,877 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
6. Re:Definition — 17,212,017 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
7. Children's Story — 6,399,192 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
8. Intro — 6,106,023 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
9. K.O.S. (Determination) — 6,085,206 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
10. Yo Yeah — 5,701,181 streams from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

About

Black Star, named after the Black Star Line shipping company founded by activist and Pan-Africanist <a href="spotify:artist:2aTAfW8erTD8F50nnhKZmD">Marcus Garvey</a>, is a collaboration between rappers <a href="spotify:artist:6r2niOTnexy9xss5g8GWXH">Yasiin Bey</a> (formerly <a href="spotify:artist:0Mz5XE0kb1GBnbLQm2VbcO">Mos Def</a>) and <a href="spotify:artist:0lEssBAxQl2In4RpaB1C2Y">Talib Kweli</a>. Although they had been active separately for years, the highly lyrical Brooklynites' 1998 album

Discography

• Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star — 221.0M streams (1998-09-29)
• Fix Up — 2.3M streams (2011-11-25)

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