Pop diva Sabrina Carpenter lost out on Spotify’s top streaming spot for 2024 at the last minute by a razor thin margin. Her hit “Espresso” had been promoted in the platform’s Wrapped campaign at the beginning of December as the most-played tune of the year,

When the 2024 edition of Spotify Wrapped came out in early December, aside from personalized user data, Spotify also shared some platform-wide superlatives. When it came to the year’s most-streamed song,

Spotify had earlier suggested that “Espresso” was the most-streamed song of 2024 in its annual Spotify Wrapped feature, which was based on streams through early December. Carpenter even remarked on the achievement on her Facebook page, thanking her fans for their support.

Billie Eilish's 'Birds of a Feather' ended 2024 as Spotify's most-streamed song, slipping just past Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso.'

Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" surpassed "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter for the most-streamed song on Spotify in 2024. Carpenter's song was previously named the most listened-to song last year.

Despite earlier indications that her hit song “Espresso” was Spotify’s top-streamed track of the last year, the final figures show Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” has usurped Carpenter’s hit to become the most-played song on the platform in 2024.