With many Eurovision National Final 2021 songs being released we’ve had a look at which ones have been most popular with listeners and watchers so far.
The above graphic shows the Top 10 combined Spotify and YouTube rankings up until January 26 (Australian time). The Roop’s ‘Discoteque’ takes the crown after only being released for three full days, already gaining over 1.6 million views combined on YouTube (song, performance and music video combined). Their music video is the first national final music video to surpass one million views on YouTube.
When it comes to selected Eurovision 2021 songs (both songs have not yet been released on Spotify) Albania’s Anxhela Peristeri with ‘Karma’ comes out on top with over 750,000 views. Israel’s Eden Alene comes in second place with 140,000 views for ‘Set Me Free’ which was officially confirmed only hours after these views were counted.
The top songs from each country so far (Spotify and YouTube combined) are:
Albania - Anxhela Peristeri - ‘Karma'
Estonia - Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto - 'Wingman'
Finland - Teflon Brothers x Pandora - 'I Love You’
France - Céphaz - 'On a mangé le soleil’
Israel - Eden Alene - 'La La Love'
Lithuania - The Roop - ‘Discoteque'
Norway - KEiiNO - ‘Monument'
Portugal - Carolina Deslandes - 'Por um triz'
Below we have shown the current Top 20 Spotify and YouTube rankings since the songs were released up until January 26 (Australian time).
We have also included a joint Spotify and YouTube play count rank for the top 50 Eurovision National Final songs of 2021 as of January 26.
Spotify Top 20 - play counts since song release
1. Norway - TIX - 'Ut av mørket' - 1,05,1179
2. Norway - KEiiNO - 'Monument' - 677,852
3. Finland - Teflon Brothers x Pandora - 'I Love You' - 622,871
4. France - Barbara Pravi - 'Voilà' - 361,900
5. France - Philippine - 'Bah non' - 326,593
6. Norway - Stina Talling - 'Elevate' - 317,921
7. Norway - Blåsemafian feat. Hazel - 'Let Loose' - 243,746
8. Finland - Blind Channel - 'Dark Side' - 208,420
9. Norway - Jorn - 'Faith Bloody Faith' - 206,027
10. France - Céphaz - 'On a mangé le soleil' - 160,755
11. Finland - Ilta - 'Kelle mä soitan' - 147,799
12. Lithuania - The Roop - 'Discoteque' - 145,593
13. Estonia - Jüri Pootsmann - 'Magus melanhoolia' - 127,711
14. Norway - Raylee - 'Hero' - 118,008
15. Finland - Oskr - 'Lie' - 107,152
16. Estonia - Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto - 'Wingman' - 106,710
17. France - Andriamad - 'Alléluia' - 105,047
18. France - Terence James - 'Je t'emmènerai danser' - 90,208
19. Estonia - HELEZA - '6' - 89,293
20. France - 21 Juin Le Duo - 'Peux-tu me dire?' - 83,186
YouTube Top 20 - views since video release
1. Lithuania - The Roop - 'Discoteque' - 1,695,088
2. Albania - Anxhela Peristeri - 'Karma' - 763,074
3. France - Céphaz - 'On a mangé le soleil' - 680,486
4. Norway - KEiiNO - 'Monument' - 670,948
5. Finland - Teflon Brothers x Pandora - 'I Love You' - 520,990
6. France - Barbara Pravi - 'Voilà' - 345,964
7. Finland - Blind Channel - 'Dark Side' - 343,682
8. Finland - Danny - 'Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua' - 302,435
9. Estonia - Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto - 'Wingman' - 231,152
10. Albania - Era Rusi - 'Zjarri im' - 218,175
11. France - Andriamad - 'Alléluia' - 217,848
12. Albania - Mirud - 'Nëse vdes' - 204,580
13. Finland - Oskr - 'Lie' - 202,844
14. France - 21 Juin Le Duo - 'Peux-tu me dire?' - 196,300
15. Norway - TIX - 'Ut av mørket' - 194,760
16. Albania - Inis Neziri - 'Pendesë' - 177,779
17. Israel - Eden Alene - 'La La Love' - 157,816
18. Norway - Jorn - 'Faith Bloody Faith' - 154,589
19. Israel - Eden Alene - 'Set Me Free' - 147,161
20. Estonia - Uku Suviste - 'The Lucky One' - 142,700
Combined Spotify and YouTube Rankings Top 50 - play counts since song release
1. Lithuania - The Roop - 'Discoteque' - 1,840,682
2. Norway - KEiiNO - 'Monument' - 1,348,804
3. Norway - TIX - 'Ut av mørket' - 1,245,954
4. Finland - Teflon Brothers x Pandora - 'I Love You' - 1,143,866
5. France - Céphaz - 'On a mangé le soleil' - 841,244
6. Albania - Anxhela Peristeri - 'Karma' - 763,076
7. France - Barbara Pravi - 'Voilà' - 707,870
8. Finland - Blind Channel - 'Dark Side' - 552109
9. France - Philippine - 'Bah non' - 406,763
10. Norway - Stina Talling - 'Elevate' - 403,244
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11. Finland - Danny - 'Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua' - 377,790
12. Norway - Jorn - 'Faith Bloody Faith' - 360,634
13. Norway - Blåsemafian feat. Hazel - 'Let Loose' - 341,947
14. Estonia - Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto - 'Wingman' - 337,871
15. France - Andriamad - 'Alléluia' - 322,906
16. Finland - Oskr - 'Lie' - 310,009
17. France - 21 Juin Le Duo - 'Peux-tu me dire?' - 279,500
18. Finland - Ilta - 'Kelle mä soitan' - 274,123
19. Albania - Mirud - 'Nëse vdes' - 259,795
20. Estonia - Jüri Pootsmann - 'Magus melanhoolia' - 252,003
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21. Norway - Raylee - 'Hero' - 224,731
22. Albania - Era Rusi - 'Zjarri im' - 218,185
23. Finland - Aksel - 'Hurt' - 205,751
24. Estonia - Uku Suviste - 'The Lucky One' - 195,982
25. Estonia - Koit Toome - 'We Could Have Been Beautiful' - 185,740
26. Albania - Inis Neziri - 'Pendesë' - 177,795
27. Finland - Laura - 'Play' - 174,711
28. Estonia - HELEZA - '6' - 174,170
29. France - LMK - 'Magique' - 163,180
30. Israel - Eden Alene - 'La La Love' - 157,833
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31. France - Casanova - 'Tutti' - 153,209
32. Israel - Eden Alene - 'Set Me Free' - 147,180
33. France - Terence James - 'Je t'emmènerai danser' - 146,658
34. Israel - Eden Alene - 'Ue La La' - 135,458
35. Albania - Xhesika Polo - 'Më mbron' - 130,754
36. Lithuania - Gebrasy - 'Where'd You Wanna Go' - 126,035
37. Estonia - Gram-Of-Fun - 'Lost in a Dance' - 111,118
38. Albania - Rosela Gjylbegu - 'Vashëzo' - 104,401
39. France - Amui - 'Maeva' - 100,480
40. Lithuania - Gabrielius Vagelis - 'My Guy' - 99,451
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41. France - Ali - 'Paris me dit (Yalla ya helo!)' - 95,608
42. Portugal - Carolina Deslandes - 'Por um triz' - 91,294
43. Norway - Daniel Owen - 'Psycho' - 90,527
44. France - PONY X - 'Amour fou' - 89,950
45. Norway - Beady Belle - 'Playing with Fire' - 83,576
46. Norway - Stavangerkameratene - 'Barndomsgater' - 82,940
47. Estonia - Hans Nayna - 'One By One' - 81,942
48. Portugal - Karetus & Romeu Bairos - 'Saudade' - 76,826
49. Estonia - REDEL - 'Tartu' - 72,471
50. Estonia - Nika Marula - 'Calm Down' - 68,070
All the YouTube view counts are based on all viable videos with the full length of the song, it includes acoustic and live versions of the songs.