“Sunflower” By Post Malone and Swae Lee Reaches 4 Billion Spotify Streams

Post Malone and Swae Lee’s “Sunflower” has quietly joined one of the rarest clubs in modern music, surpassing four billion streams on Spotify. It is only the seventh song ever to reach that mark, an achievement that confirms its quiet dominance across nearly every global market since its 2018 release.

Originally recorded for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and later added to Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding, the track blurred genres long before “genreless pop” became a buzzword. Built on dream-pop haze, R&B warmth, and hip-hop cadence, “Sunflower” lasts just two minutes and thirty-eight seconds — engineered, perhaps instinctively, for the streaming loop.

When it arrived in October 2018, few expected a soundtrack cut to become a generational staple. Yet the song debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, climbed to No. 1 the following January, and stayed in the Top 10 for 33 weeks — a record-tying run at the time. By the end of its first year, “Sunflower” was a global anthem: No. 1 in the United States, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand; Top 10 in a dozen other territories. Its success helped shape the streaming-era blueprint for cross-platform pop songs that live simultaneously on playlists, film soundtracks, and social media feeds.

The track’s understated production, handled by Carter Lang and Louis Bell, gives it an elasticity rare in pop. It can soundtrack a blockbuster, a coffee shop, or a TikTok clip without ever feeling misplaced. There’s no heavy drop or climactic build — just melody and mood, the musical equivalent of sunlight through blinds. That minimalism turned out to be the key to its longevity.

Now certified Double Diamond in the U.S. for more than 20 million units, “Sunflower” continues to log millions of daily streams. It’s two official music videos have passed 3 billion (2.7 billion and 80 million) YouTube views, and it still appears on Spotify’s biggest global playlists. Six years after release, it hasn’t faded; it’s become part of digital background culture — the music people keep hearing without realizing they’ve kept it alive.