Grammys Revised: “The Business” Is the Most Popular Dance/Electronic Track

Urska Jaksa

Apr 4, 2022

The Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Recording went to Rüfüs Du Sol’s “Alive”, but looking at the popularity stats of the nominees, there’s another track that stands out – Tiësto’s “The Business”.

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Let’s see what the data has to say. In the end, it’s the fans who stream the tracks, watch videos, feature songs in TikTok challenges, and Shazam the catchiest tunes – and with that objectively determine how popular an artist or how impactful a track is.

The verdict: “The Business” was the most popular dance/electronic track of 2021

Tiësto’s track scored the highest among all the “Best Dance/Electronic Recording” nominees according to its combined streaming, social media, and radio airplay numbers. It was streamed over 800 million times, used in almost 500 thousand TikTok videos, got 182 million YouTube views with its official video, and still boasts the highest Spotify playlist reach (76 million).

According to the online stats, Afrojack & David Guetta placed second with “Hero” which was streamed 58 million times, and Grammy winner Rüfüs Du Sol came in third with 19 million streams.