First played publicly during Ultra Music Festival in March 2013, **Avicii’s “Wake Me Up,” featuring vocals from Aloe Blacc, marked a shift in direction ahead of its official release on June 17 as the lead single from True. The song went on to top charts in more than 20 countries, became one of the most played records on radio worldwide, and remained a central part of Avicii’s live sets throughout the most active years of his touring career. As streaming platforms became the dominant way audiences consumed music in the years that followed, “Wake Me Up” continued to attract consistent plays instead of short-term surges, remaining present across global playlists and catalog listening. That long-term listening trend has now carried the track past 3 billion streams on Spotify, placing it among a very small group of songs to reach that level and confirming its status as Avicii’s most streamed release to date.

When looking at Avicii’s catalog through streaming data, Wake Me Up stands apart both in scale and audience reach. The track has now surpassed 3 billion streams on Spotify, while Levels sits at just over 1.2 billion, and I Could Be the One remains below 600 million. Unlike those earlier releases, which are often tied to a specific phase of Avicii’s career, “Wake Me Up” continued to circulate widely as listening habits shifted toward playlists and on-demand catalog discovery. Its vocal-led structure and direct songwriting gave listeners something they could apply personally, with lines such as “I tried carrying the weight of the world” and “So wake me up when it’s all over” resonating beyond any single scene or context. That ability to connect across different audiences and listening environments helps explain why the song has continued to grow steadily over time and why it remains Avicii’s most streamed release more than a decade after it first appeared.

After Avicii died in April 2018, Wake Me Up became a central part of several official memorial events tied directly to his legacy. The most significant of these was the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health Awareness, held at Friends Arena in Stockholm in December 2019, where Aloe Blacc performed “Wake Me Up” live in its original vocal form, accompanied by a live band and orchestra. The concert also featured appearances from artists closely connected to Avicii’s work, including David Guetta, Kygo, and Adam Lambert, framing the song within a broader retrospective of his career. Outside of that concert, “Wake Me Up” continued to appear in formal tribute moments at major festivals and anniversary broadcasts, typically played in full with vocals intact and without edits. These appearances positioned the track as a standalone reference point to Avicii’s catalog, reinforcing its place as one of the songs most closely associated with his public memory in the years following his death.

With “Wake Me Up” now past 3 billion streams on Spotify, the song joins a very small group of tracks on the platform to reach that level, most of which come from long-running global pop catalogs. More than a decade after its release, the milestone places Avicii’s 2013 single among Spotify’s highest-streamed songs of all time and confirms its position not only as the most listened-to record in his catalog, but as one of the most enduring releases of the streaming era overall.