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{{Short description|2009 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Orphanposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Susan Downey]]
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
* Jennifer Davisson Killoran
}}
| screenplay = [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]]
| story = Alex Mace
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vera Farmiga]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]
* [[CCH Pounder]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Aryana Engineer]]
}}
| music = [[John Ottman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Tim Alverson
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dark Castle Entertainment]]
* [[Appian Way Productions]]
* [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelberg Motion Pictures]]<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Orphan (2009) {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] |access-date=June 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[StudioCanal]]<ref name="BFI" />
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (Worldwide)
* Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
}}
| released = {{Film date|2009|7|21|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]|2009|7|24|United States|2009|10|22|Germany|2009|12|30|France}}
| runtime = 123 minutes 
| country = {{Plainlist|
* United States<ref name="BFI"/>
* Canada<ref name="BFI"/>
* Germany<ref name="BFI"/>
* France<ref name="BFI"/>
}}
| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="the numbers"/>
| gross = $78.8 million<ref name="the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Orphan#tab=summary|title=Orphan (2009) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Orphan''''' is a 2009 [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Isabelle Fuhrman]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Aryana Engineer]]. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past.

The film is an [[international co-production]] between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Susan Downey]] of [[Dark Castle Entertainment]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].

''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but criticized its formulaic screenplay, uneven pacing and two-hour runtime. The film grossed $78.8 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. A prequel, titled ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'', was released in 2022, with Fuhrman reprising her role.

==Plot==
In [[Hamden, Connecticut]], Kate and John Coleman's marriage is strained after the [[stillbirth]] of their third child, Jessica, whose loss is particularly hard on Kate, a recovering alcoholic. She and John then decide to adopt a 9-year-old [[Russians|Russian]] girl, Esther, from St. Mariana's Home for Girls, a local orphanage. Their 5-year-old [[deafness|deaf]] daughter, Max, embraces Esther, but their 12-year-old son, Daniel, resents her.

One night, Kate and John begin to have sex until Esther interrupts them. Kate becomes suspicious when Esther expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age. Esther then exhibits hostile behavior in front of Max and Daniel, such as [[Animal euthanasia|killing]] an injured pigeon and breaking the leg of a bullying classmate. Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, visits the household, warning Kate and John that tragic events and incidents occur around Esther, including [[Orphan: First Kill|the house fire that killed her previous adoptive family]]. When Abigail leaves, Esther causes her to crash her car on the road and then bludgeons her to death with a hammer. She forces Max to help her move the body and then hides the evidence in Daniel's treehouse. Daniel sees them at the treehouse, and later that night, she interrogates him about what he saw, threatening to [[Castration|castrate]] him if he tells Kate and John.

As Kate becomes further convinced about Esther's unusual behavior, John believes she is being paranoid and tells Esther to do something nice for Kate. Esther rips out the flowers from Jessica's grave and gives them to Kate as a bouquet. Kate is horrified and grabs Esther's arm in distress, asserting that she did this on purpose. That night, Esther breaks her own arm and falsely blames Kate, causing further strife in Kate and John's marriage. The next day, Esther releases the brake in the car, causing it to roll into oncoming traffic with Max inside. She also points out the wine she found in the kitchen, causing John and Kate's therapist to suggest Kate return to rehab, with John threatening to leave her and take the children if she refuses. Kate discovers that Esther came from an [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian]] [[mental hospital]] named the Saarne Institute, and the orphanage she claims she was from has no record of her.

When Daniel learns about Sister Abigail's death from Max and searches the treehouse, Esther sets it on fire with him inside, but is thwarted by Max. Daniel is seriously injured, and while in the hospital in the ICU, Esther tries to suffocate him, but doctors manage to revive him. Kate, enraged, attacks Esther before she is restrained and sedated. That night, Esther dresses provocatively and attempts to seduce John, who threatens to send Esther back to the orphanage. At the hospital, Kate is contacted by Dr. Värava of the Saarne Instituute and learns that Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, born in [[Estonia]]. She has [[hypopituitarism]], a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism, and she has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. Leena is a violent serial killer and has murdered at least seven people.

While Kate is talking to the doctor from the Saarne Institute, Leena furiously removes her makeup that made her look childlike; the ribbons she wears around her neck and wrists conceal the livid scars she received from trying to break out of [[straitjackets]] during her time at the asylum. She also removes prosthetic childlike teeth, revealing her real, rotting teeth, and destroys her room. When the power goes out and Leena disappears, John enters her room and uses the aquarium [[blacklight]] to find graphic pornographic images, resembling himself and Leena. Leena then attacks John downstairs and stabs him to death.

Kate rushes home and, after finding John's body, searches the house desperately to find Max. Leena attempts to shoot her, wounding her arm. After Leena opens fire on Max in the greenhouse, Kate breaks through the greenhouse roof and knocks Leena unconscious. Kate and Max flee as police arrive, but Leena attacks Kate near the frozen pond, hurling them onto the ice. As they engage in a violent struggle, Max tries to shoot Leena herself but misses, hitting and shattering the ice. Leena and Kate are sent underwater, and Kate begins to climb out, with Leena clinging to her legs. Leena reverts to her Esther persona, begging "Mommy" not to let her die, while hiding a knife behind her back. Kate retorts angrily that she is not Leena's mother and kicks her in the face, breaking her neck. Leena's body sinks as Kate and Max are met by police.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vera Farmiga]] as Kate
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as John
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] as Esther
* [[CCH Pounder]] as Sister Abigail
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Daniel
* [[Aryana Engineer]] as Max
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Dr. Browning
* [[Karel Roden]] as Dr. Värava
* [[Rosemary Dunsmore]] as Grandma Barbara
* [[Genelle Williams]] as Sister Judith
* Lorry Ayers as Joyce
* Brendan Wall as Detective
* Jamie Young as Brenda
}}

==Production==
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[[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] were cast in main roles in late November 2007.<ref name=orphan>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sarsgaard-farmiga-join-orphan-2-1117976774/|title=Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|title=Sarsgaard and Farmiga Join 'Orphan'|website=[[Moviefone]]|first=Jessica|last=Barnes|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111321/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in [[Canada]], in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].<ref name="orphan"/>

Esther of Estonia was inspired by the May 2007 media coverage<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Radio Prague]] |url=https://english.radio.cz/missing-13-year-old-apparently-diminutive-34-year-old-woman-8607735 |date=23 May 2007 |title=Missing "13-year-old" apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman |quote=Barbora Skrlova - who formerly worked with Katerina Mauerova - also seems to have played her part: the judge in the adoption procedure said she always had toys in her hands. Others said she hid behind a teddy bear.}}</ref> of 34-year-old Barbora Skrlová, a woman impersonating an orphan who took over her first adoptive family, manipulated the mother and her sister to chain and starve both their sons/nephews, and ran away from the police when caught. She eventually was found impersonating Adam, a thirteen-year-old boy who had gone missing in Norway.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/ |first=Maisy |last=Flowers |date=19 May 2020 |title=Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained |quote= Orphan is actually based on the true story of Barbora Skrlová, a woman who was discovered posing as a 13-year-old boy in Norway after she had escaped from another family where she had facilitated extreme child abuse on the family's other children.}}</ref>

==Release==
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===Theatrical===
''Orphan'' had its world premiere in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] on July 21, 2009. The following day, it screened at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. The film was released theatrically in North America on July 24, 2009. It was then released in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2009, by [[Optimum Releasing]].

===Home media===
''Orphan'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on October 27, 2009, in the United States by [[Warner Home Video]] and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009, by Optimum Releasing. The DVD includes deleted scenes, and the alternate ending. The opening previews also contain a [[public service announcement]] describing the plight of unadopted children in the United States and encouraging domestic adoption.

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film opened in the 4th spot at the box office, making a total of $12.8 million, behind ''[[G-Force (film)|G-Force]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', and ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''. The film went on to gross a worldwide total of $78.3 million.<ref name="the numbers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=orphan09.htm|title=Orphan (2009)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Isabelle Fuhrman (Headshot).jpg|thumb|Isabelle Fuhrman's performance as Esther was praised<ref>{{cite web|last=Portman|first=Jamie|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|title=Audiences Scream for Isabelle Fuhrman's "Orphan"|website=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=July 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031807/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref>]]
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The website's critics consensus read, "While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, ''Orphan'' fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010658-orphan/ |title=Orphan (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/orphan |title=Orphan Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ORPHAN (2009) B- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Orphan'' 3{{frac|1|2}} stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 22, 2009 |title=And when she was bad, she was very, very bad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' also gave a positive review, commenting: "''Orphan'' provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MVG918TA8O.DTL&type=movies|title=Review: Orphan|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was less impressed, writing: "Teasingly enjoyable rubbish through the first hour, ''Orphan'' becomes genuine trash during its protracted second half."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Orphan Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603231748/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Actors have to eat like the rest of us, if evidently not as much, but you still have to wonder how the [[independent film]] mainstays [[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] ended up wading through ''Orphan'' and, for the most part, not laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/movies/24orphan.html?ref=movies|title=New Kid in the House, Clearly Up to Something|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a D+ score, noting: "''Orphan'' isn't scary – it's garish and plodding."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293459,00.html|title=Orphan Movie Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Owen|last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Keith Phipps from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "If director [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] set out to make a parody of horror film clichés, he succeeded brilliantly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan,30785/|title=Orphan Review|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film won the ''International Feature Length Competition Golden Raven'' at the 2010 [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]. It was also nominated ''Choice Summer Movie: Drama'' at the 2009 [[Teen Choice Awards]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Controversy==
The film's content, depicting a murderous adoptee, was not well received by adoption groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/MV1N18L5U1.DTL|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Adoption groups angry with 'Orphan' stereotypes|date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The controversy caused filmmakers to change a line in one of their trailers from: ''"It must be difficult to love an adopted child as much as your own"'' to ''"I don't think Mommy likes me very much"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/10/entertainment/et-quick10.S4|title=Quick Takes: Uproar over Orphan movie|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rachel|last=Abramowitz|date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>

Melissa Fay Greene of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' commented: {{Blockquote|"The movie ''Orphan'' comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture. Esther's shadowy past includes [[Eastern Europe]]; she appears normal and sweet, but quickly turns violent and cruel, especially toward her mother. These are clichés. This is the baggage with which we saddle abandoned, orphaned, or disabled children given a fresh start at family life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/demon-orphan/|title=The New Movie Parents Hate|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|last=Greene|first=Melissa Fay|date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>}} There is a pro-adoption service message on the DVD, advising viewers to consider adoption.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Prequel==
{{main|Orphan: First Kill}}
In February 2020, development of a prequel film was announced, titled ''Esther'', with [[William Brent Bell]] signed on as director from a script by David Coggeshall. The project will be a joint-venture between [[Entertainment One|eOne]] and [[Dark Castle Entertainment]] and will be distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] under its [[Paramount Players|Players]] division. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin and James Tomlinson will produce the film, with [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] as an executive producer. Production was set to begin summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/orphan-prequel-esther-william-brent-bell-director/ |title=Orphan Prequel |website=[[The Wrap]] |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Julia Stiles]] said she was about to start working on the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2020 |author=Alexandra Pollard |title=Julia Stiles: 'I was obnoxiously precocious – a little too smarty pants' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent }}</ref> In November, the title was changed to ''Orphan: First Kill'', with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3640025/isabelle-fuhrman-will-return-esther-orphan-prequel-film/ |title='Orphan: First Kill': Isabelle Fuhrman Will Return as Esther in 'Orphan' Prequel Film! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |author=John Squires |date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> The film was released on August 19, 2022.

==References==
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Orphan (2009 film)

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{{Short description|2009 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Orphanposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Susan Downey]]
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
* Jennifer Davisson Killoran
}}
| screenplay = [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]]
| story = Alex Mace
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vera Farmiga]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]
* [[CCH Pounder]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Aryana Engineer]]
}}
| music = [[John Ottman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Tim Alverson
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dark Castle Entertainment]]
* [[Appian Way Productions]]
* [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelberg Motion Pictures]]<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Orphan (2009) {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] |access-date=June 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[StudioCanal]]<ref name="BFI" />
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (Worldwide)
* Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
}}
| released = {{Film date|2009|7|21|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]|2009|7|24|United States|2009|10|22|Germany|2009|12|30|France}}
| runtime = 123 minutes 
| country = {{Plainlist|
* United States<ref name="BFI"/>
* Canada<ref name="BFI"/>
* Germany<ref name="BFI"/>
* France<ref name="BFI"/>
}}
| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="the numbers"/>
| gross = $78.8 million<ref name="the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Orphan#tab=summary|title=Orphan (2009) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Orphan''''' is a 2009 [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Isabelle Fuhrman]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Aryana Engineer]]. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past.

The film is an [[international co-production]] between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Susan Downey]] of [[Dark Castle Entertainment]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].

''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but criticized its formulaic screenplay, uneven pacing and two-hour runtime. The film grossed $78.8 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. A prequel, titled ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'', was released in 2022, with Fuhrman reprising her role.

==Plot==
In [[Hamden, Connecticut]], Kate and John Coleman's marriage is strained after the [[stillbirth]] of their third child, Jessica, whose loss is particularly hard on Kate, a recovering alcoholic. She and John then decide to adopt a 9-year-old [[Russians|Russian]] girl, Esther, from St. Mariana's Home for Girls, a local orphanage. Their 5-year-old [[deafness|deaf]] daughter, Max, embraces Esther, but their 12-year-old son, Daniel, resents her.

One night, Kate and John begin to have sex until Esther interrupts them. Kate becomes suspicious when Esther expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age. Esther then exhibits hostile behavior in front of Max and Daniel, such as [[Animal euthanasia|killing]] an injured pigeon and breaking the leg of a bullying classmate. Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, visits the household, warning Kate and John that tragic events and incidents occur around Esther, including [[Orphan: First Kill|the house fire that killed her previous adoptive family]]. When Abigail leaves, Esther causes her to crash her car on the road and then bludgeons her to death with a hammer. She forces Max to help her move the body and then hides the evidence in Daniel's treehouse. Daniel sees them at the treehouse, and later that night, she interrogates him about what he saw, threatening to [[Castration|castrate]] him if he tells Kate and John.

As Kate becomes further convinced about Esther's unusual behavior, John believes she is being paranoid and tells Esther to do something nice for Kate. Esther rips out the flowers from Jessica's grave and gives them to Kate as a bouquet. Kate is horrified and grabs Esther's arm in distress, asserting that she did this on purpose. That night, Esther breaks her own arm and falsely blames Kate, causing further strife in Kate and John's marriage. The next day, Esther releases the brake in the car, causing it to roll into oncoming traffic with Max inside. She also points out the wine she found in the kitchen, causing John and Kate's therapist to suggest Kate return to rehab, with John threatening to leave her and take the children if she refuses. Kate discovers that Esther came from an [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian]] [[mental hospital]] named the Saarne Institute, and the orphanage she claims she was from has no record of her.

When Daniel learns about Sister Abigail's death from Max and searches the treehouse, Esther sets it on fire with him inside, but is thwarted by Max. Daniel is seriously injured, and while in the hospital in the ICU, Esther tries to suffocate him, but doctors manage to revive him. Kate, enraged, attacks Esther before she is restrained and sedated. That night, Esther dresses provocatively and attempts to seduce John, who threatens to send Esther back to the orphanage. At the hospital, Kate is contacted by Dr. Värava of the Saarne Instituute and learns that Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, born in [[Estonia]]. She has [[hypopituitarism]], a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism, and she has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. Leena is a violent serial killer and has murdered at least seven people.

While Kate is talking to the doctor from the Saarne Institute, Leena furiously removes her makeup that made her look childlike; the ribbons she wears around her neck and wrists conceal the livid scars she received from trying to break out of [[straitjackets]] during her time at the asylum. She also removes prosthetic childlike teeth, revealing her real, rotting teeth, and destroys her room. When the power goes out and Leena disappears, John enters her room and uses the aquarium [[blacklight]] to find graphic pornographic images, resembling himself and Leena. Leena then attacks John downstairs and stabs him to death.

Kate rushes home and, after finding John's body, searches the house desperately to find Max. Leena attempts to shoot her, wounding her arm. After Leena opens fire on Max in the greenhouse, Kate breaks through the greenhouse roof and knocks Leena unconscious. Kate and Max flee as police arrive, but Leena attacks Kate near the frozen pond, hurling them onto the ice. As they engage in a violent struggle, Max tries to shoot Leena herself but misses, hitting and shattering the ice. Leena and Kate are sent underwater, and Kate begins to climb out, with Leena clinging to her legs. Leena reverts to her Esther persona, begging "Mommy" not to let her die, while hiding a knife behind her back. Kate retorts angrily that she is not Leena's mother and kicks her in the face, breaking her neck. Leena's body sinks as Kate and Max are met by police.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vera Farmiga]] as Kate
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as John
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] as Esther
* [[CCH Pounder]] as Sister Abigail
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Daniel
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Dr. Browning
* [[Karel Roden]] as Dr. Värava
* [[Aryana Engineer]] as Max
* [[Rosemary Dunsmore]] as Grandma Barbara
* [[Genelle Williams]] as Sister Judith
* Lorry Ayers as Joyce
* Brendan Wall as Detective
* Jamie Young as Brenda
}}

==Production==
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[[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] were cast in main roles in late November 2007.<ref name=orphan>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sarsgaard-farmiga-join-orphan-2-1117976774/|title=Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|title=Sarsgaard and Farmiga Join 'Orphan'|website=[[Moviefone]]|first=Jessica|last=Barnes|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111321/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in [[Canada]], in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].<ref name="orphan"/>

Esther of Estonia was inspired by the May 2007 media coverage<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Radio Prague]] |url=https://english.radio.cz/missing-13-year-old-apparently-diminutive-34-year-old-woman-8607735 |date=23 May 2007 |title=Missing "13-year-old" apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman |quote=Barbora Skrlova - who formerly worked with Katerina Mauerova - also seems to have played her part: the judge in the adoption procedure said she always had toys in her hands. Others said she hid behind a teddy bear.}}</ref> of 34-year-old Barbora Skrlová, a woman impersonating an orphan who took over her first adoptive family, manipulated the mother and her sister to chain and starve both their sons/nephews, and ran away from the police when caught. She eventually was found impersonating Adam, a thirteen-year-old boy who had gone missing in Norway.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/ |first=Maisy |last=Flowers |date=19 May 2020 |title=Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained |quote= Orphan is actually based on the true story of Barbora Skrlová, a woman who was discovered posing as a 13-year-old boy in Norway after she had escaped from another family where she had facilitated extreme child abuse on the family's other children.}}</ref>

==Release==
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===Theatrical===
''Orphan'' had its world premiere in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] on July 21, 2009. The following day, it screened at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. The film was released theatrically in North America on July 24, 2009. It was then released in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2009, by [[Optimum Releasing]].

===Home media===
''Orphan'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on October 27, 2009, in the United States by [[Warner Home Video]] and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009, by Optimum Releasing. The DVD includes deleted scenes, and the alternate ending. The opening previews also contain a [[public service announcement]] describing the plight of unadopted children in the United States and encouraging domestic adoption.

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film opened in the 4th spot at the box office, making a total of $12.8 million, behind ''[[G-Force (film)|G-Force]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', and ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''. The film went on to gross a worldwide total of $78.3 million.<ref name="the numbers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=orphan09.htm|title=Orphan (2009)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Isabelle Fuhrman (Headshot).jpg|thumb|Isabelle Fuhrman's performance as Esther was praised<ref>{{cite web|last=Portman|first=Jamie|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|title=Audiences Scream for Isabelle Fuhrman's "Orphan"|website=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=July 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031807/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref>]]
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The website's critics consensus read, "While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, ''Orphan'' fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010658-orphan/ |title=Orphan (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/orphan |title=Orphan Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ORPHAN (2009) B- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Orphan'' 3{{frac|1|2}} stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 22, 2009 |title=And when she was bad, she was very, very bad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' also gave a positive review, commenting: "''Orphan'' provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MVG918TA8O.DTL&type=movies|title=Review: Orphan|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was less impressed, writing: "Teasingly enjoyable rubbish through the first hour, ''Orphan'' becomes genuine trash during its protracted second half."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Orphan Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603231748/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Actors have to eat like the rest of us, if evidently not as much, but you still have to wonder how the [[independent film]] mainstays [[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] ended up wading through ''Orphan'' and, for the most part, not laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/movies/24orphan.html?ref=movies|title=New Kid in the House, Clearly Up to Something|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a D+ score, noting: "''Orphan'' isn't scary – it's garish and plodding."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293459,00.html|title=Orphan Movie Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Owen|last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Keith Phipps from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "If director [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] set out to make a parody of horror film clichés, he succeeded brilliantly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan,30785/|title=Orphan Review|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film won the ''International Feature Length Competition Golden Raven'' at the 2010 [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]. It was also nominated ''Choice Summer Movie: Drama'' at the 2009 [[Teen Choice Awards]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Controversy==
The film's content, depicting a murderous adoptee, was not well received by adoption groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/MV1N18L5U1.DTL|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Adoption groups angry with 'Orphan' stereotypes|date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The controversy caused filmmakers to change a line in one of their trailers from: ''"It must be difficult to love an adopted child as much as your own"'' to ''"I don't think Mommy likes me very much"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/10/entertainment/et-quick10.S4|title=Quick Takes: Uproar over Orphan movie|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rachel|last=Abramowitz|date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>

Melissa Fay Greene of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' commented: {{Blockquote|"The movie ''Orphan'' comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture. Esther's shadowy past includes [[Eastern Europe]]; she appears normal and sweet, but quickly turns violent and cruel, especially toward her mother. These are clichés. This is the baggage with which we saddle abandoned, orphaned, or disabled children given a fresh start at family life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/demon-orphan/|title=The New Movie Parents Hate|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|last=Greene|first=Melissa Fay|date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>}} There is a pro-adoption service message on the DVD, advising viewers to consider adoption.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Prequel==
{{main|Orphan: First Kill}}
In February 2020, development of a prequel film was announced, titled ''Esther'', with [[William Brent Bell]] signed on as director from a script by David Coggeshall. The project will be a joint-venture between [[Entertainment One|eOne]] and [[Dark Castle Entertainment]] and will be distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] under its [[Paramount Players|Players]] division. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin and James Tomlinson will produce the film, with [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] as an executive producer. Production was set to begin summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/orphan-prequel-esther-william-brent-bell-director/ |title=Orphan Prequel |website=[[The Wrap]] |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Julia Stiles]] said she was about to start working on the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2020 |author=Alexandra Pollard |title=Julia Stiles: 'I was obnoxiously precocious – a little too smarty pants' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent }}</ref> In November, the title was changed to ''Orphan: First Kill'', with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3640025/isabelle-fuhrman-will-return-esther-orphan-prequel-film/ |title='Orphan: First Kill': Isabelle Fuhrman Will Return as Esther in 'Orphan' Prequel Film! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |author=John Squires |date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> The film was released on August 19, 2022.

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{{Infobox film
| image = Orphanposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Susan Downey]]
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
* Jennifer Davisson Killoran
}}
| screenplay = [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]]
| story = Alex Mace
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vera Farmiga]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]
* [[CCH Pounder]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Aryana Engineer]]
}}
| music = [[John Ottman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Tim Alverson
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dark Castle Entertainment]]
* [[Appian Way Productions]]
* [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelberg Motion Pictures]]<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Orphan (2009) {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] |access-date=June 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[StudioCanal]]<ref name="BFI" />
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (Worldwide)
* Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
}}
| released = {{Film date|2009|7|21|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]|2009|7|24|United States|2009|10|22|Germany|2009|12|30|France}}
| runtime = 123 minutes 
| country = {{Plainlist|
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* Canada<ref name="BFI"/>
* Germany<ref name="BFI"/>
* France<ref name="BFI"/>
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| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="the numbers"/>
| gross = $78.8 million<ref name="the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Orphan#tab=summary|title=Orphan (2009) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
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'''''Orphan''''' is a 2009 [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Isabelle Fuhrman]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Aryana Engineer]]. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past.

The film is an [[international co-production]] between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Susan Downey]] of [[Dark Castle Entertainment]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].

''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but criticized its formulaic screenplay, uneven pacing and two-hour runtime. The film grossed $78.8 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. A prequel, titled ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'', was released in 2022, with Fuhrman reprising her role.

==Plot==
In [[Hamden, Connecticut]], Kate and John Coleman's marriage is strained after the [[stillbirth]] of their third child, Jessica, whose loss is particularly hard on Kate, a recovering alcoholic. She and John then decide to adopt a 9-year-old [[Russians|Russian]] girl, Esther, from St. Mariana's Home for Girls, a local orphanage. Their 5-year-old [[deafness|deaf]] daughter, Max, embraces Esther, but their 12-year-old son, Daniel, resents her.

One night, Kate and John begin to have sex until Esther interrupts them. Kate becomes suspicious when Esther expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age. Esther then exhibits hostile behavior in front of Max and Daniel, such as [[Animal euthanasia|killing]] an injured pigeon and breaking the leg of a bullying classmate. Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, visits the household, warning Kate and John that tragic events and incidents occur around Esther, including [[Orphan: First Kill|the house fire that killed her previous adoptive family]]. When Abigail leaves, Esther causes her to crash her car on the road and then bludgeons her to death with a hammer. She forces Max to help her move the body and then hides the evidence in Daniel's treehouse. Daniel sees them at the treehouse, and later that night, she interrogates him about what he saw, threatening to [[Castration|castrate]] him if he tells Kate and John.

As Kate becomes further convinced about Esther's unusual behavior, John believes she is being paranoid and tells Esther to do something nice for Kate. Esther rips out the flowers from Jessica's grave and gives them to Kate as a bouquet. Kate is horrified and grabs Esther's arm in distress, asserting that she did this on purpose. That night, Esther breaks her own arm and falsely blames Kate, causing further strife in Kate and John's marriage. The next day, Esther releases the brake in the car, causing it to roll into oncoming traffic with Max inside. She also points out the wine she found in the kitchen, causing John and Kate's therapist to suggest Kate return to rehab, with John threatening to leave her and take the children if she refuses. Kate discovers that Esther came from an [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian]] [[mental hospital]] named the Saarne Institute, and the orphanage she claims she was from has no record of her.

When Daniel learns about Sister Abigail's death from Max and searches the treehouse, Esther sets it on fire with him inside, but is thwarted by Max. Daniel is seriously injured, and while in the hospital in the ICU, Esther tries to suffocate him, but doctors manage to revive him. Kate, enraged, attacks Esther before she is restrained and sedated. That night, Esther dresses provocatively and attempts to seduce John, who threatens to send Esther back to the orphanage. At the hospital, Kate is contacted by Dr. Värava of the Saarne Instituute and learns that Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, born in [[Estonia]]. She has [[hypopituitarism]], a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism, and she has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. Leena is a violent serial killer and has murdered at least seven people.

While Kate is talking to the doctor from the Saarne Institute, Leena furiously removes her makeup that made her look childlike; the ribbons she wears around her neck and wrists conceal the livid scars she received from trying to break out of [[straitjackets]] during her time at the asylum. She also removes prosthetic childlike teeth, revealing her real, rotting teeth, and destroys her room. When the power goes out and Leena disappears, John enters her room and uses the aquarium [[blacklight]] to find graphic pornographic images, resembling himself and Leena. Leena then attacks John downstairs and stabs him to death.

Kate rushes home and, after finding John's body, searches the house desperately to find Max. Leena attempts to shoot her, wounding her arm. After Leena opens fire on Max in the greenhouse, Kate breaks through the greenhouse roof and knocks Leena unconscious. Kate and Max flee as police arrive, but Leena attacks Kate near the frozen pond, hurling them onto the ice. As they engage in a violent struggle, Max tries to shoot Leena herself but misses, hitting and shattering the ice. Leena and Kate are sent underwater, and Kate begins to climb out, with Leena clinging to her legs. Leena reverts to her Esther persona, begging "Mommy" not to let her die, while hiding a knife behind her back. Kate retorts angrily that she is not Leena's mother and kicks her in the face, breaking her neck. Leena's body sinks as Kate and Max are met by police.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vera Farmiga]] as Kate
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as John
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] as Esther
* [[CCH Pounder]] as Sister Abigail
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Daniel
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Dr. Browning
* [[Karel Roden]] as Dr. Värava
* [[Aryana Engineer]] as Max
* [[Rosemary Dunsmore]] as Grandma Barbara
* [[Genelle Williams]] as Sister Judith
* Lorry Ayers as Joyce
* Brendan Wall as Detective
* Jamie Young as Brenda
}}

==Production==
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[[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] were cast in main roles in late November 2007.<ref name=orphan>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sarsgaard-farmiga-join-orphan-2-1117976774/|title=Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|title=Sarsgaard and Farmiga Join 'Orphan'|website=[[Moviefone]]|first=Jessica|last=Barnes|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111321/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in [[Canada]], in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].<ref name="orphan"/>

Esther of Estonia was inspired by the May 2007 media coverage<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Radio Prague]] |url=https://english.radio.cz/missing-13-year-old-apparently-diminutive-34-year-old-woman-8607735 |date=23 May 2007 |title=Missing "13-year-old" apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman |quote=Barbora Skrlova - who formerly worked with Katerina Mauerova - also seems to have played her part: the judge in the adoption procedure said she always had toys in her hands. Others said she hid behind a teddy bear.}}</ref> of 34-year-old Barbora Skrlová, a woman impersonating an orphan who took over her first adoptive family, manipulated the mother and her sister to chain and starve both their sons/nephews, and ran away from the police when caught. She eventually was found impersonating Adam, a thirteen-year-old boy who had gone missing in Norway.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/ |first=Maisy |last=Flowers |date=19 May 2020 |title=Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained |quote= Orphan is actually based on the true story of Barbora Skrlová, a woman who was discovered posing as a 13-year-old boy in Norway after she had escaped from another family where she had facilitated extreme child abuse on the family's other children.}}</ref>

==Release==
{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2023}}

===Theatrical===
''Orphan'' had its world premiere in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] on July 21, 2009. The following day, it screened at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. The film was released theatrically in North America on July 24, 2009. It was then released in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2009, by [[Optimum Releasing]].

===Home media===
''Orphan'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on October 27, 2009, in the United States by [[Warner Home Video]] and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009, by Optimum Releasing. The DVD includes deleted scenes, and the alternate ending. The opening previews also contain a [[public service announcement]] describing the plight of unadopted children in the United States and encouraging domestic adoption.

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film opened in the 4th spot at the box office, making a total of $12.8 million, behind ''[[G-Force (film)|G-Force]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', and ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''. The film went on to gross a worldwide total of $78.3 million.<ref name="the numbers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=orphan09.htm|title=Orphan (2009)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Isabelle Fuhrman (Headshot).jpg|thumb|Isabelle Fuhrman's performance as Esther was praised<ref>{{cite web|last=Portman|first=Jamie|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|title=Audiences Scream for Isabelle Fuhrman's "Orphan"|website=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=July 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031807/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref>]]
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The website's critics consensus read, "While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, ''Orphan'' fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010658-orphan/ |title=Orphan (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/orphan |title=Orphan Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ORPHAN (2009) B- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Orphan'' 3{{frac|1|2}} stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 22, 2009 |title=And when she was bad, she was very, very bad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' also gave a positive review, commenting: "''Orphan'' provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MVG918TA8O.DTL&type=movies|title=Review: Orphan|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was less impressed, writing: "Teasingly enjoyable rubbish through the first hour, ''Orphan'' becomes genuine trash during its protracted second half."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Orphan Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603231748/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Actors have to eat like the rest of us, if evidently not as much, but you still have to wonder how the [[independent film]] mainstays [[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] ended up wading through ''Orphan'' and, for the most part, not laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/movies/24orphan.html?ref=movies|title=New Kid in the House, Clearly Up to Something|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a D+ score, noting: "''Orphan'' isn't scary – it's garish and plodding."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293459,00.html|title=Orphan Movie Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Owen|last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Keith Phipps from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "If director [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] set out to make a parody of horror film clichés, he succeeded brilliantly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan,30785/|title=Orphan Review|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film won the ''International Feature Length Competition Golden Raven'' at the 2010 [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]. It was also nominated ''Choice Summer Movie: Drama'' at the 2009 [[Teen Choice Awards]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Controversy==
The film's content, depicting a murderous adoptee, was not well received by adoption groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/MV1N18L5U1.DTL|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Adoption groups angry with 'Orphan' stereotypes|date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The controversy caused filmmakers to change a line in one of their trailers from: ''"It must be difficult to love an adopted child as much as your own"'' to ''"I don't think Mommy likes me very much"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/10/entertainment/et-quick10.S4|title=Quick Takes: Uproar over Orphan movie|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rachel|last=Abramowitz|date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>

Melissa Fay Greene of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' commented: {{Blockquote|"The movie ''Orphan'' comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture. Esther's shadowy past includes [[Eastern Europe]]; she appears normal and sweet, but quickly turns violent and cruel, especially toward her mother. These are clichés. This is the baggage with which we saddle abandoned, orphaned, or disabled children given a fresh start at family life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/demon-orphan/|title=The New Movie Parents Hate|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|last=Greene|first=Melissa Fay|date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>}} There is a pro-adoption service message on the DVD, advising viewers to consider adoption.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Prequel==
{{main|Orphan: First Kill}}
In February 2020, development of a prequel film was announced, titled ''Esther'', with [[William Brent Bell]] signed on as director from a script by David Coggeshall. The project will be a joint-venture between [[Entertainment One|eOne]] and [[Dark Castle Entertainment]] and will be distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] under its [[Paramount Players|Players]] division. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin and James Tomlinson will produce the film, with [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] as an executive producer. Production was set to begin summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/orphan-prequel-esther-william-brent-bell-director/ |title=Orphan Prequel |website=[[The Wrap]] |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Julia Stiles]] said she was about to start working on the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2020 |author=Alexandra Pollard |title=Julia Stiles: 'I was obnoxiously precocious – a little too smarty pants' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent }}</ref> In November, the title was changed to ''Orphan: First Kill'', with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3640025/isabelle-fuhrman-will-return-esther-orphan-prequel-film/ |title='Orphan: First Kill': Isabelle Fuhrman Will Return as Esther in 'Orphan' Prequel Film! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |author=John Squires |date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> The film was released on August 19, 2022.

==References==
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{{Infobox film
| image = Orphanposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Susan Downey]]
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
* Jennifer Davisson Killoran
}}
| screenplay = [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]]
| story = Alex Mace
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vera Farmiga]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]
* [[CCH Pounder]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Aryana Engineer]]
}}
| music = [[John Ottman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Tim Alverson
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dark Castle Entertainment]]
* [[Appian Way Productions]]
* [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelberg Motion Pictures]]<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Orphan (2009) {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] |access-date=June 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[StudioCanal]]<ref name="BFI" />
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (Worldwide)
* Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
}}
| released = {{Film date|2009|7|21|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]|2009|7|24|United States|2009|10|22|Germany|2009|12|30|France}}
| runtime = 123 minutes 
| country = {{Plainlist|
* United States<ref name="BFI"/>
* Canada<ref name="BFI"/>
* Germany<ref name="BFI"/>
* France<ref name="BFI"/>
}}
| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="the numbers"/>
| gross = $78.8 million<ref name="the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Orphan#tab=summary|title=Orphan (2009) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Orphan''''' is a 2009 [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Isabelle Fuhrman]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Aryana Engineer]]. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past.

The film is an [[international co-production]] between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Susan Downey]] of [[Dark Castle Entertainment]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].

''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but criticized its formulaic screenplay, uneven pacing and two-hour runtime. The film grossed $78.8 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. A prequel, titled ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'', was released in 2022, with Fuhrman reprising her role.

==Plot==
In [[Hamden, Connecticut]], Kate and John Coleman's marriage is strained after the [[stillbirth]] of their third child, Jessica, whose loss is particularly hard on Kate, a recovering alcoholic. She and John then decide to adopt a 9-year-old [[Russians|Russian]] girl, Esther, from St. Mariana's Home for Girls, a local orphanage. Their 5-year-old [[deafness|deaf]] daughter, Max, embraces Esther, but their 12-year-old son, Daniel, resents her.

One night, Kate and John begin to have sex until Esther interrupts them. Kate becomes suspicious when Esther expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age. Esther then exhibits hostile behavior in front of Max and Daniel, such as [[Animal euthanasia|killing]] an injured pigeon and breaking the leg of a bullying classmate. Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, visits the household, warning Kate and John that tragic events and incidents occur around Esther, including [[Orphan: First Kill|the house fire that killed her previous adoptive family]]. When Abigail leaves, Esther causes her to crash her car on the road and then bludgeons her to death with a hammer. She forces Max to help her move the body and then hides the evidence in Daniel's treehouse. Daniel sees them at the treehouse, and later that night, she interrogates him about what he saw, threatening to [[Castration|castrate]] him if he tells Kate and John.

As Kate becomes further convinced about Esther's unusual behavior, John believes she is being paranoid and tells Esther to do something nice for Kate. Esther rips out the flowers from Jessica's grave and gives them to Kate as a bouquet. Kate is horrified and grabs Esther's arm in distress, asserting that she did this on purpose. That night, Esther breaks her own arm and falsely blames Kate, causing further strife in Kate and John's marriage. The next day, Esther releases the brake in the car, causing it to roll into oncoming traffic with Max inside. She also points out the wine she found in the kitchen, causing John and Kate's therapist to suggest Kate return to rehab, with John threatening to leave her and take the children if she refuses. Kate discovers that Esther came from an [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian]] [[mental hospital]] named the Saarne Institute, and the orphanage she claims she was from has no record of her.

When Daniel learns about Sister Abigail's death from Max and searches the treehouse, Esther sets it on fire with him inside, but is thwarted by Max. Daniel is seriously injured, and while in the hospital in the ICU, Esther tries to suffocate him, but doctors manage to revive him. Kate, enraged, attacks Esther before she is restrained and sedated. That night, Esther dresses provocatively and attempts to seduce John, who threatens to send Esther back to the orphanage. At the hospital, Kate is contacted by Dr. Värava of the Saarne Instituute and learns that Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, born in [[Estonia]]. She has [[hypopituitarism]], a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism, and she has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. Leena is a violent serial killer and has murdered at least seven people.

While Kate is talking to the doctor from the Saarne Institute, Leena furiously removes her makeup that made her look childlike; the ribbons she wears around her neck and wrists conceal the livid scars she received from trying to break out of [[straitjackets]] during her time at the asylum. She also removes prosthetic childlike teeth, revealing her real, rotting teeth, and destroys her room. When the power goes out and Leena disappears, John enters her room and uses the aquarium [[blacklight]] to find graphic pornographic images, resembling himself and Leena. Leena then attacks John downstairs and stabs him to death.

Kate rushes home and, after finding John's body, searches the house desperately to find Max. Leena attempts to shoot her, wounding her arm. After Leena opens fire on Max in the greenhouse, Kate breaks through the greenhouse roof and knocks Leena unconscious. Kate and Max flee as police arrive, but Leena attacks Kate near the frozen pond, hurling them onto the ice. As they engage in a violent struggle, Max tries to shoot Leena herself but misses, hitting and shattering the ice. Leena and Kate are sent underwater, and Kate begins to climb out, with Leena clinging to her legs. Leena reverts to her Esther persona, begging "Mommy" not to let her die, while hiding a knife behind her back. Kate retorts angrily that she is not Leena's mother and kicks her in the face, breaking her neck. Leena's body sinks as Kate and Max are met by police.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vera Farmiga]] as Kate
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as John
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] as Esther
* [[CCH Pounder]] as Sister Abigail
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Daniel
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Dr. Browning
* [[Karel Roden]] as Dr. Värava
* [[Aryana Engineer]] as Max
* [[Rosemary Dunsmore]] as Grandma Barbara
* [[Genelle Williams]] as Sister Judith
* Lorry Ayers as Joyce
* Brendan Wall as Detective
* Jamie Young as Brenda
}}

==Production==
{{expand section|date=September 2016}}
[[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] were cast in main roles in late November 2007.<ref name=orphan>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sarsgaard-farmiga-join-orphan-2-1117976774/|title=Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|title=Sarsgaard and Farmiga Join 'Orphan'|website=[[Moviefone]]|first=Jessica|last=Barnes|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111321/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in [[Canada]], in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].<ref name="orphan"/>

Esther of Estonia was inspired by the May 2007 media coverage<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Radio Prague]] |url=https://english.radio.cz/missing-13-year-old-apparently-diminutive-34-year-old-woman-8607735 |date=23 May 2007 |title=Missing "13-year-old" apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman |quote=Barbora Skrlova - who formerly worked with Katerina Mauerova - also seems to have played her part: the judge in the adoption procedure said she always had toys in her hands. Others said she hid behind a teddy bear.}}</ref> of 34-year-old Barbora Skrlová, a woman impersonating an orphan who took over her first adoptive family, manipulated the mother and her sister to chain and starve both their sons/nephews, and ran away from the police when caught. She eventually was found impersonating Adam, a thirteen-year-old boy who had gone missing in Norway.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/ |first=Maisy |last=Flowers |date=19 May 2020 |title=Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained |quote= Orphan is actually based on the true story of Barbora Skrlová, a woman who was discovered posing as a 13-year-old boy in Norway after she had escaped from another family where she had facilitated extreme child abuse on the family's other children.}}</ref>

==Release==
{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2023}}

===Theatrical===
''Orphan'' had its world premiere in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] on July 21, 2009. The following day, it screened at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. The film was released theatrically in North America on July 24, 2009. It was then released in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2009, by [[Optimum Releasing]].

===Home media===
''Orphan'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on October 27, 2009, in the United States by [[Warner Home Video]] and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009, by Optimum Releasing. The DVD includes deleted scenes, and the alternate ending. The opening previews also contain a [[public service announcement]] describing the plight of unadopted children in the United States and encouraging domestic adoption.

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film opened in the 4th spot at the box office, making a total of $12.8 million, behind ''[[G-Force (film)|G-Force]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', and ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''. The film went on to gross a worldwide total of $78.3 million.<ref name="the numbers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=orphan09.htm|title=Orphan (2009)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Isabelle Fuhrman (Headshot).jpg|thumb|Isabelle Fuhrman's performance as Esther was praised<ref>{{cite web|last=Portman|first=Jamie|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|title=Audiences Scream for Isabelle Fuhrman's "Orphan"|website=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=July 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031807/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref>]]
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The website's critics consensus read, "While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, ''Orphan'' fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010658-orphan/ |title=Orphan (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/orphan |title=Orphan Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ORPHAN (2009) B- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Orphan'' 3{{frac|1|2}} stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 22, 2009 |title=And when she was bad, she was very, very bad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' also gave a positive review, commenting: "''Orphan'' provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MVG918TA8O.DTL&type=movies|title=Review: Orphan|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was less impressed, writing: "Teasingly enjoyable rubbish through the first hour, ''Orphan'' becomes genuine trash during its protracted second half."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Orphan Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603231748/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Actors have to eat like the rest of us, if evidently not as much, but you still have to wonder how the [[independent film]] mainstays [[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] ended up wading through ''Orphan'' and, for the most part, not laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/movies/24orphan.html?ref=movies|title=New Kid in the House, Clearly Up to Something|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a D+ score, noting: "''Orphan'' isn't scary – it's garish and plodding."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293459,00.html|title=Orphan Movie Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Owen|last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Keith Phipps from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "If director [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] set out to make a parody of horror film clichés, he succeeded brilliantly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan,30785/|title=Orphan Review|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film won the ''International Feature Length Competition Golden Raven'' at the 2010 [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]. It was also nominated ''Choice Summer Movie: Drama'' at the 2009 [[Teen Choice Awards]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Controversy==
The film's content, depicting a murderous adoptee, was not well received by adoption groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/MV1N18L5U1.DTL|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Adoption groups angry with 'Orphan' stereotypes|date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The controversy caused filmmakers to change a line in one of their trailers from: ''"It must be difficult to love an adopted child as much as your own"'' to ''"I don't think Mommy likes me very much"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/10/entertainment/et-quick10.S4|title=Quick Takes: Uproar over Orphan movie|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rachel|last=Abramowitz|date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>

Melissa Fay Greene of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' commented: {{Blockquote|"The movie ''Orphan'' comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture. Esther's shadowy past includes [[Eastern Europe]]; she appears normal and sweet, but quickly turns violent and cruel, especially toward her mother. These are clichés. This is the baggage with which we saddle abandoned, orphaned, or disabled children given a fresh start at family life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/demon-orphan/|title=The New Movie Parents Hate|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|last=Greene|first=Melissa Fay|date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>}} There is a pro-adoption service message on the DVD, advising viewers to consider adoption.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Prequel==
{{main|Orphan: First Kill}}
In February 2020, development of a prequel film was announced, titled ''Esther'', with [[William Brent Bell]] signed on as director from a script by David Coggeshall. The project will be a joint-venture between [[Entertainment One|eOne]] and [[Dark Castle Entertainment]] and will be distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] under its [[Paramount Players|Players]] division. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin and James Tomlinson will produce the film, with [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] as an executive producer. Production was set to begin summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/orphan-prequel-esther-william-brent-bell-director/ |title=Orphan Prequel |website=[[The Wrap]] |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Julia Stiles]] said she was about to start working on the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2020 |author=Alexandra Pollard |title=Julia Stiles: 'I was obnoxiously precocious – a little too smarty pants' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent }}</ref> In November, the title was changed to ''Orphan: First Kill'', with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3640025/isabelle-fuhrman-will-return-esther-orphan-prequel-film/ |title='Orphan: First Kill': Isabelle Fuhrman Will Return as Esther in 'Orphan' Prequel Film! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |author=John Squires |date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> The film was released on August 19, 2022.

==References==
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Orphan (2009 film)

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{{Short description|2009 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Orphanposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Susan Downey]]
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
* Jennifer Davisson Killoran
}}
| screenplay = [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]]
| story = Alex Mace
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vera Farmiga]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]
* [[CCH Pounder]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Aryana Engineer]]
}}
| music = [[John Ottman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Tim Alverson
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dark Castle Entertainment]]
* [[Appian Way Productions]]
* [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelberg Motion Pictures]]<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Orphan (2009) {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] |access-date=June 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[StudioCanal]]<ref name="BFI" />
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (Worldwide)
* Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
}}
| released = {{Film date|2009|7|21|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]|2009|7|24|United States|2009|10|22|Germany|2009|12|30|France}}
| runtime = 123 minutes 
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* Canada<ref name="BFI"/>
* Germany<ref name="BFI"/>
* France<ref name="BFI"/>
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| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="the numbers"/>
| gross = $78.8 million<ref name="the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Orphan#tab=summary|title=Orphan (2009) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
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'''''Orphan''''' is a 2009 [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Isabelle Fuhrman]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Aryana Engineer]]. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past.

The film is an [[international co-production]] between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Susan Downey]] of [[Dark Castle Entertainment]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].

''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but criticized its formulaic screenplay, uneven pacing and two-hour runtime. The film grossed $78.8 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. A prequel, titled ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'', was released in 2022, with Fuhrman reprising her role.

==Plot==
In [[Hamden, Connecticut]], Kate and John Coleman's marriage is strained after the [[stillbirth]] of their third child, Jessica, whose loss is particularly hard on Kate, a recovering alcoholic. She and John then decide to adopt a 9-year-old [[Russians|Russian]] girl, Esther, from St. Mariana's Home for Girls, a local orphanage. Their 5-year-old [[deafness|deaf]] daughter, Max, embraces Esther, but their 12-year-old son, Daniel, resents her.

One night, Kate and John begin to have sex until Esther interrupts them. Kate becomes suspicious when Esther expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age. Esther then exhibits hostile behavior in front of Max and Daniel, such as [[Animal euthanasia|killing]] an injured pigeon and breaking the leg of a bullying classmate. Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, visits the household, warning Kate and John that tragic events and incidents occur around Esther, including [[Orphan: First Kill|the house fire that killed her previous adoptive family]]. When Abigail leaves, Esther causes her to crash her car on the road and then bludgeons her to death with a hammer. She forces Max to help her move the body and then hides the evidence in Daniel's treehouse. Daniel sees them at the treehouse, and later that night, she interrogates him about what he saw, threatening to [[Castration|castrate]] him if he tells Kate and John.

As Kate becomes further convinced about Esther's unusual behavior, John believes she is being paranoid and tells Esther to do something nice for Kate. Esther rips out the flowers from Jessica's grave and gives them to Kate as a bouquet. Kate is horrified and grabs Esther's arm in distress, asserting that she did this on purpose. That night, Esther breaks her own arm and falsely blames Kate, causing further strife in Kate and John's marriage. The next day, Esther releases the brake in the car, causing it to roll into oncoming traffic with Max inside. She also points out the wine she found in the kitchen, causing John and Kate's therapist to suggest Kate return to rehab, with John threatening to leave her and take the children if she refuses. Kate discovers that Esther came from an [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian]] [[mental hospital]] named the Saarne Institute, and the orphanage she claims she was from has no record of her.

When Daniel learns about Sister Abigail's death from Max and searches the treehouse, Esther sets it on fire with him inside, but is thwarted by Max. Daniel is seriously injured, and while in the hospital in the ICU, Esther tries to suffocate him, but doctors manage to revive him. Kate, enraged, attacks Esther before she is restrained and sedated. That night, Esther dresses provocatively and attempts to seduce John, who threatens to send Esther back to the orphanage. At the hospital, Kate is contacted by Dr. Värava of the Saarne Instituute and learns that Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, born in [[Estonia]]. She has [[hypopituitarism]], a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism, and she has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. Leena is a violent serial killer and has murdered at least seven people.

While Kate is talking to the doctor from the Saarne Institute, Leena furiously removes her makeup that made her look childlike; the ribbons she wears around her neck and wrists conceal the livid scars she received from trying to break out of [[straitjackets]] during her time at the asylum. She also removes prosthetic childlike teeth, revealing her real, rotting teeth, and destroys her room. When the power goes out and Leena disappears, John enters her room and uses the aquarium [[blacklight]] to find graphic pornographic images, resembling himself and Leena. Leena then attacks John downstairs and stabs him to death.

Kate rushes home and, after finding John's body, searches the house desperately to find Max. Leena attempts to shoot her, wounding her arm. After Leena opens fire on Max in the greenhouse, Kate breaks through the greenhouse roof and knocks Leena unconscious. Kate and Max flee as police arrive, but Leena attacks Kate near the frozen pond, hurling them onto the ice. As they engage in a violent struggle, Max tries to shoot Leena herself but misses, hitting and shattering the ice. Leena and Kate are sent underwater, and Kate begins to climb out, with Leena clinging to her legs. Leena reverts to her Esther persona, begging "Mommy" not to let her die, while hiding a knife behind her back. Kate retorts angrily that she is not Leena's mother and kicks her in the face, breaking her neck. Leena's body sinks as Kate and Max are met by police.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vera Farmiga]] as Kate
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as John
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] as Esther
* [[CCH Pounder]] as Sister Abigail
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Daniel
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Dr. Browning
* [[Karel Roden]] as Dr. Värava
* [[Aryana Engineer]] as Max
* [[Rosemary Dunsmore]] as Grandma Barbara
* [[Genelle Williams]] as Sister Judith
* Lorry Ayers as Joyce
* Brendan Wall as Detective
* Jamie Young as Brenda
}}

==Production==
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[[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] were cast in main roles in late November 2007.<ref name=orphan>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sarsgaard-farmiga-join-orphan-2-1117976774/|title=Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|title=Sarsgaard and Farmiga Join 'Orphan'|website=[[Moviefone]]|first=Jessica|last=Barnes|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111321/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in [[Canada]], in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].<ref name="orphan"/>

Esther of Estonia was inspired by the May 2007 media coverage<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Radio Prague]] |url=https://english.radio.cz/missing-13-year-old-apparently-diminutive-34-year-old-woman-8607735 |date=23 May 2007 |title=Missing "13-year-old" apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman |quote=Barbora Skrlova - who formerly worked with Katerina Mauerova - also seems to have played her part: the judge in the adoption procedure said she always had toys in her hands. Others said she hid behind a teddy bear.}}</ref> of 34-year-old Barbora Skrlová, a woman impersonating an orphan who took over her first adoptive family, manipulated the mother and her sister to chain and starve both their sons/nephews, and ran away from the police when caught. She eventually was found impersonating Adam, a thirteen-year-old boy who had gone missing in Norway.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/ |first=Maisy |last=Flowers |date=19 May 2020 |title=Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained |quote= Orphan is actually based on the true story of Barbora Skrlová, a woman who was discovered posing as a 13-year-old boy in Norway after she had escaped from another family where she had facilitated extreme child abuse on the family's other children.}}</ref>

==Release==
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===Theatrical===
''Orphan'' had its world premiere in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] on July 21, 2009. The following day, it screened at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. The film was released theatrically in North America on July 24, 2009. It was then released in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2009, by [[Optimum Releasing]].

===Home media===
''Orphan'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on October 27, 2009, in the United States by [[Warner Home Video]] and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009, by Optimum Releasing. The DVD includes deleted scenes, and the alternate ending. The opening previews also contain a [[public service announcement]] describing the plight of unadopted children in the United States and encouraging domestic adoption.

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film opened in the 4th spot at the box office, making a total of $12.8 million, behind ''[[G-Force (film)|G-Force]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', and ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''. The film went on to gross a worldwide total of $78.3 million.<ref name="the numbers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=orphan09.htm|title=Orphan (2009)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Isabelle Fuhrman (Headshot).jpg|thumb|Isabelle Fuhrman's performance as Esther was praised<ref>{{cite web|last=Portman|first=Jamie|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|title=Audiences Scream for Isabelle Fuhrman's "Orphan"|website=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=July 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031807/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref>]]
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The website's critics consensus read, "While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, ''Orphan'' fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010658-orphan/ |title=Orphan (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/orphan |title=Orphan Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ORPHAN (2009) B- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Orphan'' 3{{frac|1|2}} stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 22, 2009 |title=And when she was bad, she was very, very bad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' also gave a positive review, commenting: "''Orphan'' provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MVG918TA8O.DTL&type=movies|title=Review: Orphan|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was less impressed, writing: "Teasingly enjoyable rubbish through the first hour, ''Orphan'' becomes genuine trash during its protracted second half."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Orphan Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603231748/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Actors have to eat like the rest of us, if evidently not as much, but you still have to wonder how the [[independent film]] mainstays [[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] ended up wading through ''Orphan'' and, for the most part, not laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/movies/24orphan.html?ref=movies|title=New Kid in the House, Clearly Up to Something|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a D+ score, noting: "''Orphan'' isn't scary – it's garish and plodding."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293459,00.html|title=Orphan Movie Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Owen|last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Keith Phipps from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "If director [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] set out to make a parody of horror film clichés, he succeeded brilliantly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan,30785/|title=Orphan Review|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film won the ''International Feature Length Competition Golden Raven'' at the 2010 [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]. It was also nominated ''Choice Summer Movie: Drama'' at the 2009 [[Teen Choice Awards]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Controversy==
The film's content, depicting a murderous adoptee, was not well received by adoption groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/MV1N18L5U1.DTL|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Adoption groups angry with 'Orphan' stereotypes|date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The controversy caused filmmakers to change a line in one of their trailers from: ''"It must be difficult to love an adopted child as much as your own"'' to ''"I don't think Mommy likes me very much"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/10/entertainment/et-quick10.S4|title=Quick Takes: Uproar over Orphan movie|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rachel|last=Abramowitz|date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>

Melissa Fay Greene of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' commented: {{Blockquote|"The movie ''Orphan'' comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture. Esther's shadowy past includes [[Eastern Europe]]; she appears normal and sweet, but quickly turns violent and cruel, especially toward her mother. These are clichés. This is the baggage with which we saddle abandoned, orphaned, or disabled children given a fresh start at family life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/demon-orphan/|title=The New Movie Parents Hate|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|last=Greene|first=Melissa Fay|date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>}} There is a pro-adoption service message on the DVD, advising viewers to consider adoption.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Prequel==
{{main|Orphan: First Kill}}
In February 2020, development of a prequel film was announced, titled ''Esther'', with [[William Brent Bell]] signed on as director from a script by David Coggeshall. The project will be a joint-venture between [[Entertainment One|eOne]] and [[Dark Castle Entertainment]] and will be distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] under its [[Paramount Players|Players]] division. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin and James Tomlinson will produce the film, with [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] as an executive producer. Production was set to begin summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/orphan-prequel-esther-william-brent-bell-director/ |title=Orphan Prequel |website=[[The Wrap]] |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Julia Stiles]] said she was about to start working on the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2020 |author=Alexandra Pollard |title=Julia Stiles: 'I was obnoxiously precocious – a little too smarty pants' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent }}</ref> In November, the title was changed to ''Orphan: First Kill'', with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3640025/isabelle-fuhrman-will-return-esther-orphan-prequel-film/ |title='Orphan: First Kill': Isabelle Fuhrman Will Return as Esther in 'Orphan' Prequel Film! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |author=John Squires |date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> The film was released on August 19, 2022.

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Orphan (2009 film)

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{{Short description|2009 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Orphanposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Susan Downey]]
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
* Jennifer Davisson Killoran
}}
| screenplay = [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]]
| story = Alex Mace
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vera Farmiga]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]
* [[CCH Pounder]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Aryana Engineer]]
}}
| music = [[John Ottman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Tim Alverson
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dark Castle Entertainment]]
* [[Appian Way Productions]]
* [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelberg Motion Pictures]]<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Orphan (2009) {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] |access-date=June 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[StudioCanal]]<ref name="BFI" />
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (Worldwide)
* Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
}}
| released = {{Film date|2009|7|21|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]|2009|7|24|United States|2009|10|22|Germany|2009|12|30|France}}
| runtime = 123 minutes 
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* Canada<ref name="BFI"/>
* Germany<ref name="BFI"/>
* France<ref name="BFI"/>
}}
| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="the numbers"/>
| gross = $78.8 million<ref name="the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Orphan#tab=summary|title=Orphan (2009) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Orphan''''' is a 2009 [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Isabelle Fuhrman]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Aryana Engineer]]. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past.

The film is an [[international co-production]] between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Susan Downey]] of [[Dark Castle Entertainment]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].

''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but criticized its formulaic screenplay, uneven pacing and two-hour runtime. The film grossed $78.8 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. A prequel, titled ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'', was released in 2022, with Fuhrman reprising her role.

==Plot==
In [[Hamden, Connecticut]], Kate and John Coleman's marriage is strained after the [[stillbirth]] of their third child, Jessica, whose loss is particularly hard on Kate, a recovering alcoholic. She and John then decide to adopt a 9-year-old [[Russians|Russian]] girl, Esther, from St. Mariana's Home for Girls, a local orphanage. Their 5-year-old [[deafness|deaf]] daughter, Max, embraces Esther, but their 12-year-old son, Daniel, resents her.

One night, Kate and John begin to have sex until Esther interrupts them. Kate becomes suspicious when Esther expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age. Esther then exhibits hostile behavior in front of Max and Daniel, such as [[Animal euthanasia|killing]] an injured pigeon and breaking the leg of a bullying classmate. Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, visits the household, warning Kate and John that tragic events and incidents occur around Esther, including [[Orphan: First Kill|the house fire that killed her previous adoptive family]]. When Abigail leaves, Esther causes her to crash her car on the road and then bludgeons her to death with a hammer. She forces Max to help her move the body and then hides the evidence in Daniel's treehouse. Daniel sees them at the treehouse, and later that night, she interrogates him about what he saw, threatening to [[Castration|castrate]] him if he tells Kate and John.

As Kate becomes further convinced about Esther's unusual behavior, John believes she is being paranoid and tells Esther to do something nice for Kate. Esther rips out the flowers from Jessica's grave and gives them to Kate as a bouquet. Kate is horrified and grabs Esther's arm in distress, asserting that she did this on purpose. That night, Esther breaks her own arm and falsely blames Kate, causing further strife in Kate and John's marriage. The next day, Esther releases the brake in the car, causing it to roll into oncoming traffic with Max inside. She also points out the wine she found in the kitchen, causing John and Kate's therapist to suggest Kate return to rehab, with John threatening to leave her and take the children if she refuses. Kate discovers that Esther came from an [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian]] [[mental hospital]] named the Saarne Institute, and the orphanage she claims she was from has no record of her.

When Daniel learns about Sister Abigail's death from Max and searches the treehouse, Esther sets it on fire with him inside, but is thwarted by Max. Daniel is seriously injured, and while in the hospital in the ICU, Esther tries to suffocate him, but doctors manage to revive him. Kate, enraged, attacks Esther before she is restrained and sedated. That night, Esther dresses provocatively and attempts to seduce John, who threatens to send Esther back to the orphanage. At the hospital, Kate is contacted by Dr. Värava of the Saarne Instituute and learns that Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, born in [[Estonia]]. She has [[hypopituitarism]], a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism, and she has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. Leena is a violent serial killer and has murdered at least seven people.

While Kate is talking to the doctor from the Saarne Institute, Leena furiously removes her makeup that made her look childlike; the ribbons she wears around her neck and wrists conceal the livid scars she received from trying to break out of [[straitjackets]] during her time at the asylum. She also removes prosthetic childlike teeth, revealing her real, rotting teeth, and destroys her room. When the power goes out and Leena disappears, John enters her room and uses the aquarium [[blacklight]] to find graphic pornographic images, resembling himself and Leena. Leena then attacks John downstairs and stabs him to death.

Kate rushes home and, after finding John's body, searches the house desperately to find Max. Leena attempts to shoot her, wounding her arm. After Leena opens fire on Max in the greenhouse, Kate breaks through the greenhouse roof and knocks Leena unconscious. Kate and Max flee as police arrive, but Leena attacks Kate near the frozen pond, hurling them onto the ice. As they engage in a violent struggle, Max tries to shoot Leena herself but misses, hitting and shattering the ice. Leena and Kate are sent underwater, and Kate begins to climb out, with Leena clinging to her legs. Leena reverts to her Esther persona, begging "Mommy" not to let her die, while hiding a knife behind her back. Kate retorts angrily that she is not Leena's mother and kicks her in the face, breaking her neck. Leena's body sinks as Kate and Max are met by police.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vera Farmiga]] as Kate
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as John
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] as Esther
* [[CCH Pounder]] as Sister Abigail
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Daniel
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Dr. Browning
* [[Karel Roden]] as Dr. Värava
* [[Aryana Engineer]] as Max
* [[Rosemary Dunsmore]] as Grandma Barbara
* [[Genelle Williams]] as Sister Judith
* Lorry Ayers as Joyce
* Brendan Wall as Detective
* Jamie Young as Brenda
}}

==Production==
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[[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] were cast in main roles in late November 2007.<ref name=orphan>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sarsgaard-farmiga-join-orphan-2-1117976774/|title=Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|title=Sarsgaard and Farmiga Join 'Orphan'|website=[[Moviefone]]|first=Jessica|last=Barnes|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111321/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in [[Canada]], in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].<ref name="orphan"/>

Esther of Estonia was inspired by the May 2007 media coverage<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Radio Prague]] |url=https://english.radio.cz/missing-13-year-old-apparently-diminutive-34-year-old-woman-8607735 |date=23 May 2007 |title=Missing "13-year-old" apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman |quote=Barbora Skrlova - who formerly worked with Katerina Mauerova - also seems to have played her part: the judge in the adoption procedure said she always had toys in her hands. Others said she hid behind a teddy bear.}}</ref> of 34-year-old Barbora Skrlová, a woman impersonating an orphan who took over her first adoptive family, manipulated the mother and her sister to chain and starve both their sons/nephews, and ran away from the police when caught. She eventually was found impersonating Adam, a thirteen-year-old boy who had gone missing in Norway.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/ |first=Maisy |last=Flowers |date=19 May 2020 |title=Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained |quote= Orphan is actually based on the true story of Barbora Skrlová, a woman who was discovered posing as a 13-year-old boy in Norway after she had escaped from another family where she had facilitated extreme child abuse on the family's other children.}}</ref>

==Release==
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===Theatrical===
''Orphan'' had its world premiere in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] on July 21, 2009. The following day, it screened at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. The film was released theatrically in North America on July 24, 2009. It was then released in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2009, by [[Optimum Releasing]].

===Home media===
''Orphan'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on October 27, 2009, in the United States by [[Warner Home Video]] and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009, by Optimum Releasing. The DVD includes deleted scenes, and the alternate ending. The opening previews also contain a [[public service announcement]] describing the plight of unadopted children in the United States and encouraging domestic adoption.

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film opened in the 4th spot at the box office, making a total of $12.8 million, behind ''[[G-Force (film)|G-Force]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', and ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''. The film went on to gross a worldwide total of $78.3 million.<ref name="the numbers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=orphan09.htm|title=Orphan (2009)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Isabelle Fuhrman (Headshot).jpg|thumb|Isabelle Fuhrman's performance as Esther was praised<ref>{{cite web|last=Portman|first=Jamie|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|title=Audiences Scream for Isabelle Fuhrman's "Orphan"|website=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=July 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031807/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref>]]
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The website's critics consensus read, "While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, ''Orphan'' fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010658-orphan/ |title=Orphan (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/orphan |title=Orphan Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ORPHAN (2009) B- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Orphan'' 3{{frac|1|2}} stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 22, 2009 |title=And when she was bad, she was very, very bad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' also gave a positive review, commenting: "''Orphan'' provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MVG918TA8O.DTL&type=movies|title=Review: Orphan|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was less impressed, writing: "Teasingly enjoyable rubbish through the first hour, ''Orphan'' becomes genuine trash during its protracted second half."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Orphan Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603231748/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Actors have to eat like the rest of us, if evidently not as much, but you still have to wonder how the [[independent film]] mainstays [[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] ended up wading through ''Orphan'' and, for the most part, not laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/movies/24orphan.html?ref=movies|title=New Kid in the House, Clearly Up to Something|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a D+ score, noting: "''Orphan'' isn't scary – it's garish and plodding."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293459,00.html|title=Orphan Movie Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Owen|last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Keith Phipps from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "If director [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] set out to make a parody of horror film clichés, he succeeded brilliantly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan,30785/|title=Orphan Review|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film won the ''International Feature Length Competition Golden Raven'' at the 2010 [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]. It was also nominated ''Choice Summer Movie: Drama'' at the 2009 [[Teen Choice Awards]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Controversy==
The film's content, depicting a murderous adoptee, was not well received by adoption groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/MV1N18L5U1.DTL|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Adoption groups angry with 'Orphan' stereotypes|date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The controversy caused filmmakers to change a line in one of their trailers from: ''"It must be difficult to love an adopted child as much as your own"'' to ''"I don't think Mommy likes me very much"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/10/entertainment/et-quick10.S4|title=Quick Takes: Uproar over Orphan movie|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rachel|last=Abramowitz|date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>

Melissa Fay Greene of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' commented: {{Blockquote|"The movie ''Orphan'' comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture. Esther's shadowy past includes [[Eastern Europe]]; she appears normal and sweet, but quickly turns violent and cruel, especially toward her mother. These are clichés. This is the baggage with which we saddle abandoned, orphaned, or disabled children given a fresh start at family life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/demon-orphan/|title=The New Movie Parents Hate|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|last=Greene|first=Melissa Fay|date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>}} There is a pro-adoption service message on the DVD, advising viewers to consider adoption.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Prequel==
{{main|Orphan: First Kill}}
In February 2020, development of a prequel film was announced, titled ''Esther'', with [[William Brent Bell]] signed on as director from a script by David Coggeshall. The project will be a joint-venture between [[Entertainment One|eOne]] and [[Dark Castle Entertainment]] and will be distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] under its [[Paramount Players|Players]] division. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin and James Tomlinson will produce the film, with [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] as an executive producer. Production was set to begin summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/orphan-prequel-esther-william-brent-bell-director/ |title=Orphan Prequel |website=[[The Wrap]] |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Julia Stiles]] said she was about to start working on the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2020 |author=Alexandra Pollard |title=Julia Stiles: 'I was obnoxiously precocious – a little too smarty pants' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent }}</ref> In November, the title was changed to ''Orphan: First Kill'', with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3640025/isabelle-fuhrman-will-return-esther-orphan-prequel-film/ |title='Orphan: First Kill': Isabelle Fuhrman Will Return as Esther in 'Orphan' Prequel Film! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |author=John Squires |date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> The film was released on August 19, 2022.

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Orphan (2009 film)

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{{Short description|2009 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Orphanposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Susan Downey]]
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
* Jennifer Davisson Killoran
}}
| screenplay = [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]]
| story = Alex Mace
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vera Farmiga]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]
* [[CCH Pounder]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Aryana Engineer]]
}}
| music = [[John Ottman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Tim Alverson
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dark Castle Entertainment]]
* [[Appian Way Productions]]
* [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelberg Motion Pictures]]<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Orphan (2009) {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c7c1509 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] |access-date=June 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[StudioCanal]]<ref name="BFI" />
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (Worldwide)
* Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
}}
| released = {{Film date|2009|7|21|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]|2009|7|24|United States|2009|10|22|Germany|2009|12|30|France}}
| runtime = 123 minutes 
| country = {{Plainlist|
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* Canada<ref name="BFI"/>
* Germany<ref name="BFI"/>
* France<ref name="BFI"/>
}}
| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="the numbers"/>
| gross = $78.8 million<ref name="the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Orphan#tab=summary|title=Orphan (2009) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Orphan''''' is a 2009 [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Isabelle Fuhrman]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Aryana Engineer]]. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl with a mysterious past.

The film is an [[international co-production]] between the United States, Canada, Germany and France. It was produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Susan Downey]] of [[Dark Castle Entertainment]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in Canada, in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].

''Orphan'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its dark humor, scares and Fuhrman's performance as Esther, but criticized its formulaic screenplay, uneven pacing and two-hour runtime. The film grossed $78.8 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. A prequel, titled ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'', was released in 2022, with Fuhrman reprising her role.

==Plot==
In [[Hamden, Connecticut]], Kate and John Coleman's marriage is strained after the [[stillbirth]] of their third child, Jessica, whose loss is particularly hard on Kate, a recovering alcoholic. She and John then decide to adopt a 9-year-old [[Russians|Russian]] girl, Esther, from St. Mariana's Home for Girls, a local orphanage. Their 5-year-old [[deafness|deaf]] daughter, Max, embraces Esther, but their 12-year-old son, Daniel, resents her.

One night, Kate and John begin to have sex until Esther interrupts them. Kate becomes suspicious when Esther expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age. Esther then exhibits hostile behavior in front of Max and Daniel, such as [[Animal euthanasia|killing]] an injured pigeon and breaking the leg of a bullying classmate. Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, visits the household, warning Kate and John that tragic events and incidents occur around Esther, including [[Orphan: First Kill|the house fire that killed her previous adoptive family]]. When Abigail leaves, Esther causes her to crash her car on the road and then bludgeons her to death with a hammer. She forces Max to help her move the body and then hides the evidence in Daniel's treehouse. Daniel sees them at the treehouse, and later that night, she interrogates him about what he saw, threatening to [[Castration|castrate]] him if he tells Kate and John.

As Kate becomes further convinced about Esther's unusual behavior, John believes she is being paranoid and tells Esther to do something nice for Kate. Esther rips out the flowers from Jessica's grave and gives them to Kate as a bouquet. Kate is horrified and grabs Esther's arm in distress, asserting that she did this on purpose. That night, Esther breaks her own arm and falsely blames Kate, causing further strife in Kate and John's marriage. The next day, Esther releases the brake in the car, causing it to roll into oncoming traffic with Max inside. She also points out the wine she found in the kitchen, causing John and Kate's therapist to suggest Kate return to rehab, with John threatening to leave her and take the children if she refuses. Kate discovers that Esther came from an [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian]] [[mental hospital]] named the Saarne Institute, and the orphanage she claims she was from has no record of her.

When Daniel learns about Sister Abigail's death from Max and searches the treehouse, Esther sets it on fire with him inside, but is thwarted by Max. Daniel is seriously injured, and while in the hospital in the ICU, Esther tries to suffocate him, but doctors manage to revive him. Kate, enraged, attacks Esther before she is restrained and sedated. That night, Esther dresses provocatively and attempts to seduce John, who threatens to send Esther back to the orphanage. At the hospital, Kate is contacted by Dr. Värava of the Saarne Instituute and learns that Esther is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, born in [[Estonia]]. She has [[hypopituitarism]], a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism, and she has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. Leena is a violent serial killer and has murdered at least seven people.

While Kate is talking to the doctor from the Saarne Institute, Leena furiously removes her makeup that made her look childlike; the ribbons she wears around her neck and wrists conceal the livid scars she received from trying to break out of [[straitjackets]] during her time at the asylum. She also removes prosthetic childlike teeth, revealing her real, rotting teeth, and destroys her room. When the power goes out and Leena disappears, John enters her room and uses the aquarium [[blacklight]] to find graphic pornographic images, resembling himself and Leena. Leena then attacks John downstairs and stabs him to death.

Kate rushes home and, after finding John's body, searches the house desperately to find Max. Leena attempts to shoot her, wounding her arm. After Leena opens fire on Max in the greenhouse, Kate breaks through the greenhouse roof and knocks Leena unconscious. Kate and Max flee as police arrive, but Leena attacks Kate near the frozen pond, hurling them onto the ice. As they engage in a violent struggle, Max tries to shoot Leena herself but misses, hitting and shattering the ice. Leena and Kate are sent underwater, and Kate begins to climb out, with Leena clinging to her legs. Leena reverts to her Esther persona, begging "Mommy" not to let her die, while hiding a knife behind her back. Kate retorts angrily that she is not Leena's mother and kicks her in the face, breaking her neck. Leena's body sinks as Kate and Max are met by police.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vera Farmiga]] as Kate
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as John
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] as Esther
* [[CCH Pounder]] as Sister Abigail
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Daniel
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Dr. Browning
* [[Karel Roden]] as Dr. Värava
* [[Aryana Engineer]] as Max
* [[Rosemary Dunsmore]] as Grandma Barbara
* [[Genelle Williams]] as Sister Judith
* Lorry Ayers as Joyce
* Brendan Wall as Detective
* Jamie Young as Brenda
}}

==Production==
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[[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] were cast in main roles in late November 2007.<ref name=orphan>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sarsgaard-farmiga-join-orphan-2-1117976774/|title=Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|title=Sarsgaard and Farmiga Join 'Orphan'|website=[[Moviefone]]|first=Jessica|last=Barnes|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111321/http://news.moviefone.com/2007/12/01/sarsgaard-and-farmiga-join-orphan/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] for the film took place in [[Canada]], in the cities of [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Toronto]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], and [[Montreal]].<ref name="orphan"/>

Esther of Estonia was inspired by the May 2007 media coverage<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Radio Prague]] |url=https://english.radio.cz/missing-13-year-old-apparently-diminutive-34-year-old-woman-8607735 |date=23 May 2007 |title=Missing "13-year-old" apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman |quote=Barbora Skrlova - who formerly worked with Katerina Mauerova - also seems to have played her part: the judge in the adoption procedure said she always had toys in her hands. Others said she hid behind a teddy bear.}}</ref> of 34-year-old Barbora Skrlová, a woman impersonating an orphan who took over her first adoptive family, manipulated the mother and her sister to chain and starve both their sons/nephews, and ran away from the police when caught. She eventually was found impersonating Adam, a thirteen-year-old boy who had gone missing in Norway.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/ |first=Maisy |last=Flowers |date=19 May 2020 |title=Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained |quote= Orphan is actually based on the true story of Barbora Skrlová, a woman who was discovered posing as a 13-year-old boy in Norway after she had escaped from another family where she had facilitated extreme child abuse on the family's other children.}}</ref>

==Release==
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===Theatrical===
''Orphan'' had its world premiere in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] on July 21, 2009. The following day, it screened at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. The film was released theatrically in North America on July 24, 2009. It was then released in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2009, by [[Optimum Releasing]].

===Home media===
''Orphan'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on October 27, 2009, in the United States by [[Warner Home Video]] and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009, by Optimum Releasing. The DVD includes deleted scenes, and the alternate ending. The opening previews also contain a [[public service announcement]] describing the plight of unadopted children in the United States and encouraging domestic adoption.

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film opened in the 4th spot at the box office, making a total of $12.8 million, behind ''[[G-Force (film)|G-Force]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', and ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''. The film went on to gross a worldwide total of $78.3 million.<ref name="the numbers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=orphan09.htm|title=Orphan (2009)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Isabelle Fuhrman (Headshot).jpg|thumb|Isabelle Fuhrman's performance as Esther was praised<ref>{{cite web|last=Portman|first=Jamie|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|title=Audiences Scream for Isabelle Fuhrman's "Orphan"|website=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=July 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031807/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Audiences+scream+Isabelle+Fuhrman+Orphan/1809722/story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref>]]
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The website's critics consensus read, "While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, ''Orphan'' fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010658-orphan/ |title=Orphan (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/orphan |title=Orphan Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ORPHAN (2009) B- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Orphan'' 3{{frac|1|2}} stars out of 4, writing: "After seeing 'Orphan,' I now realize that Damien of 'The Omen' was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 22, 2009 |title=And when she was bad, she was very, very bad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' also gave a positive review, commenting: "''Orphan'' provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MVG918TA8O.DTL&type=movies|title=Review: Orphan|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was less impressed, writing: "Teasingly enjoyable rubbish through the first hour, ''Orphan'' becomes genuine trash during its protracted second half."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Orphan Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603231748/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940720.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Actors have to eat like the rest of us, if evidently not as much, but you still have to wonder how the [[independent film]] mainstays [[Vera Farmiga]] and [[Peter Sarsgaard]] ended up wading through ''Orphan'' and, for the most part, not laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/movies/24orphan.html?ref=movies|title=New Kid in the House, Clearly Up to Something|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a D+ score, noting: "''Orphan'' isn't scary – it's garish and plodding."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293459,00.html|title=Orphan Movie Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Owen|last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Keith Phipps from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "If director [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] set out to make a parody of horror film clichés, he succeeded brilliantly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan,30785/|title=Orphan Review|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film won the ''International Feature Length Competition Golden Raven'' at the 2010 [[Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]. It was also nominated ''Choice Summer Movie: Drama'' at the 2009 [[Teen Choice Awards]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Controversy==
The film's content, depicting a murderous adoptee, was not well received by adoption groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/MV1N18L5U1.DTL|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Adoption groups angry with 'Orphan' stereotypes|date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The controversy caused filmmakers to change a line in one of their trailers from: ''"It must be difficult to love an adopted child as much as your own"'' to ''"I don't think Mommy likes me very much"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/10/entertainment/et-quick10.S4|title=Quick Takes: Uproar over Orphan movie|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rachel|last=Abramowitz|date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>

Melissa Fay Greene of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' commented: {{Blockquote|"The movie ''Orphan'' comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture. Esther's shadowy past includes [[Eastern Europe]]; she appears normal and sweet, but quickly turns violent and cruel, especially toward her mother. These are clichés. This is the baggage with which we saddle abandoned, orphaned, or disabled children given a fresh start at family life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/demon-orphan/|title=The New Movie Parents Hate|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|last=Greene|first=Melissa Fay|date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>}} There is a pro-adoption service message on the DVD, advising viewers to consider adoption.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Prequel==
{{main|Orphan: First Kill}}
In February 2020, development of a prequel film was announced, titled ''Esther'', with [[William Brent Bell]] signed on as director from a script by David Coggeshall. The project will be a joint-venture between [[Entertainment One|eOne]] and [[Dark Castle Entertainment]] and will be distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] under its [[Paramount Players|Players]] division. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin and James Tomlinson will produce the film, with [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick|David Leslie Johnson]] as an executive producer. Production was set to begin summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/orphan-prequel-esther-william-brent-bell-director/ |title=Orphan Prequel |website=[[The Wrap]] |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Julia Stiles]] said she was about to start working on the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2020 |author=Alexandra Pollard |title=Julia Stiles: 'I was obnoxiously precocious – a little too smarty pants' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/julia-stiles-interview-riviera-10-things-i-hate-about-you-kat-oleanna-b1012916.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent }}</ref> In November, the title was changed to ''Orphan: First Kill'', with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3640025/isabelle-fuhrman-will-return-esther-orphan-prequel-film/ |title='Orphan: First Kill': Isabelle Fuhrman Will Return as Esther in 'Orphan' Prequel Film! |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |author=John Squires |date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> The film was released on August 19, 2022.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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List of Spotify streaming records

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{{Short description|Spotify top 100 streamed songs}}
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{{Dynamic list}}[[File:Ed Sheeran-6886 (cropped).jpg|alt=|thumb|"[[Shape of You]]" by [[Ed Sheeran]] (pictured) is the most streamed song on [[Spotify]] with over 2.8 billion streams.]]

This list contains the top 100 songs with the most [[streaming media|streams]] on the audio streaming platform [[Spotify]]. As of June 2021, all of the top 100 songs have exceeded 1 billion streams, of which six have reached 2 billion streams, with [[Ed Sheeran]]'s "[[Shape of You]]" ranked in the top position.<ref name="Shape of You most-streamed">{{cite news|last=Schneider|first=Marc|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7973693/ed-sheeran-shape-you-spotify-most-streamed-track|title=Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' Surpasses Drake's 'One Dance' as Spotify's Most-Streamed Song Ever|date=22 September 2017|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724105414/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7973693/ed-sheeran-shape-you-spotify-most-streamed-track|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Karlie|url=https://www.youredm.com/2018/12/12/ed-sheeran-shape-you-2.7-billion-plays/|title=Ed Sheeran first to hit 2 billion plays on Spotify with "Shape of You"|date=12 December 2018|access-date=24 July 2019|website=YourEDM.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/12/10/ed-sheerans-shape-of-you-is-the-first-song-to-reach-two-billion-streams-on-spotify/|title=Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' Is The First Song To Reach 2 Billion Streams on Spotify|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|website=Forbes|language=en|date=10 December 2018|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210202633/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/12/10/ed-sheerans-shape-of-you-is-the-first-song-to-reach-two-billion-streams-on-spotify/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Prior to February 2014, Spotify's most-streamed song was "[[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]" by [[Imagine Dragons]];<ref name="Radioactive">{{cite web|last=Book|first=Ryan|url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/4482/20140228/avicii-wake-up-become-streamed-song-spotify-history.htm|title=Avicii and 'Wake Me Up!' become most-streamed song in Spotify history|date=28 February 2014|work=Music Times|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=29 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029045217/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/4482/20140228/avicii-wake-up-become-streamed-song-spotify-history.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> it was overtaken by [[Avicii]]'s "[[Wake Me Up (Avicii song)|Wake Me Up]]", which became the first song to hit 200 million streams on 27 February 2014.<ref name="Wake Me Up">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5922816/aviciis-wake-me-up-is-spotifys-most-played-song-ever|title=Avicii's 'Wake Me Up' is Spotify's Most-Played Song Ever|date=27 February 2014|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=3 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803222532/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5922816/aviciis-wake-me-up-is-spotifys-most-played-song-ever|url-status=live}}</ref> "Wake Me Up" held the streaming record for over a year before being surpassed on 22 May 2015 by Sheeran's "[[Thinking Out Loud]]", which became the first song to hit 500 million streams on 12 October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6723002/ed-sheeran-thinking-out-loud-spotify-500-million-streams|title=Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' Becomes First Song to Hit 500 Million Spotify Streams|last=Weiner|first=Natalie|date=12 October 2015|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108030808/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6723002/ed-sheeran-thinking-out-loud-spotify-500-million-streams|url-status=live}}</ref> A month later, however, it was surpassed by [[Major Lazer]] and [[DJ Snake]]'s "[[Lean On]]", featuring [[MØ]],<ref name="Lean On most-streamed">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6760813/major-lazer-lean-on-spotify-most-streamed-song-all-time|title=Major Lazer & DJ Snake's 'Lean On' Becomes Spotify's Most-Streamed Song of All Time|last=Rishty|first=David|date=11 November 2015|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131131729/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6760813/major-lazer-lean-on-spotify-most-streamed-song-all-time|url-status=live}}</ref> which held the streaming record for 11 months until [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s "[[One Dance]]", featuring [[Wizkid (musician)|Wizkid]] and [[Kyla (British singer)|Kyla]], overtook it on 18 October 2016.<ref name="Drake2">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7549029/drakes-one-dance-spotify-most-streamed-song-ever|title=Drake's 'One Dance' is Spotify's Most-Streamed Song Ever|last=Stutz|first=Colin|date=18 October 2016|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022140645/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7549029/drakes-one-dance-spotify-most-streamed-song-ever|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[One Dance]]" became the first song to hit 1 billion streams 12 December 2016,<ref>{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7625179/drake-one-dance-spotify-first-1-billion-plays|title=Drake's 'One Dance' Is First Song to Reach 1 Billion Plays on Spotify|date=12 December 2016|access-date=24 July 2019|work=Billboard|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724105348/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7625179/drake-one-dance-spotify-first-1-billion-plays|url-status=live}}</ref> and held the streaming record for almost a year before being surpassed by "Shape of You" on 21 September 2017.

The artists with the most songs in the top 100 are [[Post Malone]] with 7 (all lead), Ed Sheeran with 5 (all lead) and [[Justin Bieber]] with 7 (4 lead). The albums with the most songs in the top 100 are Bieber's ''[[Purpose (Justin Bieber album)|Purpose]]'' and Malone's ''[[Beerbongs & Bentleys]]'' with 3 entries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify- Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==100 most-streamed songs==

The following table lists the top '100 most-streamed songs' on Spotify, with streams rounded to the nearest million, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published on Spotify.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Song
! Artist(s)
! Album
! Streams (millions)
! Date published
! class="unsortable" | Ref(s)
|- "[[Shape of You (Ed Sheeran)
! align="center" | 1
| "[[Shape of You]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]]||''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''|| align="center" | 2,827 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|6 January 2017}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Ed Sheeran |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=10 March 2021 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706034202/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 2
| "[[Blinding Lights]]" ||[[The Weeknd]]||''[[After Hours (The Weeknd album)|After Hours]]''|| align="center" | 2,320 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 November 2019}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=The Weeknd |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=5 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205001454/https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 3
| "[[Dance Monkey]]" ||[[Tones and I]]||''[[The Kids Are Coming]]''|| align="center" | 2,247 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|10 May 2019}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Tones And I |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NjfBq1NflQcKSeiDooVjY |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218114923/https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NjfBq1NflQcKSeiDooVjY |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 4
| "[[Rockstar (Post Malone song)|Rockstar]]" ||[[Post Malone]] featuring [[21 Savage]]||''[[Beerbongs & Bentleys]]''|| align="center" | 2,201 || align="right" |{{Date table sorting|15 September 2017}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 5
| "[[One Dance]]" ||[[Drake (musician)|Drake]] featuring [[Wizkid (musician)|Wizkid]] and [[Kyla (British singer)|Kyla]]||''[[Views (album)|Views]]''|| align="center" | 2,057 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|5 April 2016}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Drake |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TVXtAsR1Inumwj472S9r4 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061319/https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TVXtAsR1Inumwj472S9r4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 6
| "[[Closer (The Chainsmokers song)|Closer]]" || [[The Chainsmokers]] featuring [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] ||''[[Collage (EP)|Collage]]'' || align="center" | 2,037 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 July 2016}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chainsmokers Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/69GGBxA162lTqCwzJG5jLp |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218223829/https://open.spotify.com/artist/69GGBxA162lTqCwzJG5jLp |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 7
| "[[Someone You Loved]]" ||[[Lewis Capaldi]]||''[[Breach (Lewis Capaldi EP)|Breach]]'' and ''[[Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent]]''|| align="center" | 1,968 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|8 November 2018}}
|
|-
! align="center" | 8
| "[[Sunflower (Post Malone and Swae Lee song)|Sunflower]]" ||[[Post Malone]] and [[Swae Lee]]||''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (soundtrack)|Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'' and ''[[Hollywood's Bleeding]]''|| align="center" | 1,945 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|18 October 2018}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 9
| "[[Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)|Señorita]]" ||[[Shawn Mendes]] and [[Camila Cabello]]||''[[Shawn Mendes (album)|Shawn Mendes]]'' and ''[[Romance (Camila Cabello album)|Romance]]''|| align="center" | 1,858 || align="right" |{{Date table sorting|21 June 2019}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Camila Cabello |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nDoRrQiYLoBzwC5BhVJzF |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316034646/https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nDoRrQiYLoBzwC5BhVJzF |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shawn Mendes |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/7n2wHs1TKAczGzO7Dd2rGr |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=11 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111200253/https://open.spotify.com/artist/7n2wHs1TKAczGzO7Dd2rGr |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 10
| "[[Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)|Bad Guy]]" ||[[Billie Eilish]]||''[[When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?]]''|| align="center" | 1,800 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 March 2019}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Billie Eilish |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qqNVTkY8uBg9cP3Jd7DAH |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812131650/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qqNVTkY8uBg9cP3Jd7DAH |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 11
| "[[Thinking Out Loud]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]]||''[[× (Ed Sheeran album)|×]]''|| align="center" | 1,781 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|20 June 2014}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Ed Sheeran |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=10 March 2021 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706034202/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 12
| "[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]" ||[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]||''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]''|| align="center" | 1,759 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|19 January 2018}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Drake |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TVXtAsR1Inumwj472S9r4 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061319/https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TVXtAsR1Inumwj472S9r4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 13
| "[[Say You Won't Let Go]]" ||[[James Arthur]]||''[[Back from the Edge]]''|| align="center" | 1,753 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|9 September 2016}}
|
|-
! align="center" | 14
| "[[Perfect (Ed Sheeran song)|Perfect]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]]||''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''|| align="center" | 1,746 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|3 March 2017}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Ed Sheeran |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706034202/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 15
| "[[Believer (Imagine Dragons song)|Believer]]" ||[[Imagine Dragons]]||''[[Evolve (Imagine Dragons album)|Evolve]]''|| align="center" | 1,737 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|1 February 2017}}
|
|-
! align="center" | 16
| "[[Lucid Dreams (Juice WRLD song)|Lucid Dreams]]" ||[[Juice WRLD]]||''[[Goodbye & Good Riddance]]''|| align="center" | 1,660 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|4 May 2018}}
|
|-
! align="center" | 17
| "[[Photograph (Ed Sheeran song)|Photograph]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]]||''[[x (Ed Sheeran album)|×]]''|| align="center" | 1,624 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|20 June 2014}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Ed Sheeran |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706034202/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 18
| "[[Havana (Camila Cabello song)|Havana]]" ||[[Camila Cabello]] featuring [[Young Thug]]||''[[Camila (album)|Camila]]''|| align="center" | 1,611 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|3 August 2017}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Camila Cabello |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nDoRrQiYLoBzwC5BhVJzF |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316034646/https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nDoRrQiYLoBzwC5BhVJzF |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 19
|"[[SAD!]]" ||[[XXXTENTACION]]||''[[? (XXXTentacion album)|?]]''|| align="center" | 1,602 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|1 March 2018}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=XXXTENTACION |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/15UsOTVnJzReFVN1VCnxy4 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311065246/https://open.spotify.com/artist/15UsOTVnJzReFVN1VCnxy4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 20
| "[[Starboy (song)|Starboy]]" ||[[The Weeknd]] featuring [[Daft Punk]]||''[[Starboy (album)|Starboy]]''|| align="center" | 1,599 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|21 September 2016}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=The Weeknd |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=5 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205001454/https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 21
| "[[Love Yourself]]" ||[[Justin Bieber]]||''[[Purpose (Justin Bieber album)|Purpose]]''|| align="center" | 1,583 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|9 November 2015}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Justin Bieber |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uNFoZAHBGtllmzznpCI3s |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029130023/https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uNFoZAHBGtllmzznpCI3s |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! align="center" | 22
| "[[Something Just Like This]]" ||[[The Chainsmokers]] and [[Coldplay]]||''[[Memories...Do Not Open]]''|| align="center" | 1,569 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|22 February 2017}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chainsmokers |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/69GGBxA162lTqCwzJG5jLp |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218223829/https://open.spotify.com/artist/69GGBxA162lTqCwzJG5jLp |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[New Rules]]" ||[[Dua Lipa]]||''[[Dua Lipa (album)|Dua Lipa]]''|| align="center" | 1,531 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|2 June 2017}}
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| "[[Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)|Shallow]]" ||[[Lady Gaga]] and [[Bradley Cooper]]||''[[A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)|A Star Is Born]]''|| align="center" | 1,526 || align="right" |{{Date table sorting|27 September 2018}}
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| "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" ||[[Queen(band)|Queen]]||''[[A Night at the Opera (Queen album)|A Night at the Opera]]''|| align="center" | 1,521 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|31 October 1975}}
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| "[[Thunder (Imagine Dragons song)|Thunder]]" ||[[Imagine Dragons]]||''[[Evolve (Imagine Dragons album)|Evolve]]''|| align="center" | 1,517 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|27 April 2017}}
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|"[[Don't Start Now]]" ||[[Dua Lipa]]||''[[Future Nostalgia]]''|| align="center" | 1,513|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|1 November 2019}}
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| "[[All of Me (John Legend song)|All of Me]]" ||[[John Legend]]||''[[Love in the Future]]''|| align="center" | 1,499|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|12 August 2013}}
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| "[[XO Tour Llif3]]" ||[[Lil Uzi Vert]]||''[[Luv Is Rage 2]]''|| align="center" | 1,492 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|24 March 2017}}
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| "[[Lean On]]" ||[[Major Lazer]] and [[DJ Snake]] featuring [[MØ]]||''[[Peace Is the Mission]]''|| align="center" | 1,490 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|2 March 2015}}
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|"[[7 Rings]]" || [[Ariana Grande]]||''[[Thank U, Next]]''|| align="center" | 1,475 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|18 January 2019}}
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|"[[Happier (Marshmello and Bastille song)|Happier]]" ||[[Marshmello]] and [[Bastille (band)|Bastille]]||{{N/A|Non-album single}}|| align="center" | 1,466|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|17 August 2018}}
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| "[[Sorry (Justin Bieber song)|Sorry]]" ||[[Justin Bieber]]||''[[Purpose (Justin Bieber album)|Purpose]]''|| align="center" | 1,466 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|22 October 2015}}
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| "[[Jocelyn Flores]]" ||[[XXXTENTACION]]||''[[17 (XXXTentacion album)|17]]''|| align="center" | 1,465 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|25 August 2017}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=XXXTENTACION |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/15UsOTVnJzReFVN1VCnxy4 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311065246/https://open.spotify.com/artist/15UsOTVnJzReFVN1VCnxy4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito (Remix)]]" ||[[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]]||''[[Vida (Luis Fonsi album)|Vida]]''|| align="center" | 1,454 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|17 April 2017}}
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| "[[Goosebumps (Travis Scott song)|Goosebumps]]" ||[[Travis Scott]]||''[[Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight]]''|| align="center" | 1,452 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|2 September 2016}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Scott |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Y5tJX1MQlPlqiwlOH1tJY |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316100350/https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Y5tJX1MQlPlqiwlOH1tJY |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Take Me to Church]]" ||[[Hozier (musician)|Hozier]]||''[[Hozier (album)|Hozier]]''|| align="center" | 1,451 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|13 September 2013}}
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| "[[Sicko Mode]]" ||[[Travis Scott]]||''[[Astroworld (album)|Astroworld]]''|| align="center" | 1,446 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|3 August 2018}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Scott |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Y5tJX1MQlPlqiwlOH1tJY |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316100350/https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Y5tJX1MQlPlqiwlOH1tJY |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Humble (song)|Humble]]" ||[[Kendrick Lamar]]||''[[Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)|Damn]]''|| align="center" | 1,446|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|30 March 2017}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Ariana Grande |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/66CXWjxzNUsdJxJ2JdwvnR |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=3 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803165500/https://open.spotify.com/artist/66CXWjxzNUsdJxJ2JdwvnR |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Lovely (Billie Eilish and Khalid song)|Lovely]]" ||[[Billie Eilish]] and [[Khalid (singer)|Khalid]]||''[[Don't Smile at Me|Don't Smile At Me (Expanded Edition)]]''|| align="center" | 1,441 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|19 April 2018}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Billie Eilish |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qqNVTkY8uBg9cP3Jd7DAH |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812131650/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qqNVTkY8uBg9cP3Jd7DAH |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Stressed Out]]" ||[[Twenty One Pilots]]||''[[Blurryface]]''|| align="center" | 1,437 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|28 April 2015}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify- Twenty One Pilots |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3YQKmKGau1PzlVlkL1iodx |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
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|"[[Better Now]]" ||[[Post Malone]]||''[[Beerbongs & Bentleys]]''|| align="center" | 1,431 || align="right" |{{Date table sorting|27 April 2018}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers song)|Don't Let Me Down]]" ||[[The Chainsmokers]] featuring [[Daya (singer)|Daya]]||''[[Collage (EP)|Collage]]''|| align="center" | 1,429 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|5 February 2016}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chainsmokers |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/69GGBxA162lTqCwzJG5jLp |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218223829/https://open.spotify.com/artist/69GGBxA162lTqCwzJG5jLp |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Circles (Post Malone song)|Circles]]" ||[[Post Malone]]||''[[Hollywood's Bleeding]]''|| align="center" | 1,424 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|30 August 2019}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Faded (Alan Walker song)|Faded]]" ||[[Alan Walker (producer)|Alan Walker]]||''[[Different World (Alan Walker album)|Different World]]''|| align="center" | 1,406 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|3 December 2015}}
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| "[[Let Me Love You (DJ Snake song)|Let Me Love You]]" ||[[DJ Snake]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]]||''[[Encore (DJ Snake album)|Encore]]''|| align="center" | 1,400 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|5 August 2016}}
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| "[[I Took a Pill in Ibiza]] ([[Seeb (music producers)|Seeb]] Remix)" ||[[Mike Posner]] and [[Seeb (music producers)|Seeb]]||''[[At Night, Alone]]''|| align="center" | 1,398 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|14 April 2015}}
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| "[[Congratulations (Post Malone song)|Congratulations]]" ||[[Post Malone]] featuring [[Quavo]]||''[[Stoney (album)|Stoney]]''|| align="center" | 1,389 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|4 November 2016}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Let Her Go]]" ||[[Passenger (singer)|Passenger]]||''[[All the Little Lights]]''|| align="center" | 1,381 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|24 February 2012}}
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| "[[Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)|Stay with Me]]" ||[[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]]||''[[In the Lonely Hour]]''|| align="center" | 1,360 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|14 April 2014}}
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| "[[Treat You Better (Shawn Mendes song)|Treat You Better]]" ||[[Shawn Mendes]]||''[[Illuminate (Shawn Mendes album)|Illuminate]]''|| align="center" | 1,343 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|3 June 2016}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Shawn Mendes |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/7n2wHs1TKAczGzO7Dd2rGr |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=11 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111200253/https://open.spotify.com/artist/7n2wHs1TKAczGzO7Dd2rGr |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song)|I Don't Care]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]] and [[Justin Bieber]]||''[[No.6 Collaborations Project]]''|| align="center" | 1,340 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|10 May 2019}}|| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Ed Sheeran |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706034202/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Justin Bieber |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uNFoZAHBGtllmzznpCI3s |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029130023/https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uNFoZAHBGtllmzznpCI3s |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Thank U, Next]]" || [[Ariana Grande]]||''[[Thank U, Next]]''|| align="center" | 1,337 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|3 November 2018}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Ariana Grande |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/66CXWjxzNUsdJxJ2JdwvnR |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=3 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803165500/https://open.spotify.com/artist/66CXWjxzNUsdJxJ2JdwvnR |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Roses (Saint Jhn song)|Roses (Imanbek Remix)"]]||[[Saint Jhn]] and [[Imanbek]]||''[[While the World Was Burning]]''|| align="center" | 1,330 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|18 September 2019}}
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| "[[Uptown Funk]]" ||[[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Bruno Mars]]||''[[Uptown Special]]''|| align="center" | 1,326 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|10 November 2014}}
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| "[[Wake Me Up (Avicii song)|Wake Me Up]]" ||[[Avicii]] featuring [[Aloe Blacc]]||''[[True (Avicii album)|True]]''|| align="center" | 1,313 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|17 June 2013}}
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| "[[Unforgettable (French Montana song)|Unforgettable]]" ||[[French Montana]] featuring [[Swae Lee]]||''[[Jungle Rules]]''|| align="center" | 1,306 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|7 April 2017}}
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| "[[Without Me (Halsey song)|Without Me]]" ||[[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]||[[Manic (album)|''Manic'']]|| align="center" | 1,304 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|4 October 2018}}
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| "[[Cheap Thrills (song)|Cheap Thrills]]" || [[Sia (musician)|Sia]]||''[[This Is Acting]]''|| align="center" | 1,298 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 January 2016}}
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| "[[Too Good at Goodbyes]]" ||[[Sam Smith]]||''[[The Thrill of It All (Sam Smith album)|The Thrill of It All]]''|| align="center" | 1,298 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|8 September 2017}}
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| "[[Girls Like You]]" ||[[Maroon 5]] featuring [[Cardi B]]||''[[Red Pill Blues]]''|| align="center" | 1,298 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|30 May 2018}}
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| "[[Watermelon Sugar]]" ||[[Harry Styles]]||''[[Fine Line (album)|Fine Line]]''|| align="center" | 1,272 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|16 November 2019}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Harry Styles |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KImCVD70vtIoJWnq6nGn3 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324212919/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KImCVD70vtIoJWnq6nGn3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Counting Stars]]" ||[[OneRepublic]]||''[[Native (album)|Native]]''|| align="center" | 1,271 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|25 March 2013}}
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| "[[The Box (Roddy Ricch song)|The Box]]" ||[[Roddy Ricch]]||''[[Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial]]''|| align="center" | 1,266 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|6 December 2019}}
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| "[[Can't Hold Us]]" ||[[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis]] featuring [[Ray Dalton]]||''[[The Heist (album)|The Heist]]''|| align="center" | 1,261 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|16 August 2011}}
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| "[[Despacito]]" ||[[Luis Fonsi]] featuring [[Daddy Yankee]]||''[[Vida (Luis Fonsi album)|Vida]]''|| align="center" | 1,256 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|12 January 2017}}
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| "[[The Hills (song)|The Hills]]" ||[[The Weeknd]]||''[[Beauty Behind the Madness]]''|| align="center" | 1,255 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|27 May 2015}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=The Weeknd |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=5 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205001454/https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[7 Years (Lukas Graham song)|7 Years]]" ||[[Lukas Graham]]||''[[Lukas Graham (Blue Album)|Lukas Graham]]''|| align="center" | 1,250 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|16 June 2015}}
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| "[[Riptide (Vance Joy song)|Riptide]]" ||[[Vance Joy]]||''[[Dream Your Life Away]]''|| align="center" | 1,244 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|21 May 2013}} |
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| "[[Moonlight (XXXTentacion song)|Moonlight]]" ||[[XXXTENTACION]]||''[[? (XXXTentacion album)|?]]''|| align="center" | 1,242 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|16 March 2018}}|| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=XXXTENTACION |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/15UsOTVnJzReFVN1VCnxy4 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311065246/https://open.spotify.com/artist/15UsOTVnJzReFVN1VCnxy4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin song)|I Like It]]" ||[[Cardi B]], [[Bad Bunny]] and [[J Balvin]]||''[[Invasion of Privacy (album)|Invasion of Privacy]]''|| align="center" | 1,236 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|6 April 2018}}
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| "[[That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)|That's What I Like]]" ||[[Bruno Mars]]||''[[24K Magic (album)|24K Magic]]''|| align="center" | 1,236 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|18 November 2016}}
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| "[[Can't Stop the Feeling!]]" ||[[Justin Timberlake]]||''[[Trolls (soundtrack)|Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''|| align="center" | 1,236 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|6 May 2016}}
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| "[[Stitches (Shawn Mendes song)|Stitches]]" ||[[Shawn Mendes]]||''[[Handwritten (Shawn Mendes album)|Handwritten]]''|| align="center" | 1,225 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|14 April 2015}}
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| "[[I Fall Apart]]" ||[[Post Malone]]||''[[Stoney (album)|Stoney]]''|| align="center" | 1,220 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|9 December 2016}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[See You Again]]" ||[[Wiz Khalifa]] featuring [[Charlie Puth]]||''[[Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''|| align="center" | 1,215 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|10 March 2015}}
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| "[[I Like Me Better]]" ||[[Lauv]]||''[[I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist)]]''|| align="center" | 1,209 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|19 May 2017}}
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| "[[Heathens (song)|Heathens]]" ||[[Twenty One Pilots]]||''[[Suicide Squad (soundtrack)|Suicide Squad: The Album]]''|| align="center" | 1,205 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|16 June 2016}}
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| "[[One Kiss (song)|One Kiss]]" ||[[Calvin Harris]] and [[Dua Lipa]]||''[[Dua Lipa (album)|Dua Lipa]]''|| align="center" | 1,203 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|6 April 2018}}
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| "[[What Do You Mean?]]" ||[[Justin Bieber]]||''[[Purpose (Justin Bieber album)|Purpose]]''|| align="center" | 1,197 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|28 August 2015}}
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| "[[Cold Water (song)|Cold Water]]" ||[[Major Lazer]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]] and [[MØ]]||''[[Major Lazer Essentials]]''|| align="center" | 1,195 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|22 July 2016}}
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| "[[Demons (Imagine Dragons song)|Demons]]" ||[[Imagine Dragons]]||''[[Night Visions]]''|| align="center" | 1,192 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|4 September 2012}}
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| "[[Psycho (Post Malone song)|Psycho]]" ||[[Post Malone]] featuring [[Ty Dolla Sign]]||''[[Beerbongs & Bentleys]]''|| align="center" | 1,191 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|23 February 2018}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify - Post Malone |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035012/https://open.spotify.com/artist/246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| "[[Memories (Maroon 5 song)|Memories]]" ||[[Maroon 5]]||''[[Jordi (album)|Jordi (Deluxe)]]''|| align="center" | 1,189 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|20 September 2019}}||
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| "[[Youngblood (5 Seconds of Summer song)|Youngblood]]" ||[[5 Seconds of Summer|5 Seconds Of Summer]]||''[[Youngblood (5 Seconds of Summer album)|Youngblood]]''|| align="center" | 1,187 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|12 April 2018}}
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| "[[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]" ||[[Imagine Dragons]]||''[[Night Visions]]''|| align="center" | 1,185 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|4 September 2012}}
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| "[[Old Town Road|Old Town Road (Remix)]]" ||[[Lil Nas X]] and [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]||''[[7 (Lil Nas X EP)|7]]''|| align="center" | 1,183 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|5 April 2019}}
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| "[[Eastside (song)|Eastside]]" ||[[Benny Blanco]], [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] and [[Khalid (singer)|Khalid]]||''[[Friends Keep Secrets]]''|| align="center" | 1,179 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|12 July 2018}}
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! align="center" | 89
| "[[Attention (Charlie Puth song)|Attention]]" ||[[Charlie Puth]]||''[[Voicenotes]]''|| align="center" | 1,177 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|21 April 2017}}
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! align="center" | 90
| "[[Sugar (Maroon 5 song)|Sugar]]" ||[[Maroon 5]]||''[[V (Maroon 5 album)|V]]''|| align="center" | 1,176 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 August 2014}}
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| "[[Rockstar (DaBaby song)|Rockstar]]" ||[[DaBaby]] featuring [[Roddy Ricch]]||''[[Blame It on Baby]]''|| align="center" | 1,172 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|17 April 2020}}
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! align="center" | 92
| "[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]" ||[[Jason Mraz]]||''[[We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things]]''|| align="center" | 1,169 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|12 February 2008}}
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! align="center" | 93
| "[[When the Party's Over (song)|When the Party's Over]]" ||[[Billie Eilish]]||''[[When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?]]''|| align="center" | 1,169 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|16 October 2018}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Billie Eilish |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qqNVTkY8uBg9cP3Jd7DAH |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812131650/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qqNVTkY8uBg9cP3Jd7DAH |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! align="center" | 94
| "[[Cheerleader (song)|Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)]]" ||[[Omi (singer)|Omi]] and [[Felix Jaehn]]||''[[Me 4 U]]''|| align="center" | 1,168 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|19 May 2014}}
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! align="center" | 95
| "[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]" ||[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]||''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''|| align="center" | 1,163|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|30 October 1995}}
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! align="center" | 96
| "[[Can't Feel My Face]]" ||[[The Weeknd]]||''[[Beauty Behind the Madness]]''|| align="center" | 1,163 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|8 June 2015}}|| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=The Weeknd |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |website=Spotify Webplayer |publisher=Spotify |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=5 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205001454/https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! align="center" | 97
| "[[Taki Taki (song)|Taki Taki]]" ||[[DJ Snake]] featuring [[Selena Gomez]], [[Ozuna (singer)|Ozuna]] and [[Cardi B]]
|''[[Carte Blanche (DJ Snake album)|Carte Blanche]]''|| align="center" | 1,161 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|28 September 2018}}
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! align="center" | 98
| "[[We Don't Talk Anymore (Charlie Puth song)|We Don't Talk Anymore]]" ||[[Charlie Puth]] featuring [[Selena Gomez]]||''[[Nine Track Mind]]''|| align="center" | 1,156 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 January 2016}}
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! align="center" | 99
| "[[This Is What You Came For]]" ||[[Calvin Harris]] featuring [[Rihanna]]||{{N/A|Non-album single}} || align="center" | 1,151 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 April 2016}}
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! align="center" | 100
| "[[Mr. Brightside]]" ||[[The Killers]]||''[[Hot Fuss]]''|| align="center" | 1,146|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|7 June 2004}}
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of 17 June 2021
|}

===Artists with the most songs in the top 100===
[[File:Post Malone at the 2019 American Music Awards.png|thumb|Post Malone has 7 songs in the top 100 (all lead).]]
This is a list of artists with the most songs in the top 100. It includes an artist's solo and featured songs (where the artist is officially credited). Post Malone leads the list with 7 tracks.

{| class="wikitable sortable;" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Artist
! rowspan="2"| Total songs
! colspan="2"| Top 10
! colspan="2"| Top 100
! colspan="2"| 2 billion+ songs
|-
! Lead
! Feat.
! Lead
! Feat.
! Lead
! Feat.
|-
! rowspan="2" |1
| align="left" |[[Post Malone]]
| rowspan="2" ! |'''7'''|| 2 || || 7 || || 1 ||
|-
| align="left" |[[Justin Bieber]]
| || || 4 || 3 || ||
|-
! 3
| align="left" | [[Ed Sheeran]]||'''5'''|| 1 || || 5 || || 1 ||
|-
! rowspan="2" |4
| align="left" |[[The Weeknd]]
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''|| 1 || || 4 || || 1 ||
|-
| align="left" | [[Imagine Dragons]]|| || || 4 || || ||
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! rowspan="10" |6
| align="left" |[[The Chainsmokers]]|| rowspan="10" |'''3''' || 1 || || 3 || || 1 ||
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| align="left" |[[Billie Eilish]]|| 1 || || 3 || || ||
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| align="left" |[[Shawn Mendes]]|| 1 || || 3 || || ||
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| align="left" |[[Dua Lipa]]|| || || 3 || || ||
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| align="left" | [[Maroon 5]]|| || || 3 || || ||
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| align="left" | [[XXXTentacion]]|| || || 3 || || ||
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| align="left" | [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]|| || 1 || 2 || 1 || || 1
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| align="left" |[[Charlie Puth]]|| || || 2 || 1 || ||
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| align="left" |[[DJ Snake]]|| || || 2 || 1 || ||
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| align="left" | [[Cardi B]]|| || || 1 || 2 || ||
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! colspan="9" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of 14 June 2021
|}

===Historical most-streamed songs===
The following table lists the last six songs to become Spotify's most-streamed song, from 2013 to the present.
{{legend|#d0f0c0|Current record}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song
! Artist
!{{Abbr|Streams (millions)|The approximate number of streams each song had when it became Spotify's most streamed song.}}
! Date published
! Date achieved
! Days held
! class="unsortable" | Ref(s)
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| "[[Shape of You]]" || [[Ed Sheeran]] || align=center | 1,318 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|6 January 2017}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|21 September 2017}} || style="background:#d0f0c0; text-align:center; |'''{{age in days|21 September 2017}}''' || align=center |<ref name="Shape of You most-streamed" /> ||
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| "[[One Dance]]" || [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] || align=center | 882 || align=right | {{Date table sorting|5 April 2016}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|18 October 2016}} || align="center" | {{age in days|18 October 2016|21 September 2017}} || align=center |<ref name="Drake2" /> ||
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| "[[Lean On]]" || [[Major Lazer]] || align=center | 526 || align=right | {{Date table sorting|2 March 2015}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|11 November 2015}} || align="center" | {{age in days|11 November 2015|18 October 2016}} || align=center |<ref name="Lean On most-streamed" /> ||
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| "[[Thinking Out Loud]]" || [[Ed Sheeran]] || align=center | 355 || align=right | {{Date table sorting|21 June 2014}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|22 May 2015}} || align="center" | {{age in days|22 May 2015|11 November 2015}} || align=center |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-34796761|title=Major Lazer's Lean On becomes most streamed track on Spotify ever|date=12 November 2015|website=BBC|access-date=7 March 2021|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170833/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-34796761|url-status=live}}</ref> ||
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| "[[Wake Me Up (Avicii song)|Wake Me Up]]" || [[Avicii]] || align=center | 178 || align=right | {{Date table sorting|17 June 2013}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|January 2014}} || align="center" | {{age in days|1 January 2014|22 May 2015}} || align=center |<ref name="Radioactive" /><ref name="Wake Me Up" /> || align=center | {{efn-ua|The exact date and number of streams that "Wake Me Up" had when it surpassed "Radioactive" is unknown. Best estimates were made based on its 3.8 million weekly streams and the 17 million stream difference between the two songs when it reached 200 million streams.<ref name="Radioactive" />}}
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| "[[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]" || [[Imagine Dragons]] || align=center | – || align="right" | 14 February 2012 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|2013}}|| align="center" | – || align=center |<ref name="Radioactive" /> || align=center | {{efn-ua|The exact date and number of streams that "Radioactive" had when it became Spotify's most streamed song is unknown.}}
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! colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of {{date}}
|}

===Weekly number-one songs===

The following table lists the songs that reached the No. 1 position on Spotify's weekly most-played chart. The table records the No. 1 song starting from issue date December 29, 2016 as the data prior to that said date is not available on the Official Spotify Weekly Charts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/latest|title=Spotify Weekly Charts|date=5 March 2021|website=Spotify|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=26 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326181708/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/latest|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Good 4 U]]" by [[Olivia Rodrigo]] is the current number-one song on the Spotify Global Top 200 for the week ending 10 June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://www.spotifycharts.com/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.spotifycharts.com|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729055442/https://www.spotifycharts.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Legend|#d0f0c0|Current record}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song
! Artist(s)
! Weeks at No. 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/latest|title=Spotify Weekly Charts|date=5 March 2021|website=Spotify|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=26 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326181708/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/latest|url-status=live}}</ref>
! {{Abbr|Average streams (millions)|Average weekly streams while at #1}}
! Date published
! Date achieved
! class="unsortable" | Ref(s)
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|"[[Good 4 U]]"||[[Olivia Rodrigo]] || align="center" | 4 || style="background:#d0f0c0; text-align:center" | '''68.3''' || align="right" | 14 May 2021 || align="right" | 10 June 2021 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 May 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-06-04--2021-06-11|url-status=live|archive-date=10 June 2021|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Spotify|archive-url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-06-04--2021-06-11}}</ref>
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|"[[Montero (Call Me by Your Name)]]"||[[Lil Nas X]] || align="center" | 5 || align="center" | 49.4 || align="right" | 26 March 2021 || align="right" | 6 April 2021 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-05-07--2021-05-14|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.spotifycharts.com|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509162312/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-05-07--2021-05-14|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Peaches (Justin Bieber song)|Peaches]]"||[[Justin Bieber]] featuring [[Daniel Caesar]] and [[Giveon]] || align="center" | 3 || align="center" | 48.0 || align="right" | 19 March 2021 || align="right" | 25 March 2021 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 April 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-03-26--2021-04-02|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Spotify|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170845/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-03-26--2021-04-02|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Drivers License (song)|Drivers License]]"||[[Olivia Rodrigo]] || align="center" | 10 || align="center" | 50.0 || align="right" | 8 January 2021 || align="right" | 14 January 2021 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 January 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-03-12--2021-03-19|url-status=live|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Spotify|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170840/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-03-12--2021-03-19}}</ref>
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|"[[Dakiti]]" ||[[Bad Bunny]] and [[Jhay Cortez]]|| align="center" | 8{{efn-ua|"[[Dakiti]]" returned to the top on the week ending 31 December 2020.}}|| align="center" | 44.0 || align="right" | 30 October 2020 || align="right" | 12 November 2020 || align="center" |<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-11-06--2020-11-13|url-status=live|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Spotify|archive-date=19 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119172537/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-11-06--2020-11-13}}</ref>
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|"[[Positions (song)|Positions]]" ||[[Ariana Grande]]|| align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 41.5 || align="right" | 23 October 2020 || align="right" | 29 October 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-10-23--2020-10-30|title=Spotify Charts|date=29 October 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105144711/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-10-23--2020-10-30|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Mood (song)|Mood]]" ||[[24kGoldn]] featuring [[Iann Dior]]|| align="center" | 5 || align="center" | 38.3 || align="right" | 24 July 2020 || align="right" | 24 September 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-09-18--2020-09-25|title=Spotify Charts|date=24 September 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=26 September 2020|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126142422/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-09-18--2020-09-25|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[WAP (song)|WAP]]" ||[[Cardi B]] featuring [[Megan Thee Stallion]]|| align="center" | 5 || align="center" | 46.0 || align="right" | 7 August 2020 || align="right" | 20 August 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-08-28--2020-09-04|title=Spotify Charts|date=20 August 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=21 August 2020|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170840/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-08-28--2020-09-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)]]" ||[[Jawsh 685]] and [[Jason Derulo]]|| align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 32.2 || align="right" | 11 June 2020 || align="right" | 6 August 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-07-31--2020-08-06|title=Spotify Charts|date=6 August 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref>
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|"[[Cardigan (song)|Cardigan]]" ||[[Taylor Swift]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 35.7 || align="right" | 24 July 2020 || align="right" | 30 July 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-07-24--2020-07-31|title=Spotify Charts|date=30 July 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=31 July 2020|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170847/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-07-24--2020-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Rockstar (DaBaby song)|Rockstar]]" ||[[DaBaby]] featuring [[Roddy Ricch]]|| align="center" | 7{{efn-ua|"[[Rockstar (DaBaby song)|Rockstar]]" returned to the top on the week ending 25 June 2020.}}|| align="center" | 37.4 || align="right" | 24 April 2020 || align="right" | 4 June 2020 || align="center" |<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-05-29--2020-06-05|title=Spotify Charts|date=5 June 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=5 June 2020|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162452/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-05-29--2020-06-05|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Rain on Me (Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande song)|Rain on Me]]" ||[[Lady Gaga]] and [[Ariana Grande]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 41.6 || align="right" | 22 May 2020 || align="right" | 28 May 2020 || align="center" |<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-05-22--2020-05-29|title=Spotify Charts|date=2 June 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=2 June 2020|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626221428/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-05-22--2020-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[The Scotts]]"||[[Travis Scott]] and [[Kid Cudi]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 48.4 || align="right" | 23 April 2020 || align="right" | 30 April 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-04-24--2020-05-01|title=Spotify Charts|date=2 June 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=5 June 2020|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605221538/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-04-24--2020-05-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Blinding Lights]]" ||[[The Weeknd]]|| align="center" | 13{{efn-ua|"[[Blinding Lights]]" returned to the top twice on the weeks ending 7 May 2020 and 18 June 2020.}} || align="center" | 42.0 || align="right" | 29 November 2019 || align="right" | 27 February 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-02-21--2020-02-28|title=Spotify Charts|date=27 February 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151554/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-02-21--2020-02-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[The Box (Roddy Ricch song)|The Box]]" ||[[Roddy Ricch]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center"| 46.2 || align="right" | 6 December 2019 || align="right" | 13 February 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-02-07--2020-02-14|title=Spotify Charts|date=13 February 2020|website=Spotify|access-date=14 February 2020|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126020131/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-02-07--2020-02-14|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Lose You to Love Me]]" ||[[Selena Gomez]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center"| 47.2 || align="right" | 23 October 2019 || align="right" | 31 October 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-10-25--2019-11-01|title=Spotify Charts|date=31 October 2019|website=Spotify|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101190539/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-10-25--2019-11-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Dance Monkey]]" ||[[Tones and I]]|| style="background:#d0f0c0; text-align:center;" | '''17'''{{efn-ua|"[[Dance Monkey]]" returned to the top two times on the weeks ending 7 November 2019 and 20 February 2020.}}|| align="center" | 46.2 || align="right" | 10 May 2019 || align="right" | 17 October 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-10-11--2019-10-18|title=Spotify Charts|date=17 October 2019|website=Spotify|access-date=18 October 2019|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018163830/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-10-11--2019-10-18|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Highest in the Room]]" ||[[Travis Scott]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center"| 48.2 || align="right" | 4 October 2019 || align="right" | 10 October 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-10-04--2019-10-11|title=Spotify Charts|date=10 October 2019|website=Spotify|access-date=11 October 2019|archive-date=11 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011162820/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-10-04--2019-10-11|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Circles (Post Malone song)|Circles]]" ||[[Post Malone]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center"| 43.4 || align="right" | 30 August 2019 || align="right" | 12 September 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-09-06--2019-09-13|title=Spotify Charts|date=12 September 2019|website=Spotify|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107132008/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-09-06--2019-09-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)|Señorita]]" ||[[Shawn Mendes]] and [[Camila Cabello]]|| align="center" | 14{{efn-ua|"[[Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)|Señorita]]" returned to the top on the week ending 19 September 2019.}}|| align="center"| 53.0 || align="right" | 21 June 2019 || align="right" | 27 June 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-06-21--2019-06-28|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628171229/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-06-21--2019-06-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song)|I Don't Care]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]] and [[Justin Bieber]]|| align="center" | 6{{efn-ua|The combined streams of the two "[[Old Town Road]]" versions were enough to surpass "[[I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song)|I Don't Care]]" for 5 consecutive weeks (making 10 non-consecutive weeks at #1 in total when combined, with an average of 57.8m weekly streams), but neither of them got enough streams individually to reach #1.}}|| align="center" | 44.0 || align="right" | 10 May 2019 || align="right" | 16 May 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-05-10--2019-05-17|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517170323/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-05-10--2019-05-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)|Bad Guy]]" ||[[Billie Eilish]]|| align="center" | 6{{efn-ua|The combined streams of the two "[[Old Town Road]]" versions were enough to surpass "[[Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)|Bad Guy]]" for 5 consecutive weeks (they would go on to spend a total of 10 non-consecutive weeks at #1 when combined, with an average of 57.8m weekly streams), but neither of them got enough streams individually to reach #1.}}|| align="center" | 42.6 || align="right" | 29 March 2019 || align="right" | 4 April 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-05-03--2019-05-10|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510164533/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-05-03--2019-05-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[7 Rings]]" || [[Ariana Grande]] || align="center" | 10 || align="center" | 47.9 || align=right | 18 January 2019 || align="right" | 24 January 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-01-18--2019-01-25|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=29 March 2019|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410180658/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-01-18--2019-01-25|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Sunflower (Post Malone and Swae Lee song)|Sunflower]]" || [[Post Malone]] and [[Swae Lee]] || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 33.6 || align="right" | 18 October 2018 || align="right" | 17 January 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-01-11--2019-01-18|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=11 January 2019|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180544/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-01-11--2019-01-18|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]" || [[Mariah Carey]]|| align="center" | 2{{efn-ua|"[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]" returned to the top on the week ending 24 December 2020.}}|| align="center" | 46.5 || align="right" | 1 November 1994 || align="right" | 27 December 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-12-21--2018-12-28|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=28 December 2018|archive-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229031627/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-12-21--2018-12-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Thank U, Next (song)|Thank U, Next]]" || [[Ariana Grande]] || align="center" | 8{{efn-ua|"[[Thank U, Next (song)|Thank U, Next]]" returned to the top on the week ending 3 January 2019.}}|| align="center" | 44.2 || align="right" | 3 November 2018 || align="right" | 8 November 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-11-02--2018-11-09|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102203/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-11-02--2018-11-09|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Mia (Bad Bunny song)|Mia]]" || [[Bad Bunny]] featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 39.6 || align="right" | 12 October 2018 || align="right" | 18 October 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-10-12--2018-10-19|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020052949/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-10-12--2018-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Taki Taki (song)|Taki Taki]]" || [[DJ Snake]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Ozuna (singer)|Ozuna]] and [[Cardi B]]|| align="center" | 4{{efn-ua|"[[Taki Taki (song)|Taki Taki]]" returned to the top on the week ending 25 October 2018.}}|| align="center" | 35.9 || align="right" | 28 September 2018 || align="right" | 4 October 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-10-19--2018-10-26|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=5 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029030749/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-10-19--2018-10-26|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[I Love It (Kanye West and Lil Pump song)|I Love It]]" || [[Kanye West]] and [[Lil Pump]]|| align="center" | 3 || align="center" | 32.9 || align="right" | 7 September 2018 || align="right" | 13 September 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-09-07--2018-09-14|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917034247/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-09-07--2018-09-14|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Lucky You (Eminem song)|Lucky You]]" || [[Eminem]] featuring [[Joyner Lucas]]|| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 34.9 || align="right" | 31 August 2018 || align="right" | 6 September 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-08-31--2018-09-07|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015702/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-08-31--2018-09-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[In My Feelings]]" || rowspan="2" |[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]|| align="center" | 8 || align="center" | 51.5 || rowspan="2" align="right" | 29 June 2018 || align="right" | 12 July 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-07-06--2018-07-13|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=20 November 2018|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102217/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-07-06--2018-07-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|"[[Nonstop (Drake song)|Nonstop]]"|| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 43.7 || align="right" | 5 July 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-06-29--2018-07-06|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-date=15 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715035904/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-06-29--2018-07-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[This Is America (Childish Gambino song)|This Is America]]" || [[Donald Glover|Childish Gambino]] || align=center | 1 || align=center | 34.9 || align=right | 5 May 2018 || align="right" | 17 May 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-05-11--2018-05-18|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=22 May 2018|archive-date=23 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523172612/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-05-11--2018-05-18|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Better Now]]" || [[Post Malone]] || align=center | 6{{efn-ua|"[[Better Now]]" returned to the top on the week ending 24 May 2018.}}|| align="center" | 32.9 || align=right | 27 April 2018 || align="right" | 3 May 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-04-27--2018-05-04|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506035344/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-04-27--2018-05-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Nice for What]]" || [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] || align=center | 2 || align=center | 40.7 || align=right | 6 April 2018 || align="right" | 19 April 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-04-13--2018-04-20|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506104044/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-04-13--2018-04-20|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Call Out My Name]]" || [[The Weeknd]] || align=center | 1 || align=center | 40.6 || align=right | 30 March 2018 || align="right" | 5 April 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-03-30--2018-04-06|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082558/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-03-30--2018-04-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]" || [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] || align=center | 11{{efn-ua|"[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]" returned to the top on the week ending 12 April 2018.}}|| align="center" | 47.8 || align=right | 19 January 2018 || align="right" | 25 January 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-01-19--2018-01-26|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145237/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-01-19--2018-01-26|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Havana (Camila Cabello song)|Havana]]" || [[Camila Cabello]] featuring [[Young Thug]] || align=center | 1 || align=center | 30.9 || align=right | 3 August 2017 || align="right" | 18 January 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-01-12--2018-01-19|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195542/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-01-12--2018-01-19|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Rockstar (Post Malone song)|Rockstar]]" || [[Post Malone]] featuring [[21 Savage]] || style="background:#d0f0c0; text-align:center;" | '''17''' || align=center | 38.6|| align="right" | 15 September 2017 || align="right" | 21 September 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-09-15--2017-09-22|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195539/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-09-15--2017-09-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Too Good at Goodbyes]]" || [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]] || align=center | 1 || align=center | 30.7 || align=right | 8 September 2017 || align="right" | 14 September 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-09-08--2017-09-15|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195618/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-09-08--2017-09-15|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Look What You Made Me Do]]" || [[Taylor Swift]] || align=center | 2 || align=center | 39.8 || align=right | 24 August 2017 || align="right" | 31 August 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-08-25--2017-09-01|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195537/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-08-25--2017-09-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| "[[Mi Gente (J Balvin and Willy William song)|Mi Gente]]" || [[J Balvin]] and [[Willy William]] || align=center | 4 || align=center | 32.1 || align=right | 30 June 2017 || align="right" | 3 August 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-07-28--2017-08-04|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195547/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-07-28--2017-08-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito (Remix)]]" || [[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]] || align=center | 14 || align=center | 45.9|| align="right" | 17 April 2017 || align="right" | 27 April 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-04-21--2017-04-28|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195621/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-04-21--2017-04-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| "[[Humble (song)|Humble]]" || [[Kendrick Lamar]] || align=center | 1 || align=center | 41.4 || align=right | 30 March 2017 || align="right" | 20 April 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-04-14--2017-04-21|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195606/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-04-14--2017-04-21|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Shape of You]]" || [[Ed Sheeran]] || align=center | 14 || align="center" | 51.9 || align="right" | 6 January 2017 || align="right" | 12 January 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-01-06--2017-01-13|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195600/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-01-06--2017-01-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| "[[Starboy (song)|Starboy]]" || [[The Weeknd]] featuring [[Daft Punk]] || align=center | 2 || align="center" | 25.5 || align="right" | 21 September 2016 || align="right" | 29 December 2016 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2016-12-23--2016-12-30|title=Spotify Charts|website=Spotify|access-date=16 May 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:98%;" | As of 10 June 2021
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==Milestones and achievements for songs==

===Most-streamed songs in a single day===
The following table lists the 20 songs to get the most streams in a single day, as registered on Spotify Global Daily chart.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=March 5, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070737/http://spotifycharts.com/|archive-date=18 December 2014|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Song
! Artist(s)
! Album
! Streams
! Date published
! Date achieved
! class="unsortable" | Ref(s)
|-
! align="center" | 1
|"[[All I Want For Christmas Is You]]" ||[[Mariah Carey]]
|''[[Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album)|Merry Christmas]]''|| align="center" | 17,223,237 || align="right" | 28 October 1994 || rowspan="2" align="right" | 24 December 2020 || rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Columbia|first=Records|date=October 28, 1994|title=Columbia Records|url=https://twitter.com/columbiarecords/status/1396336674926481413?s=21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120070257/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-12-24|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |2
|"[[Last Christmas]]" ||[[Wham!]]
| ''[[Music from the Edge of Heaven]]'' || align="center" | 15,813,799 || align="right" | 3 December 1984
|-
! align="center" |3
|"[[Drivers License (song)|Drivers License]]" ||[[Olivia Rodrigo]]
| ''[[Sour (Olivia Rodrigo album)|Sour]]'' || align="center" | 13,714,177 || align="right" | 8 January 2021 || align="right" | 15 January 2021 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 15, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-01-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170847/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-01-15|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |4
|"[[Good 4 U]]" ||[[Olivia Rodrigo]]
| ''[[Sour (Olivia Rodrigo album)|Sour]]'' || align="center" | 12,586,645 || align="right" | 14 May 2021 || align="right" | 25 May 2021 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=May 24, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-05-25|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |5
|"[[Santa Tell Me]]" ||[[Ariana Grande]]
| ''[[Christmas Kisses (EP)|Christmas Kisses]]'' || align="center" | 12,229,331 || align="right" | 24 November 2014 || align="right" rowspan="4" | 24 December 2020 || align="center" rowspan="4" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=December 24, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-12-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120070257/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-12-24|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |6
|"[[It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas#Michael Bublé version|It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas]]" ||[[Michael Bublé]]
| ''[[Christmas (Michael Bublé album)|Christmas]]'' || align="center" | 11,975,033 || align="right" | 18 November 2012
|-
! align="center" |7
|"[[Jingle Bell Rock]]" ||[[Bobby Helms]]
| {{N/A|Non-album single}} || align="center" | 11,924,353 || align="right" | 28 November 1957
|-
! align="center" |8
|"[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" ||[[Brenda Lee]]
| ''[[Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee]]'' || align="center" | 11,801,426 || align="right" | 19 October 1958
|-
! align="center" |9
|"[[Butter (song)|Butter]]" ||[[BTS]]
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} || align="center" | 11,042,335 || colspan="2" align="center" | 21 May 2021 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=May 21, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-05-21|access-date=May 22, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |10
|"[[I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song)|I Don't Care]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]] and [[Justin Bieber]]
|''[[No.6 Collaborations Project]]''|| align="center" | 10,977,389 || colspan="2" align="center" | 10 May 2019 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=May 10, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-05-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170827/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-05-10|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 11
|"[[7 Rings]]" ||[[Ariana Grande]]
| ''[[Thank U, Next]]'' || align="center" | 10,445,538 || align="right" | 18 January 2019 || align="right" | 8 February 2019 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=February 8, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-02-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170844/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-02-08|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |12
|"[[It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year]]" ||[[Andy Williams]]
| ''[[The Andy Williams Christmas Album]]'' || align="center" | 10,429,582 || align="right" | 14 October 1963 || align="right" | 24 December 2020 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=December 24, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-12-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120070257/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-12-24|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 13
|"[[Sad!]]" ||[[XXXTentacion]]
|''[[? (XXXTentacion album)|?]]''|| align="center" | 10,415,088 || align="right" | 2 March 2018 || align="right" | 19 June 2018 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=February 8, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-02-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170844/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-02-08|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 14
|"[[Dakiti]]" ||[[Bad Bunny]] and [[Jhay Cortez]]
| ''[[El Último Tour Del Mundo]]'' || align="center" | 10,086,143 || align="right" | 30 October 2020 || align="right" | 27 November 2020 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=November 27, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-11-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170837/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-11-27|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 15
|"[[Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)|Señorita]]" ||[[Shawn Mendes]] and [[Camila Cabello]]
|''[[Shawn Mendes (album)|Shawn Mendes]]'' & ''[[Romance (Camila Cabello album)|Romance]]''|| align="center" | 9,936,178 || align="right" | 21 June 2019 || align="right" | 5 July 2019 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 5, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-07-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170845/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-07-05|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 16
|"[[Shape of You]]" || [[Ed Sheeran]]
|''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''|| align="center" | 9,891,056 || align="right" | 6 January 2017 || align="right" | 3 March 2017 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 5, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-03-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227103323/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-03-03|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
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! align="center" | 17
|"[[In My Feelings]]" || [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
|''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]''|| align="center" | 9,847,333 || align="right" | 29 June 2018 || align="right" | 20 July 2018 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 20, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-07-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102534/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-07-20|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 18
|"[[Thank U, Next (song)|Thank U, Next]]" || [[Ariana Grande]]
|''[[Thank U, Next]]''|| align="center" | 9,606,415 || align="right" | 3 November 2018 || align="right" | 9 November 2018 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=November 9, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-11-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216055930/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-11-09|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
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! align="center" | 19
|"[[Nonstop (song)|Nonstop]]" || [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
|''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]''|| align="center" | 9,298,297 || colspan="2" align="center" | 29 June 2018 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=June 29, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-06-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003034618/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-06-29|archive-date=3 October 2020|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |20
|"[[Underneath the Tree]]" ||[[Kelly Clarkson]]
| ''[[Wrapped in Red]]'' || align="center" | 9,280,301 || align="right" | 5 November 2013 || align="right" | 24 December 2020 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=December 24, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-12-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120070257/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-12-24|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Spotify}}</ref>
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! colspan="9" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of 25 May 2021
|}

===Most-streamed songs in a single week===
The following table lists the top 20 most-streamed in a single week, as registered on the Spotify global weekly chart.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 20, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070737/http://spotifycharts.com/|archive-date=18 December 2014|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Song
! Artist(s)
! Album
! Streams
! Date published
! Date achieved
! class="unsortable" | Ref(s)
|-
! align="center" | 1
|"[[Good 4 U]]" ||[[Olivia Rodrigo]]
| ''[[Sour (Olivia Rodrigo album)|Sour]]'' || align="center" | 84,131,760 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|14 May 2021}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|27 May 2021}} || align="center" | <ref name="Weekly May 27, 2021">{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=May 27, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-05-21--2021-05-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528171554/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-05-21--2021-05-28|archive-date=May 28, 2021|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 2
|"[[Drivers License (song)|Drivers License]]" ||[[Olivia Rodrigo]]
| ''[[Sour (Olivia Rodrigo album)|Sour]]'' || align="center" | 80,764,045 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|8 January 2021}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|21 January 2021}} || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 21, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-01-15--2021-01-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128055630/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-01-15--2021-01-22|archive-date=28 January 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |3
|"[[7 Rings]]" ||[[Ariana Grande]]
| ''[[Thank U, Next]]'' || align="center" | 71,467,874|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|18 January 2019}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|24 January 2019}} || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 14, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-01-18--2019-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410180658/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-01-18--2019-01-25|archive-date=10 April 2019|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 4
|"[[In My Feelings]]" ||[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
|''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]''|| align="center" | 67,499,798|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|29 June 2018}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|19 July 2018}} || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 19, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-07-13--2018-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102216/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-07-13--2018-07-20|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
! align="center" | 5
|"[[Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)|Señorita]]" ||[[Shawn Mendes]] and [[Camila Cabello]]
|''[[Shawn Mendes (album)|Shawn Mendes]]'' & ''[[Romance (Camila Cabello album)|Romance]]''|| align="center" | 67,237,638|| align="right" | {{Date table sorting|21 June 2019}} || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|11 July 2019}} || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 11, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-07-05--2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712173450/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-07-05--2019-07-12|archive-date=12 July 2019|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 6
|"[[Shape of You]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]]
|''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''|| align="center" | 64,275,251|| align="right" | 6 January 2017 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|9 March 2017}} || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=March 9, 2017|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-03-03--2017-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128180720/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-03-03--2017-03-10|archive-date=28 January 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 7
|"[[Thank U, Next (song)|Thank U, Next]]"
|[[Ariana Grande]]
|''[[Thank U, Next]]''|| align="center" | 59,975,503 || align="right" | 3 November 2018 || align="right" | 15 November 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=November 15, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-11-09--2018-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128122658/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-11-09--2018-11-16|archive-date=28 January 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 8
|"[[I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song)|I Don't Care]]"||[[Ed Sheeran]] and [[Justin Bieber]]
|''[[No.6 Collaborations Project]]''|| align="center" | 58,370,367 || align="right" | 10 May 2019 || align="right" | 16 May 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=May 16, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-05-10--2019-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517170323/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-05-10--2019-05-17|archive-date=17 May 2019|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" |9
|"[[Butter (song)|Butter]]" ||[[BTS]]
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} || align="center" | 58,122,349 || align="right" | 21 May 2021 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|27 May 2021}} || align="center" | <ref name="Weekly May 27, 2021" />
|-
! align="center" | 10
|"[[Montero (Call Me by Your Name)]]"
|[[Lil Nas X]]
| ''[[Montero (album)|Montero]]'' || align="center" |55,582,612 || align="right" |26 March 2021 || align="right" |15 April 2021|| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=May 16, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-04-09--2021-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416123913/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-04-09--2021-04-16|archive-date=16 April 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 11
|"[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]" ||[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
|''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]''|| align="center" | 54,891,573 || align="right" | 19 January 2018 || align="right" | 1 March 2018 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=March 1, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-02-23--2018-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102230/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2018-02-23--2018-03-02|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 12
|"[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito (Remix)]]"
|[[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]]
|''[[Vida (Luis Fonsi album)|Vida]]''|| align="center" | 54,848,635 || align="right" | 17 April 2017 || align="right" | 25 May 2017 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=May 25, 2017|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-05-19--2017-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102257/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2017-05-19--2017-05-26|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 13
|"[[Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored]]"
|[[Ariana Grande]]
|''[[Thank U, Next]]''|| align="center" | 54,707,620 || align="right" | 8 February 2019 || align="right" | 14 February 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=February 14, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-02-08--2019-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228152504/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-02-08--2019-02-15|archive-date=28 December 2019|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 14
|"[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]" ||[[Mariah Carey]]
|''[[Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album)|Merry Christmas]]''|| align="center" | 53,401,383 || align="right" | 28 October 1994 || align="right" | 24 December 2020 || align="center" |<ref name="SpotifyCharts20201218-25">{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=December 24, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-12-18--2020-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170841/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-12-18--2020-12-25|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 15
|"[[Dakiti]]" ||[[Bad Bunny]] and [[Jhay Cortez]]
| ''[[El Último Tour Del Mundo]]''|| align="center" | 53,344,093 || align="right" | 30 October 2020 || align="right" | 3 December 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=December 3, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-11-27--2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170838/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-11-27--2020-12-04|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 16
| "[[Peaches (Justin Bieber song)|Peaches]]" || [[Justin Bieber]] featuring [[Daniel Caesar]] and [[Giveon]]
| ''[[Justice (Justin Bieber album)|Justice]]''|| align="center" | 52,742,409 || align="right" | 19 March 2021 || align="right" | 8 April 2021 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-03-26--2021-04-02|access-date=2021-04-04|website=www.spotifycharts.com|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170845/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2021-03-26--2021-04-02|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 17
|"[[Blinding Lights]]" ||[[The Weeknd]]
| ''[[After Hours (The Weeknd album)|After Hours]]''|| align="center" | 52,375,259 || align="right" | 29 November 2019 || align="right" | 26 March 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=March 26, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-03-20--2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327161632/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-03-20--2020-03-27|archive-date=27 March 2020|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 18
| "[[Dance Monkey]]" || [[Tones and I]]
| ''[[The Kids Are Coming]]''|| align="center" | 52,055,226 || align="right" | 10 May 2019 || align="right" | 16 January 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 16, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-01-10--2020-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170852/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-01-10--2020-01-17|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 19
|"[[Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)|Bad Guy]]" ||[[Billie Eilish]]
|''[[When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?]]''|| align="center" | 50,342,324 || align="right" | 29 March 2019 || align="right" | 4 April 2019 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=April 4, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-03-29--2019-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405205641/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2019-03-29--2019-04-05|archive-date=5 April 2019|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 20
| "[[The Box (Roddy Ricch song)|The Box]]" || [[Roddy Ricch]]
| ''[[Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial]]'' || align="center" | 48,937,592 || align="right" | 6 December 2019 || align="right" | 23 January 2020 || align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 23, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-01-17--2020-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125155505/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/2020-01-17--2020-01-24|archive-date=25 January 2020|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="9" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of 28 May 2021
|}

===Longest-running number-one songs by days===
The following table lists the 20 songs with the most days at the No. 1 position on Spotify's daily most-played chart.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 20, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070737/http://spotifycharts.com/|archive-date=18 December 2014|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Song
! Artist(s)
! Days at No. 1
! Date published
! Date achieved
! class="unsortable" | Ref(s)
|-
! align="center" | 1
| "[[Dance Monkey]]" || [[Tones and I]] || align="center" | 120 || align="right" | 10 May 2019 || align="right" | 23 February 2020 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=February 23, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-01-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170834/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-01-23|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 2
| "[[Rockstar (Post Malone song)|Rockstar]]" ||[[Post Malone]] featuring [[21 Savage]]|| align="center" | 113 || align="right" | 15 September 2017 || align="right" | 11 January 2018 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 11, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-01-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102716/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-01-11|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 3
| "[[Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)|Señorita]]" ||[[Shawn Mendes]] and [[Camila Cabello]]|| align="center" | 102 || align="right" | 21 June 2019 || align="right" | 3 October 2019 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=October 3, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-10-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170828/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-10-03|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" rowspan="2" | 4
| "[[One Dance]]" ||[[Drake (musician)|Drake]] featuring [[Wizkid (musician)|Wizkid]] and [[Kyla (British singer)|Kyla]]|| rowspan="2" align="center" | 101 || align="right" | 14 April 2016 || align="right" | 24 July 2016 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 24, 2016|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2016-07-24|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
| "[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito (Remix)]]" ||[[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]]|| align="right" | 17 April 2017 || align="right" | 30 July 2017 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 30, 2017|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-07-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227103104/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-07-30|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 6
| "[[Shape of You]]" ||[[Ed Sheeran]]|| align="center" | 98 || align="right" | 6 January 2017 || align="right" | 13 April 2017 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=April 13, 2017|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-04-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227103238/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-04-13|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" rowspan="2" | 7
| "[[Closer (The Chainsmokers song)|Closer]]" ||[[The Chainsmokers]] featuring [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]|| rowspan="2" align="center" | 82 || align="right" | 29 July 2016 || align="right" | 1 September 2016 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=September 1, 2016|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2016-09-01|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
| "[[Blinding Lights]]" ||[[The Weeknd]]|| align="center" align="right" | 29 November 2019 || align="right" | 14 June 2020 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=June 14, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-06-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170845/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-06-14|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 9
| "[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]" ||[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]|| align="center" | 74 || align="right" | 19 January 2018 || align="right" | 8 April 2018 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=April 8, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-04-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102629/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-04-08|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 10
| "[[Lean On]]" ||[[Major Lazer]] and [[DJ Snake]] featuring [[MØ]]|| align="center" | 77 || align="right" | 2 March 2015 || align="right" | 4 June 2015 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=June 4, 2015|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2015-06-04|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 11
| "[[7 Rings]]" || |[[Ariana Grande]]|| align="center" | 68 || align="right" | 18 January 2019 || align="right" | 28 March 2019 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=March 28, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-03-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170854/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-03-28|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 12
| "[[Drivers License (song)|Drivers License]]" || |[[Olivia Rodrigo]] || align="center" | 67 || align="right" | 8 January 2021 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|18 March 2021}} || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=March 18, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-03-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170844/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-03-18|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" align="center" | 13
| "[[Uptown Funk]]" ||[[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Bruno Mars]]|| rowspan="2" align="center" | 63 || align="right" | 10 November 2014 || align="right" | 9 March 2015 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=March 9, 2015|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2015-03-09|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
|-
| "[[Work (Rihanna song)|Work]]" ||[[Rihanna]] featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] || align="right" | 27 January 2016 || align="right" | 15 April 2016 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 27, 2016|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2016-01-27|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
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! align="center" | 15
| "[[Dakiti (Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez song)|Dakiti]]" || [[Bad Bunny]] and [[Jhay Cortez]] || align="center" | 60 || align="right" | 30 October 2020 || align="right" | 9 January 2021 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 9, 2021|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-01-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170840/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2021-01-09|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
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! rowspan="2" align="center" | 16
| "[[In My Feelings]]" ||[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]|| rowspan="2" align="center" | 57 || align="right" | 29 June 2018 || align="right" | 9 September 2018 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=September 9, 2018|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-09-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227102446/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2018-09-09|archive-date=27 December 2018|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
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| "[[Rockstar (DaBaby song)|Rockstar]]" || [[DaBaby]] featuring [[Roddy Ricch]] || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|24 April 2020}} || align="right" | 30 July 2020 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=July 30, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-07-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170840/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-07-30|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
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! align="center" | 18
| "[[Sorry (Justin Bieber song)|Sorry]]" || [[Justin Bieber]]|| align="center" | 55 || align="right" | {{Date table sorting|23 October 2015}} || align="right" | 10 January 2016 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=February 23, 2020|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-01-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170834/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2020-01-23|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
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! rowspan="2" align="center" | 19
| "[[What Do You Mean?]]"|| [[Justin Bieber]] || rowspan="2" align="center" | 53 || align="right" | 28 August 2015 || align="right" | 21 October 2015 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=October 21, 2015|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2015-10-21|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
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| "[[Thank U, Next (song)|Thank U, Next]]" || |[[Ariana Grande]] || align="right" | 3 November 2018 || align="right" | 1 January 2019 || align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Spotify|first=Charts|date=January 1, 2019|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-01-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170831/https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2019-01-01|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=[[spotifycharts]]}}</ref>
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of 18 March 2021
|}

==Milestones and achievements for albums==


===Historical most first-day album streams===
The following table lists records to become Spotify's most streamed album in its opening day globally, from 2015 to the present.
{{legend|#d0f0c0|Current record}}
{{legend|#DDF4FF|Includes song(s) with over 1 billion streams}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Album
! Artist
! Streams (millions)
! Date published
! Days held
! class="unsortable" | Ref(s)
|-
| style="background:#DDF4FF " | ''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]'' || [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] || align=center | 132.4 || align=right | 29 June 2018 || style="background:#d0f0c0; text-align:center;" |'''{{age in days|29 June 2018}}''' || align=center |<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/drake-crushes-spotifys-one-day-streaming-record-1202862742/|title=Drake Crushes Spotify and Apple Music's One-Day Streaming Records|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=30 June 2018|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=30 June 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630182939/https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/drake-crushes-spotifys-one-day-streaming-record-1202862742/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#DDF4FF " | ''[[Beerbongs & Bentleys]]'' || [[Post Malone]] || align=center | 78.7 || align=right | 27 April 2018 || align="center" | {{Age in days|27 April 2018|29 June 2018}} || align=center |<ref name="Post Malone Smashes Spotify Record with 'beerbongs & bentleys'">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Hilary|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8401170/post-malone-beerbongs-bentleys-spotify-record|title=Post Malone Smashes Spotify Record with 'beerbongs & bentleys'|work=Billboard|date=28 April 2018|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502005450/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8401170/post-malone-beerbongs-bentleys-spotify-record|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[More Life]]'' || [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] || align=center | 61.3 || align=right | 19 March 2017 || align="center" | {{Age in days|19 March 2017|27 April 2018}} || align=center |<ref name="Drake Breaks Apple Music & Spotify Streaming Records With 'More Life' Release">{{cite web|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7728843/drake-breaks-apple-music-spotify-streaming-records-more-life|title=Drake Breaks Apple Music & Spotify Streaming Records With 'More Life' Release|work=Billboard|date=20 March 2017|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321044759/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7728843/drake-breaks-apple-music-spotify-streaming-records-more-life|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#DDF4FF " | ''[[÷ (album)|÷]]'' || [[Ed Sheeran]] || align=center | 56.7 || align=right | 3 March 2017 || align="center" | {{Age in days|3 March 2017|19 March 2017}} || align=center |<ref name="Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Smashes Spotify Records For First-Day Streams">{{cite web|last=Weatherby|first=Taylor|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7710253/ed-sheeran-divide-spotify-records-first-day-streams|title=Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Smashes Spotify Records For First-Day Streams|work=Billboard|date=6 March 2017|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724112500/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7710253/ed-sheeran-divide-spotify-records-first-day-streams|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#DDF4FF " | ''[[Purpose (Justin Bieber album)|Purpose]]'' || [[Justin Bieber]] || align=center | 36.0 || align=right | 13 November 2015 || align="center" | {{Age in days|13 November 2015|3 March 2017}} || align=center |<ref name="Most streams in a single day: Justin Bieber (2015)">{{cite web |last1=Newsbeat |first1=BBC (1 December 2015) |title=Most streams in a single day: Justin Bieber |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34974277/drake-and-ed-sheeran-are-spotifys-most-streamed-artists-in-2015 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=29 July 2020 |ref=195 |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725131508/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34974277/drake-and-ed-sheeran-are-spotifys-most-streamed-artists-in-2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of {{date|22 August 2020|}}
|}

==See also==
{{colbegin}}
* [[List of most-followed artists on Spotify]]
* [[List of most-streamed artists on Spotify]]
* [[List of most-viewed YouTube videos]]
* [[List of most-liked YouTube videos]]
* [[List of most-disliked YouTube videos]]
* [[List of most-subscribed YouTube channels]]
* [[List of most-liked Instagram posts]]
* [[List of most-followed Instagram accounts]]
* [[List of most-liked TikTok videos]]
* [[List of most-followed Twitter accounts]]
* [[List of most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours]]
{{colend}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:21st century-related lists|Spotify most streamed]]
[[Category:Lists of Internet-related superlatives|Spotify Most Streamed]]
[[Category:Music-related lists|Spotify Most Streamed]]