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Ignea — highest streaming record in Ukrainian metal: 50 million streams for 'Stone Tower'

Ignea — highest streaming record in Ukrainian metal: 50 million streams for 'Stone Tower'

The 2021 album 'Stone Tower' reached 50 million Spotify streams — the highest figure for a Ukrainian metal album in history.

Ignea's 2021 album 'Stone Tower' crossed the 50 million streams mark on Spotify on 8 January 2026 — according to the platform's official public metrics. This is the highest figure for a Ukrainian metal album in the entire history of digital streaming (previous record — 28 million streams of Jinjer's 'Macro' album in 2019). Audience distribution of 'Stone Tower' by country (according to Spotify 2024-2025 data): USA — 22%, Germany — 14%, UK — 9%, Poland — 7%, Canada — 6%, Ukraine — 5%, Australia — 4%, Sweden — 4%, France — 3%, Italy — 3%, other 23 countries — 23%. The most popular track from the album — 'Out of Mind' (12.8 million streams), one of the most dynamic symphonic-metal tracks in the band's catalogue. Album's heritage significance — it became the first Ukrainian metal album in the top 100 of Spotify Global metal chart (from 7 December 2021 to 14 February 2022 it held a top-50, peak position — 28th place on 18 January 2022). Band partner Napalm Records will release a special edition 'Stone Tower: 50 Million Streams Edition' (180g vinyl in gold box-set version with 32-page art book) on 28 March 2026 — limited print run of 1000 copies.

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Ignea — highest streaming record in Ukrainian metal: 50 million streams for 'Stone Tower' | Ukrainian Music