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More People Are Listening To Pharrell's Oscar-Nominated Song Right Now Than The One Favored To Win [CHARTS]

<p class="p1">Idina Menzel's "<span class="s1">Let It Go</span>" is expected to take home the Oscar Sunday night for Best Original Song.

<p class="p1">The song, from Disney's wildly successful "<span class="s1">Frozen</span>," has helped propel the movie to more than $985 million worldwide and is expected to take home the Oscar for Best Original Song.<span class="s2"> </span>

<p class="p2">If you've taken your kids to see the film or inside the Disney store lately you're probably more than familiar with the tune.

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<span>However, it's not the most popular Oscar song being streamed right now on Spotify.</span>

<span>We asked Spotify to track the number of times "Let It Go" has been streamed since its debut for Business Insider.</span>

<p class="p1">Since the song premiered last year, it has definitely blown up. All together, the song has been played more than 10 million times.<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">

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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"></span>Here are the daily streams since December:<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5310bbbfeab8ea82735385b6-782-374/let-it-go-streams-spotify.png" border="0" alt="let it go streams spotify" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;" />

<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">We then asked Spotify to compare that song with the other Oscar nominees - Pharrell's "Happy" (Despicable Me 2"), "The Moon Song" ("Her"), and "Ordinary Love" ("Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom").</span>

<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">A</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">s of last Friday, "Happy" has surpassed "Let it Go" in daily streams with exponential growth.</span>

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<span>Unlike "Let It Go," the song saw a massive spike after Oscar nominations and subsequent </span>Grammy Awards January 26<span>.</span>

Official Oscar odds currently have "Happy" behind both "Let it Go" and "Ordinary Love."

On the music charts, Pharrell has consistently been beating out its competition. <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">According to Billboard, "Happy" is the </span>highest-charting Oscar-nominated song in more than 10 years<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span>

<p class="p1">While the "Despicable Me 2" track has reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Menzel's song has broken the top 20.

<p class="p1">Still, Menzel has Pharrell topped when it comes to YouTube views.

<p class="p1">The Disney animated version of her song has gathered more than 115 million views. Pharrell's music video has been seen more than 82 million times.

<span>We'll see whether Pharrell can edge out Menzel again Sunday night. It would be a huge upset.</span>

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