Apple Music’s year-end charts are dominated by US artists – specifically, Kendrick Lamar and Benson Boone. Just two homegrown artists waved the flag, bagging hits in their homeland.
Lamar, the hip-hop superstar, reigns over the streaming giant’s global 2024 Year-End Chart with “Not Like Us”, the fiery rap cut which emerged from his ugly beef with Drake.
“Not Like Us” is the Compton rapper’s biggest hit to-date on Apple Music, topping a leaderboard ahead of Benson Boone’s ballad “Beautiful Things” and Sabrina Carpenter’s catchy pop hit “Espresso” respectively.
Shaboozey’s breakthrough country number “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” enters at No. 4, while Taylor Swift’s 2019 Lover cut “Cruel Summer” completes the top 5.
Lamar’s latest title is announced today, December 4th, as the west coast artist reigns over the ARIA Chart with his surprise release album, GNX.
American artists boss the Apple Music top 50. The exceptions include Canadian artists Tate McRae (“greedy” at No. 7), Hozier (“Too Sweet” at No. 17) and Drake (“Rich Baby Daddy” featuring Sexyy Red & SZA at No. 26 and “Best I Ever Had” at No. 42) and a slew of Japanese acts: Creepy Nuts, Omoinotake, YOASOBI and Tuki.
For Australian streamers, no song was played on Apple Music as frequently in 2024 as Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things”.
The US singer and songwriter’s breakthrough hit was also the most Shazammed song globally this year, a list that has an Australian flavour.
NSW-raised DJ and producer CYRIL (real name: Cyril Riley) lands two songs in the Top Shazams list, with Disturbed’s “The Sound of Silence (CYRIL Remix)” at No. 4 and “Stumblin’ In” at No. 6.
The artist’s two-time ARIA Award-nominated cut “Stumblin’ In” is the top-ranked homegrown track on Apple Music’s Top Songs tally for Australia, appearing at No. 33, while Vance Joy’s evergreen “Riptide” is close behind at No. 35.
While Aussies are locked out of the Apple Music Global Songs Chart, it’s a particularly strong year for female artists.
According to Apple Music, 39 songs on the worldwide Top Songs of 2024 are recorded by or feature female-identifying artists, marking the biggest year for women in the chart’s seven-year history.
And who locks up the greatest number of songs on the full list? Drake and US country artist Morgan Wallen with eight each, followed by Taylor Swift with seven.
Top Songs on Apple Music in 2024 (Global Chart)
- Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
- Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
- Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
- Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
- Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer
- Post Malone – I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
- Teddy Swims – Lose Control
- Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar, Future – Like That
- Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- Creepy Nuts – Bling-Bang-Bang-Born
- SZA – Snooze
- Morgan Wallen – Last Night
- Noah Kahan – Stick Season
- Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me
- Zach Bryan – I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
- Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
- Hozier – Too Sweet
- Tate McRae – greedy
- Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
- Taylor Swift – Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
- Lil Baby – Freestyle
- Cris Mj, FloyyMenor – Gata Only
- Metro Boomin, Playboi Carti, Future, Travis Scott – Type Shit
- Rich The Kid, Kanye West, ¥$, Ty Dolla $ign – CARNIVAL (feat. Playboi Carti)
- ILLIT – Magnetic
- Drake – Rich Baby Daddy (feat. Sexyy Red & SZA)
- Morgan Wallen – Thinkin’ Bout Me
- Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
- Travis Scott – FE!N (feat. Playboi Carti)
- Doja Cat – Agora Hills
- Luke Combs – Fast Car
- YOASOBI – アイドル
- tuki. – 晩餐歌
- Taylor Swift – Lover
- Doja Cat – Paint The Town Red
- 21 Savage – redrum
- Omoinotake – 幾億光年
- Future – WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems)
- Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
- SZA – Saturn
- Latto, Jung Kook – Seven
- Drake – Best I Ever Had
- Lil Baby – Sum 2 Prove
- Morgan Wallen – Cowgirls (feat. ERNEST)
- Tyla – Water
- SZA – Kill Bill
- Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
- Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Que Sera Sera
- Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
- Travis Scott – HIGHEST IN THE ROOM
Top Songs in Australia on Apple Music in 2024
- Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
- Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer
- Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
- Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
- Noah Kahan – Stick Season
- Post Malone – I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
- Tate McRae – greedy
- Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me
- Teddy Swims – Lose Control
- Luke Combs – Fast Car
- Morgan Wallen – Last Night
- Taylor Swift – Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
- Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- Doja Cat – Paint The Town Red
- Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
- Hozier – Too Sweet
- Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
- Zach Bryan – I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
- Taylor Swift – Lover
- Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)
- Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe – Prada
- Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
- Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down
- Dua Lipa – Dance The Night
- Olivia Rodrigo – vampire
- Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
- Kenya Grace – Strangers
- Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
- Zach Bryan – Something in the Orange
- Taylor Swift – Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]
- Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
- CYRIL – Stumblin’ In
- The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
- Vance Joy – Riptide
- Dua Lipa – Houdini
- Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
- Coldplay – Viva La Vida
- Post Malone – Chemical
- Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
- Tate McRae – exes
- The Killers – Mr. Brightside
- Eminem – Houdini
- The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
- Dua Lipa – Training Season
- Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
- Myles Smith – Stargazing
- Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
- Luke Combs – When It Rains It Pours
- Taylor Swift – Blank Space (Taylor’s Version)
Top Shazams in 2024 (Global Chart)
- Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
- Teddy Swims – Lose Control
- FloyyMenor & Cris Mj – Gata Only
- Disturbed – The Sound of Silence (CYRIL Remix)
- Artemas – i like the way yozzu kiss me
- CYRIL – Stumblin’ In
- ZERB & Sofiya Nzau – Mwaki
- Hozier – Too Sweet
- Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
- Tyla – Water
- Tate McRae – greedy
- Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY (VHS)
- Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar & Yseult – Alibi
- Kenya Grace – Strangers
- Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me
- Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
- Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina – Stereo Love
- Djo – End of Beginning
- The Weeknd, JENNIE & Lily Rose Depp – One Of The Girls
- Tom Odell – Another Love
- Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
- George Michael – Careless Whisper
- ADAM – Zhurek
- YG Marley – Praise Jah In the Moonlight
- JID – Surround Sound (feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate)
- TitoM & Yuppe – Tshwala Bam (feat. S.N.E & EeQue)
- Doja Cat – Agora Hills
- Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
- KAROL G – Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido
- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
- Loreen – Tattoo
- Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary
- Iñigo Quintero – Si No Estás
- Peggy Gou – (It Goes Like) Nanana (Edit)
- Doja Cat – Paint The Town Red
- Chris Brown – Angel Numbers / Ten Toes
- Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)
- Hanumankind & Kalmi – Big Dawgs
- Noah Kahan – Stick Season
- BENNETT – Vois sur ton chemin (Techno Mix)
- Orso, Adam Port, Keinemusik, Stryv & Malachiii – Move (Mixed)
- Ofenbach – Overdrive (feat. Norma Jean Martine)
- Gotye- Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)
- Mary J. Blige – Family Affair
- Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
- Jaxomy, Agatino Romero & Raffaella Carrà – Pedro
- Rema – Calm Down
- Ed Sheeran – Perfect
- Yamê Bécane – A Colors Show