NEW YORK (AP) — “Not Like Us,” however folks certain like him: Kendrick Lamar’s smash topped Apple Music’s international music chart in 2024 as the enormous music streamer launched year-end lists Tuesday and offered listeners with knowledge on their very own most listened-to tunes.
“Not Like Us” is Lamar’s first-ever No. 1 on the year-end international songs chart.
He is adopted by Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” in second. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” follows in third, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” in fourth and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” in fifth.
“Cruel Summer,” in fact, is a minimize from Swift’s seventh studio album, “Lover,” launched in 2019. It had a resurgence again in summer time 2023.
Of the 100 songs included on the checklist, 39 are from female-identifying artists, a report first within the international chart’s 7-year historical past.
And this one might come as a shock: Japanese hip-hop act Creepy Nuts’ breakthrough monitor “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” topped Apple’s most-read lyrics in 2024. Following Creepy Nuts is “Not Like Us,” “Espresso” and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather.”
“Bling-Bang-Band-Born” additionally topped Apple Music’s Sing chart, which permits customers to view which songs followers sang alongside to probably the most. Clearly, Japanese music is rising in worldwide reputation: In 2023, one other Japanese group, YOASOBI, topped the Sing chart in its inaugural yr, with “アイドル (Idol).” This year, “Idol” continues to dominate, reaching No. 2.
New to 2024’s suite of year-end charts is the inclusion of a Shazam World Radio Spins chart, which makes use of Shazam to uncover what songs are being performed on radio stations across the globe. Dua Lipa’s “Houdini” tops that one, adopted by Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” and Tate McRae’s “Greedy.”
Additionally accessible Tuesday is Replay — Apple’s various to Spotify’s Wrapped playlist — which permits Apple Music subscribers to have interaction with what music was hottest on the streaming service this yr. Artists can now share their year-end knowledge, too, utilizing Apple Music for Artists.
In November, Apple Music named Eilish its artist of the yr, following her remarkably profitable 2024. This yr, Eilish grew to become the youngest particular person to ever win two Academy Awards, launched her critically acclaimed third album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” which has ranked in seven 2025 Grammy Award nominations. On the awards this yr, she took dwelling two new gramophone-shaped trophies — regardless of not having launched a brand new album — each for “What Was I Made For?” from the blockbuster “Barbie” movie.
“It’s always special when a young artist can connect with so many people so quickly,” Rachel Newman, Apple Music’s senior director of Content and Editorial said in a statement. “But what’s been truly remarkable about watching her evolve over the course of this last year isn’t just that her voice and artistry have continued to resonate so widely. It’s that she’s blossomed as bravely and honestly as she has — on her own terms, in her own way.”
