Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter top Apple Music’s global year-end charts

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter top Apple Music’s global year-end charts

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter are just some of the artists who made a strong impression on Apple Music listeners in 2024 as the streaming service unveiled its year-end charts.

Lamar, who recently surprise-released his latest album, “GNX,” tops the global music chart with “Not Like Us,” the smash hit that came amid a bitter back-and-forth with Drake. Following its release in May, the song spent more than six weeks at the top of the Global Daily Top 100, becoming his longest-running No. 1 in the chart’s history.

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Benson Boone takes second place on the global music list with his upbeat ballad “Beautiful Things,” while Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Swift’s “Cruel Summer” come in one after another behind him.

Swift has a strong ranking on the global music charts, with a total of seven songs making it, and she tops the top songwriter charts. Elsewhere on the global music charts, Drake and Morgan Wallen each have eight entries, while SZA Future follows suit with six songs, including “Snooze,” which peaks at number 11.

Additionally, Apple Music has released its global Shazam charts, with “Beautiful Things” taking the top spot. “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims is at No. 2, followed by “Gata Only” by FloyyMenor and CrisMJ, Cyril’s remix of “The Sound of Silence” by Disturbed and “I Like the Way You Kiss Me” by Artemas.

The streamer also unveiled new and expanded additions to Apple Music Replay, allowing subscribers to rewatch their most-played songs, albums and artists this year. Users can look back at each month’s listening habits in 2024, see if they’re a loyal fan with a top artist streak, and find out the first date they listened to their top songs, albums, and artists for the first time have heard.

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