Unveiling the Musical Highlights of 2024

Global Year-End Lists

In the global arena, the year's biggest TikTok song is "Gata Only" by Chilean artists FloyyMenor and Cris MJ. Billboard's TikTok Top 50 chart shows some wild results. German dance producers Jaxomy and Agatino Romero came in at #2 with their remix of Raffaella Carrà's 1980 song "Pedro." Iranian-Dutch singer Sevdaliza enters at #3 with the Pabllo Vittarr/Yseult collab "Alibi." The top 10 also includes tracks from Philly rapper Lay Bankz, regional Mexican music singer-songwriter Xavi, Tinashe, Billie Eilish, Benson Boone, and Alphaville's 40-year-old hit "Forever Young." Here's the global top 10:

01 FloyyMenor & Cris MJ – “Gata Only”02 Jaxomy, Agatino Romero, & Raffaella Carrà “Pedro”03 Sevdaliza – “Alibi” (Feat. Pabllo Vittar & Yseult)04 Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby (VHS)”05 Lay Bankz – “Tell Ur Girlfriend”06 Xavi – “La Diabla”07 Tinashe – “Nasty”08 Billie Eilish – “Birds Of A Feather”09 Alphaville – “Forever Young”10 Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”

US Year-End Lists

In the US, Virginia singer Tommy Richman's "Million Dollar Baby" (specifically the distorted, lo-res "VHS" version) was the year's biggest TikTok hit. "Gata Only" and Lay Bankz also made the chart, along with the Kanye West/Ty Dolla $ign collab "Carnival" and the Future/Metro Boomin track "Type Shit," which feature Playboi Carti. Viral rap stars Flo Milli, GloRilla, and ian are all represented. Weirdly enough, Blood Orange's "Champagne Coast" from 2011 also made an appearance. TikTok remains a strange and fascinating place. Here's the US top 10:

01 Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby (VHS)”02 ¥$/Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign – “Carnival” (Feat. Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)03 Lay Bankz – “Tell Ur Girlfriend”04 “Future & Metro Boomin – “Type Shit” (Feat. Travis Scott & Playboi Carti)05 Flo Milli – “Never Lose Me”06 Blood Orange – “Champagne Coast”07 Billie Eilish – “Birds Of A Feather”08 ian – “Magic Johnson”09 GloRilla – “TGIF”10 FloyyMenor & Cris MJ – “Gata Only”

Spotify Year-End Lists

According to streaming data, Taylor Swift was the streaming service's most-streamed global artist, with the Weeknd, Bad Bunny, and Drake right behind her. Swift also dominated in the US, with Drake at #2 and Zach Bryan at #3. In the US, Swift's The Tortured Poets Department was the #1 album, while her buddy Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" was the #1 song. Djo's "End Of Beginning" also made a strong showing. Here are some of Spotify's lists:

Most-streamed artists, globally:01 Taylor Swift02 The Weeknd03 Bad Bunny04 Drake05 Billie Eilish06 Travis Scott07 Peso Pluma08 Kanye West09 Ariana Grande10 Feid

Most-streamed artists, US:01 Taylor Swift02 Drake03 Zach Bryan04 Morgan Wallen05 Kanye West06 Future07 Kendrick Lamar08 Travis Scott09 The Weeknd10 Metro Boomin

Most-streamed songs, US:01 Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”02 Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”03 Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”04 Post Malone – “I Had Some Help” (Feat. Morgan Wallen)05 Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby”06 Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”07 Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”08 Billie Eilish – “Birds Of A Feather”09 Zach Bryan – “I Remember Everything” (Feat. Kacey Musgraves)10 Noah Kahan – “Stick Season”

Most-streamed albums, US:01 Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology02 Morgan Wallen – One Thing At A Time03 Sabrina Carpenter – Short N’ Sweet04 Noah Kahan – Stick Season05 Chappell Roan – The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess06 Billie Eilish – Hit Me Soft And Hard07 SZA – SOS08 Morgan Wallen – Dangerous: The Double Album09 Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan10 Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

Apple Music Year-End Lists

At Apple Music, Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" was the year's most-streamed song, coming in at #2 on the Spotify list. Japanese rap duo Creepy Nuts also made an appearance. Here's Apple Music's year-end top 10:

01 Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”02 Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”03 Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”04 Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”05 Taylor Swift – “Cruel Summer”06 Post Malone – “I Had Some Help” (Feat. Morgan Wallen)07 Teddy Swims – “Lose Control”08 Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”09 Billie Eilish – “Birds Of A Feather”10 Creepy Nuts – “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”