Unsurprisingly, Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is closing out 2024 in the No. 1 spot on Apple Music’s year-end global songs chart.
Apple Music, in this writer’s opinion the superior streaming option, rolled out its full slate of Replay 2024 features and 2024 Year-End chartsrevealing that Kendrick’s Grammy-nominated Drake diss is No. 1 on its list of the most-streamed songs globally. “Not Like Us” is followed by Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” at No. 2, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” at No. 3, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” at No. 4, and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” at No. 5.
Drake and Morgan Wallen, who previously starred together in the explosive video for “You Broke My Heart,” have the most entries on the Top Songs of 2024: Global chart with eight each. Per Apple, this year’s edition also stands as the biggest year for women in the chart’s history. Swift alone has seven songs on the chart, the second-most for any artist. SZA, meanwhile, bagged six.
Rounding out the worldwide top 10 are Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” with Morgan, Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” with Kendrick, Billie Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER,” and Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born.”. The chart joins an expansive roster of such charts from Apple Music, including the new Shazam Global Radio Spins chart (led by Dua Lipa this year) and the Most-Read Lyrics chart (which sees “Not Like Us” landing at No. 2).
For the full Apple Music Replay 2024 experience, this time boasting a far more all-encompassing assortment of stats and shareability-enabling features, this is where you need to be.
“Not Like Us” landing in the top spot globally comes after the track scored multiple nominations at the 2025 Grammys, winners for which are set to be unveiled next February. Meanwhile, Kendrick is currently dominating the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart after the surprise release of his GNX project.
