By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer)
NEW YORK (AP) — “Stay,” the smash hit by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber topped Apple Music’s international track chart in 2022 as the enormous music streamer launched its end-of-year lists and supplied listeners with knowledge on their very own most listened-to tunes.
“Stay,” which stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks this summer time, was No. 1 on Apple Music’s prime 100 international songs chart, staying on prime for 51 days straight. Elton John and Dua Lipa’s “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” was No. 1 on the streamer’s Shazam chart and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from the film musical “Encanto” was the track with the most-read lyrics in 2022 on the platform.
Joining “Stay” on the very prime of the worldwide songs record have been “As It Was” by Harry Styles, “Wait For U” by Future that includes Drake and Tems, “Super Gremlin” by Kodak Black, “Easy on Me” by Adele, and “Heat Wave” by Glass Animals. Hip-hop continued to steer the totally different genres on the worldwide prime 100 with 32 songs, adopted by pop with 23 songs and R&B/soul in third place with 11 songs.
The knowledge reveals the rising presence of non-English-language tunes, with African songs on the rise on the Shazam chart in addition to the worldwide every day 100, whereas Japanese-language songs made large positive aspects on the most-read lyrics chart.
“It’s really the rise of what was once very niche genres creeping into the mainstream, which is an exciting new development on the platform,” mentioned Rachel Newman, international head of editorial.
Twenty-one non-English songs have been within the international Top 100, greater than double the variety of songs final 12 months. Fifty-five Latin songs reached the Global Daily Top 100 in 2022 — up 22% from 2021. In 2022, six of the the 50 J-pop songs to achieve the chart positioned within the prime 10; final 12 months none have been within the prime 10.
The streamer started notifying customers Tuesday that Apple Music Replay was prepared. The characteristic lets customers see and listen to their favourite songs, albums, artists and playlists from the previous 12 months in addition to whole minutes on the service. One new characteristic is that superfans can uncover whether or not they’re within the prime 100 listeners of their favourite artist or style.
Replay — Apple’s various to Spotify’s Wrapped playlist — has been redesigned with new, glossy performance and optimized for sharing on social media like TikTok or Instagram. The charts are dynamic all 12 months, so listeners can test any time to see how their music is charting. Eligibility is predicated on a threshold of performs and time spent listening.
In November, Apple Music topped the Puerto Rican reggaeton famous person Bad Bunny its Artist of the Year, thanks largely to his newest album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” which grew to become Apple Music’s most streamed album of 2022 and its greatest Latin album of all time.
Apple Music had a giant 2022 itself, hitting a milestone in October when it recorded its 100 millionth track on the streaming service. That’s greater than YouTube Music’s 80 million songs, Spotify’s 82 million tracks and podcasts, and Amazon Music’s 90 million songs.
“One hundred million songs for us is really significant because I think it is such a kind of great reflection of just how diverse and enormous the music world is these days,” Newman mentioned. “It’s the largest and most diverse collection of music in any kind of format ever in the history of music, which is just pretty astounding.”
Streaming service Pandora additionally revealed its prime songs Tuesday: “Wait For U” was its prime observe of 2022 and Bad Bunny had probably the most songs on the highest 100 record with 5.
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