This year, at the same time of Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music reveals the artists who truly represent the very best of 2018. According to their newsroom, Drake owns the Artist of the Year category while country’s Kasey Musgraves scores Album of the Year for her dynamic Golden Hour. “I Like It” from Cardi B, featuring Bad Bunny & J. Balvin, was chosen for the best song, and Breakout Artist Juice WRLD has been giving everyone “Lucid Dreams” all year long.
You can find the full Top 100 Global Songs‘s playlist on Apple Music.
Apple’s Best Music of 2018
Artist of the year: Drake
Breakout Artist of the Year: Juice WRLD
Song of the Year: I Like It – Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny & J. Balvin
Album of the Year: Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
Top Artists by Genre
Country: Jason Aldean
Hip Hop: Drake
Latin: Bad Bunny
Pop: Ariana Grande
Alternative: Imagine Dragons
Rock: Beatles
Kpop: BTS
Electronic: Major Lazer
Dance: The Chainsmokers
Top 100 Global Songs – Chart
1. Drake – God’s Plan
2. Drake – Nice for What
3. Post Malone – Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)
4. Drake – In My Feelings
5. Post Malone – Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
6. Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin – I Like It
7. XXXTENTACION – SAD!
8. Camila Cabello – Havana (feat. Young Thug)
9. BlocBoy JB – Look Alive (feat. Drake)
10. Offset & Metro Boomin – Ric Flair Drip
11. Lil Baby & Drake – Yes Indeed
12. Post Malone – I Fall Apart
13. Juice WRLD – Lucid Dreams
14: Post Malone – Better Now
15. Migos, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B – MotorSport
16. Bazzi – Mine
17. Drake – Nonstop
18. Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All The Stars
19. Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line – Meant to Be
20. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left to Cry
21. Migos – Walk It Talk It (feat. Drake)
22. Travis Scott – SICKO MODE
23. Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle
24. G-Eazy – No Limit (feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B)
25. XXXTENTACION – Moonlight
26. 6ix9ine – FEFE (feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz)
27. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss
28. Ed Sheeran – Perfect
29. Cardi B – Bodak Yellow
30. Dua Lipa – New Rules
31. Tyga – Taste (feat. Offset)
32. Cardi B – Bartier Cardi (feat. 21 Savage)
33. Migos – Stir Fry
34. Maroon 5 – Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B)
35. Bruno Mars – Finesse (Remix) (feat. Cardi B)
36. The Weeknd – Call Out My Name
37. Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
38. Khalid & Normani – Love Lies
39. Drake – I’m Upset
40. NF – Let You Down
41. Camila Cabello – Never Be the Same
42. XXXTENTACION – Fuck Love (feat. Trippie Redd)
43. XXXTENTACION – Jocelyn Flores
44. Marshmello – Silence (feat. Khalid)
45. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
46. Rich the Kid – Plug Walk
47. Khalid – Young Dumb & Broke
48. Selena Gomez & Marshmello – Wolves
49. Marshmello & Anne-Marie – FRIENDS
50. Lil Dicky – Freaky Friday (feat. Chris Brown)
51. Sam Smith – Too Good at Goodbyes
52. French Montana – Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee)
53. XXXTENTACION – Changes
54. Post Malone – Candy Paint
55. Ella Mai – Boo’d Up
56. Post Malone – Ball For Me (feat. Nicki Minaj)
57. Kodak Black – Roll in Peace (feat. XXXTENTACION)
58. Lil Pump – Gucci Gang
59. Cardi B – Be Careful
60. Post Malone – Congratulations (feat. Quavo)
61. Travis Scott – Butterfly Effect
62. Drake – Mob Ties
63. G-Eazy & Halsey – Him & I
64. Dua Lipa – IDGAF
65. Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake – King’s Dead
66. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso – Let Me Go (feat. Florida Georgia Line & Watt)
67. The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar – Pray for Me
68. Kendrick Lamar – LOVE (feat Zacari)
69. Lil Uzi Vert – XO TOUR Llif3
70. Gucci Mane – I Get the Bag (feat. Migos)
71. Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me
72. Imagine Dragons – Believer
73. Eminem – River (feat. Ed Sheeran)
74. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber)
75. Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
76. J. Cole – KOD
77. Ariana Grande – God Is a Woman
78. YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Outside Today
79. Miguel – Sky Walker (feat. Travis Scott)
80. Rudimental – These Days (feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen)
81. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood
82. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
83. Logic – 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid)
84. Ed Sheeran – Perfect Duet (with Beyoncé)
85. Kanye West – All Mine
86. Drake & Michael Jackson – Don’t Matter to Me
87. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood
88. 21 Savage – Bank Account
89. Maroon 5 – What Lovers Do (feat. SZA)
90. Famous Dex – Pick It Up (feat. A$AP Rocky)
91. Post Malone – Rich & Sad
92. Selena Gomez – Back to You
93. Rich the Kid – New Freezer (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
94. Nicki Minaj – Chun-Li
95. YG – Big Bank (feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)
96. Halsey – Bad at Love
97. Zayn – Dusk Till Dawn (feat. Sia) [Radio Edit]
98. Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid – Eastside
99. DJ Khaled – Wild Thoughts (feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)
100. Lil Skies – Red Roses (feat. Landon Cube)
- Source: Apple