The conversation around music has never been as expansive and exciting as it has been in 2019. As every year, with Spotify (check their top songs of 2019 and the decade), Apple Music revealed its most streamed songs of 2019, and some insights from its app Shazam.
So what songs are popular in 2019? Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Post Malone, Ariana Grande and other genre-bending superstars are among the artists Apple Music users listened to most in 2019, according to the platform’s breakdown of its most-streamed album, songs and artists globally this year.
Lil Nas X easily took the crown for the most streamed song of 2019 with “Old Town Road”. In terms of song collections, the top streamed album this year is Billie Eilish’s debut ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’. For more, check the 100 Best Songs of 2019 playlist, and discover the full top lists just below, including the Shazam most-searched songs stats.
Top 10 Apple Music Best Songs of 2019 (Globally) :
- Lil Nas X — Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)
- Post Malone & Swae Lee — Sunflower
- Ariana Grande — thank u, next
- Ariana Grande — 7 rings
- Billie Eilish — bad guy
- Post Malone — Wow.
- Meek Mill — Going Bad (featuring Drake)
- Halsey — Without Me
- Gunna & Lil Baby — Drip Too Hard
- Travis Scott — Sicko Mode
Top 10 Apple Music Best Artists By Genre of 2019 (Globally) :
- Alternative — Billie Eilish
- Classical — Ludovico Einaudi
- Country — Luke Combs
- Hip-Hop — Drake
- J-Pop Artists — aimyon
- K-Pop Artists — BTS
- Latin — Bad Bunny
- Pop — Ariana Grande
- R&B — Khalid
- Rock — Queen
Top 10 Most-Shazamed Songs of 2019 :
- “bad guy” — Billie Eilish
- “Someone You Loved” — Lewis Capaldi
- “Dance Monkey” — Tones And I
- “Calma (Remix)” — Pedro Capó & Farruko
- “Piece Of Your Heart” — Meduza Feat. Goodboys
- “Con Calma” — Daddy Yankee Feat. Snow
- “Señorita” — Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
- “Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X
- “Sweet But Psycho” — Ava Max
- “Giant” — Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man