Apple Music Reveals No. 1 Song of the Year

"Stay," the smash hit by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, topped Apple Music's global songs chart in 2022 as the giant music streamer released its end-of-year lists and provided listeners with data on their own most listened-to tunes. Some details, per the AP:

• "Stay," which stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks this summer, was No. 1 on Apple Music's top 100 global songs chart, staying on top for 51 days straight.
• Elton John and Dua Lipa's "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" was No. 1 on the streamer's Shazam chart.
• "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from the movie musical Encanto was the song with the most-read lyrics in 2022 on the platform.

• Joining "Stay" at the very top of the global songs list were "As It Was" by Harry Styles; "Wait for U" by Future, featuring Drake and Tems; "Super Gremlin" by Kodak Black; "Easy on Me" by Adele; and "Heat Wave" by Glass Animals.
• Hip-hop continued to lead the different genres on the global top 100 with 32 songs, followed by pop with 23 songs and R&B/soul in third place with 11 songs.
• The data shows the growing presence of non-English-language tunes, with African songs on the rise on the Shazam chart as well as the global daily 100, while Japanese-language songs made big gains on the most-read lyrics chart.
• Twenty-one non-English songs were in the global top 100, more than double the number of songs last year. Fifty-five Latin songs reached the global daily top 100 in 2022—up 22% from 2021. In 2022, six of the 50 J-pop songs to reach the chart placed in the top 10; last year none were in the top 10.

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