Apple Music has released its long-awaited year-end lists with the launch of Replay ’25, the personalized experience that sums up the listening habits of millions of users around the world. This year’s standout is the collaboration between ROSÉ (BLACKPINK) and Bruno Mars, whose track APT. has become the most-streamed song of 2025 on the platform. It also leads other categories, including most Shazamed, most radio-played, and most searched-for lyrics.
The success of APT. has been overwhelming. Since its release, the song became a global phenomenon, blending Bruno Mars’ international pop style with the power of K-Pop represented by ROSÉ. The track not only dominated Apple Music’s charts but also became a cultural reference point, earning millions of streams and going viral on social media, with thousands of TikTokers repeating its choreography, dances, and the famous challenge.
The choice of APT. as the standout song of Replay ’25 confirms the growing influence of K-Pop in the global market and Bruno Mars’ ability to reinvent himself through collaborations that always hit the mark—just like the third-ranked track, Die With a Smile with Lady Gaga.
Although the Hawaiian singer has kept us on a “dry spell” without new albums since 24K Magic nine years ago, as long as he continues releasing hits like these, no one doubts he’ll remain at the top of charts worldwide, as seen on Apple Music (or on YouTube, to name just a few).
After APT, the second spot goes to Luther, the collaboration between Kendrick Lamar and SZA. As on other platforms, the rapper also doubles up (like Bruno Mars), placing Not Like Us in fourth place. The track—used to continue his beef with Drake and which headlined the Super Bowl—has been one of the most streamed songs of the year, unsurprisingly.
Rounding out the top five is one of the biggest hits from Billie Eilish’s latest studio album: Birds of a Feather. In these top five positions, everything comes from the U.S. market. Not even the strength of urban and Latin sounds managed to break the Anglo-American dominance at the top, which also fills the Global Top 10 with songs like That’s So True by Gracie Abrams and Ordinary by Alex Warren.
Billie Eilish performs onstage at the 96th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Polk/Variety via Getty Images
Meanwhile, Tyler, The Creator was named Apple Music’s Artist of the Year, with his track Sticky (featuring Sexyy Red, GloRilla, and Lil Wayne) reaching No. 42 on the global list—his first appearance in the platform’s year-end rankings.
The Artist of the Year award is a tradition Apple Music introduced a few years ago and comes with a very special trophy. Winners receive a physical award featuring a custom Apple silicon wafer suspended between polished glass and a machined, anodized aluminum frame.
The 2024 winner was Billie Eilish, who became the first artist to win the Apple Music prize twice. And in 2023, Taylor Swift took home the award.
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