Topline
As 2022 comes to a close, music streaming giants Billboard, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Pandora and Apple Music have released their lists of the top music of the year, with Latin artist Bad Bunny dominating all charts, alongside songs from Harry Styles, Future, Drake and Tems and Justin Bieber and The Kid Laroi—here’s a guide to the most popular tunes of the year.
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Key Facts
Billboard: While “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals was secured the top spot on Billboard’s 2022 year-end Hot 100 Songs chart, Bad Bunny was 2022’s biggest winner, becoming the first Latin artist to rank as the top artist of the year and with his album Un Verano Sin Ti winning the designation as the top album (it was also the first all-Spanish album to be the year’s No. 1 album in the U.S., according to Billboard)
iHeartRadio: Doja Cat was the top overall artist on iHeartRadio in 2022, based on total spins and streams on the iHeartRadio app and on the company’s radio stations from January to the end of October, receiving over 3.6 billion spins; The top song on the service was “STAY” by Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, which received over 1.23 billion spins.
Spotify: Bad Bunny was the most popular artist around the world for the third year in a row, Spotify said Wednesday, based on data tracked from January 1 to November 26; Harry Styles’ song “As It Was” was the most streamed song and Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti was the most streamed album.
Pandora: Bad Bunny secured the most spots on Pandora’s Top Twenty Thumbed Tracks of 2022, the radio streaming service’s list of listeners most-loved songs of the year, which was released Tuesday and included data starting in mid-November 2021, and “WAIT FOR U,” from Future feat. Drake and Tems earned the top spot on the chart.
Apple Music: Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti was the biggest album from November 1, 2021 to October 21, 2022 on Apple Music, the streaming service said Tuesday, making him the first Latin artist to take the top spot; The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s 2021 song “STAY” was the top song on the streaming service globally during that time.
Billboard Hot 100 Songs Year-End 2022:
- “Heatwaves,” Glass Animals
- “As It Was,” Harry Styles
- “STAY,” Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
- “Easy On Me,” Adele
- “Shivers,” Ed Sheeran
Billboard 200 Albums Year-End 2022:
- Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny
- 30, Adele
- Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen
- Midnights, Taylor Swift
- Red (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift
Billboard Top Artists Year-End 2022:
- Bad Bunny
- Taylor Swift
- Harry Styles
- Drake
- Morgan Wallen
Iheart Radio’s Top Overall Songs 2022:
- “STAY,” The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber (over 1.23 billion spins)
- “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (over 1.2 billion spins)
- “As It Was,” Harry Styles (over 1.1 billion spins)
- “Ghost,” Justin Bieber (over 1 billion spins)
- “That’s What I Want,” Lil Nas X (over 999.6 million spins
Iheart Radio’s Top Overall Artists 2022:
- Doja Cat (over 3.6 billion spins)
- Harry Styles (over 2.2 billion spins)
- Ed Sheeran (over 2 billion spins)
- Justin Bieber (over 1.9 billion spins)
- The Weeknd (over 1.8 billion spins)
Spotify’s Most-Streamed Songs Of 2022 Globally
- “As It Was,” Harry Styles
- “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals
- “STAY,” The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
- “Me Porto Bonito,” Bad Bunny feat. Chencho Corleone
- “Titi Me Pregunto,” Bad Bunny
Spotify’s Most-Streamed Albums Of 2022 Globally
- Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny
- Harry’s House, Harry Styles
- SOUR, Olivia Rodrigo
- =, Ed Sheeran
- Planet Her, Doja Cat
Pandora’s Top Thumbed Tracks Of 2022
- “WAIT FOR U,” Future feat. Drake and Tems
- “PROVENZA,” Karol G
- “TO THE MOON,” Jnr Choi
- “I Hate U,” SZA
- “Do We Have A Problem?,” Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby
Apple Music’s Top Songs Of 2022: Global
- “STAY,” The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
- “As It Was,” Harry Styles
- “WAIT FOR U,” Future feat. Drake and Tems
- “Super Gremlin,” Kodak Black
- “Easy On Me,” Adele
Key Background
Last year, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license,” BTS’ “Dynamite” and Cardi B’s “Up” were some of the most popular songs, according to Spotify, Billboard, Apple Music and other music players. Harry Styles’ “As It Was” is expected to dominate several 2022 lists, as it spent more weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart than any other song this year.
Further Reading
Most Popular Music Of 2021: Dua Lipa, Drake Top Billboard’s Year-End Lists (Forbes)
