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BTS' 'Dynamite' becomes most streamed song on Apple Music in 2021

Published Dec 1, 2021 01:47 pm

K-pop superstars BTS’ chart-topping track “Dynamite” emerged as the No. 1 most streamed song in the world on Apple Music in 2021.

Apple Music released the “Top Songs of 2021: Global,” a “chart compiling the most-streamed songs across the globe on Apple Music between October 16, 2020, and October 15, 2021.”

BTS (Big Hit Music)

It said this “is a mirror of that tentativeness and hopefulness—a mix of thrilling new hits that helped shake the world from its stasis alongside favorites we returned to when that jolt felt like too much.”

“What they all have in common, from hip-hop upstarts to a wave of Japanese artists striving in streaming to a K-pop juggernaut primed for planetary domination, is that they brought comfort and catharsis at a time when we all needed them most,” it added.

BTS’ “Dynamite,” released on Aug. 21, 2020, placed first followed by Olivia Rodrigo’s “driver license,” Ariana Grande’s “positions,” Pop Smoke’s “For The Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby)” and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.”

Here are Apple Music’s Top Songs of 2021:

1. “Dynamite” - BTS

2. “drivers license” - Olivia Rodrigo

3. “positions” - Ariana Grande

4. “For The Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby)” - Pop Smoke

5. “Blinding Lights” - The Weeknd

6. “Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVEON)” - Justin Bieber

7. “good 4 u” - Olivia Rodrigo

8. “STAY” - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber

9. “Dakiti” - Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez

10. “Levitating (feat. DaBaby)” - Dua Lipa

11. “Wants and Needs (feat. Lil Baby)” - Drake

12. “Kiss Me More (feat.SZA)” - Doja Cat

13. “Dried Flower” - Yuuri

14. “Back in Blood (feat.Lil Durk)” - Pooh Shiesty

15. “RAPSTAR” - Polo G

16. “Mood (feat. iann dior)” - 24kGoldn

17. “On Me” - Lil Baby

18. “What You Know Bout Love” - Pop Smoke

19. “Yoru ni Kakeru” - YOASOBI

20. “Astronaut In The Ocean” - Masked Wolf

21. “Butter” - BTS

22. “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” - Lil Nas X

23. “Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay & 6LACK

24. “Good Days” - SZA

25. “HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY” - GIVEON

26. “WAP” - Cardi B

27. “Up” - Cardi B

28. “deja vu”- Olivia Rodrigo

29. “Save Your Tears” - The Weeknd

30. “Whoopty” - CJ

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