Fil-Am Bruno Mars, Blackpink's Rose's 'APT' tops Apple Music 2025 charts

MANILA, Philippines, December 8 ------ "APT.," the hit collaboration between Filipino-American artist Bruno Mars and Blackpink member Rosé, topped a majority of Apple Music's charts according to the streaming platform's new year-end data.

Apple Music unveiled its streaming data for 2025, along with its Replay information for users to check their most-streamed tracks and listening habits in the past year. Bruno and Rosé's song was the runaway leader for the Top 100 charts for global music, global radio, lyrics, and Shazam (an Apple-owned app that identifies songs when played).

The only chart it did not top was the Top 100: Sing, which went to another collaboration by Bruno, this time "Die With A Smile" with Lady Gaga. "Die With A Smile" finished behind "APT." on the global radio chart and was third on the other three. Sandwiched between the two Bruno collaborations on the Top Songs chart was Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther," which also came second in the lyrics chart.

Another Kendrick hit, "Not Like Us," came in fourth while Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" rounded out the Top 5. Three other Kendrick songs appear in the Top 25, including another collaboration with SZA, "30 for 30" at No. 10.

The artist with the most entries in the Top 100, meanwhile, is Morgan Wallen with 12, highest among them being "I'm The Problem" at No. 18, with Kendrick just behind him with nine entries. Songs that figured high on the other charts include Alex Warren's "Ordinary," Lola Young's "Messy," and "Golden" from the Netflix animated hit movie "KPop Demon Hunters."

Apple Music's Artist of the Year, Tyler, The Creator, debuted on the streaming platform's year-end list at No. 42 with "Sticky," his song with Sexyy Red, GloRilla, and Lil Wayne. Despite the feats made by Rosé, the only K-pop group (Huntrix aside) to make the Top 100 is Aespa with "Whiplash" figuring at No. 33. Another streaming platform, Spotify, is due to release its own streaming data for users via Spotify Wrapped in the coming days.

Source: philstar.com