The Most Streamed Song On Apple Music

The most streamed song on Apple Music all time is Let Her Go by Passenger. It is from the singer’s fourth album titled All the Little Lights.

Passenger is the stage name of Michael David Rosenberg. He penned this song himself that speaks of the regrets surrounding the end of a relationship.

The chorus of the melancholic song expresses a situation in which one doesn’t truly appreciate what they have until it’s out of their hands.

Let Her Go became a sleeper hit, amassing over 3.4 billion views on YouTube as of now. It has recorded sales of over one million digital copies in the United Kingdom as of July 2014.

This song made it to the nomination list for British Single of the Year at the Brit Award. Likewise, it is also an RIAA 6 folds certified song, for recorded certified unit sales of 4,000,000.

Dance Monkey by Tones And I is a song from their debut EP The Kids Are Coming. It pinnacled the official singles charts in over 30 countries.

This 2019 song broke the record for the most weeks on the Australian singles chart at number one for 24 non-consecutive weeks. 

She made history as the first top-five hit solely penned by a woman over the period of eight years when it hit number four in the United States.

The song racked up four out of eight nominated awards at the ARIA Music Awards in 2019. Likewise, it grabbed the Independent Song of the Year award at the AIR Awards in 2020.

Distributed under Bad Batch and Elektra Records, the song earned several certifications which include 17x Platinum from ARIA, 7x Platinum from IFPI Austria, and more.

Perfect is a song by Ed Sheeran, the most streamed artist on Apple Music. It was released as a part of his third album ‘÷’ DIVIDE.

This is the first track, Sheeran penned for his third studio album. Released on September 2017, Perfect topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Following the notability, a second version of the song featuring Beyonce, titled Perfect Duet dropped on December 1, 2017.

This song helped Sheeran place himself at all the top five positions in the United States, by breaking the record made by Frankie Laine in 1953. plus, it made him Apple Music most streamed artist.

Not to forget, the singer himself released an acoustic version of the song in November 2017. The song and its accompanying music video made it to the three-nomination list at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2018.

Wake Me Up is the lead single from Avicii’s debut studio album True. Variance Magazine dubbed this song as the ‘summer anthem’

This song topped the charts in much of Europe and various countries including Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Hungary, and more.

Avicii earned critical acclaim and commercial success following the release of this song. Initially, a lyric video accompanying the single was released on June 28, 2013, on YouTube.

Whereas, the official music video of the song was later dropped on July 29, 2013, and has garnered over 2.2 billion views to date on YouTube.

The song bagged 15x Platinum certification from ARIA for making 1,050,000 certified unit sales. Likewise, the song has been lauded with 7x Platinum certification from IFPI Norway, 13x Platinum certification from GLF, and more.

Take Me to Church by Hozier is his debut single released on September 10, 2013. It is from the extended play of the same name.

Hozier was struggling in his career when he penned this breakthrough song in the attic of his parent’s house. The accompanying MV of the song was released in September 2013.

Take Me to Church acquired significant attention and spent 23 weeks consecutively at the top of the Hot Rock Songs chart. Later, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

This 2013 hit song made it to the nomination list at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year. Likewise, it also received a Diamond certification in the United States.

Cheap Thrills by Sia is a popular dance track. It was released from her seventh studio album.

This iconic song topped the US Billboard Hot 100, marking Sia’s first #1 single in the chart. Likewise, it reached the top position in several countries including France, Ireland, Germany, Austria, and Canada.

Cheap Thrills earned the award for most played Australian Work Overseas for its songwriters, Kurstin and Sia, at the APRA Music Awards in 2018.

Not to forget, this song made history as the second best-selling single across the globe in 2016. This reggae-tinged song earned several certifications including 15x Platinum from ARIA, for recorded sales of certified units of 1,050,000.

One of most played artist Apple Music Lewis Capaldi released Someone You Loved in 2018. It was the third single off his second EP titled Breach.

This piano ballad became a sleeper hit topping the Billboard Hot 100 in its 24th week on the chart. The Scottish singer earned commercial success through this song, reaching on the UK Singles Chart at number one.

Someone You Loved also marks Capaldi’s first entry on the charts of the US Billboard Hot 100. The Grammy-nominated song earned an award for the category of the Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards.

It made a record as the fourth most streamed song on the conventional streaming platform Spotify, with 2.7 billion streams as of 2023.

One of the most listened-to artists on Apple Music The Weeknd released Blinding Lights on November 29, 2019. It was a huge hit upon release. 

The song was promoted as the second single from his fourth album After Hours. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for four weeks.

Blinding Lights also topped the Canadian Hot 100, giving the singer his fifth number-one hit on the chart. Correspondingly, it peaked at the record charts in several countries including the United Kingdom.

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) provided diamond certification to the song on November 23, 2021, for recording sales of over ten million copies in the United States.

The song marked itself as the best-selling global single of the year 2020, amassing a colossal subscription stream of 2.72 billion equivalents globally.

Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is the second single from the music duo’s debut album, The Heist. It is an RIAA diamond-certified song.

This notable song by the duo also features singer Ray Dalton. Although, it was released in 2011, Can’t Hold Us emerged as a sleeper hit, garnering significant attention in 2012 and 2013.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis marked their second number-one hit in the US with the surge in notability of this song in the United States. Likewise, it also marked their third consecutive number-one single in Australia.

The accompanying music video of the song made the cut on the nomination list for the category of Best Music Video at the Grammy Awards in 2014.

Lauded by critical acclaim from several music critics, the song was used for various major events including as the theme song on the Monster Jam circuit for the Brodozer monster truck.

Apple Music most streamed artist Ed Sheeran dropped Thinking Out Loud on his second studio album titled ‘x’. It was released in September 2014.

This song successfully spent 19 weeks within the top 40 charts prior to making the cut at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Likewise, the song took positions on various charts.

It is an ARIA 13-fold Platinum-certified song. Similarly, the song has received various other coveted certifications including 12 folds Platinum-certified from RIAA, 7 folds Platinum from BPI, and more.

Thinking Out Loud was featured in the 2016 movie Me Before You. In the first 24 hours of the release of the song, it amassed over 2.7 million views on YouTube. Whereas, as of now, it has over 3.5 billion.