Can You Guess the Top Global Song of 2024?

VP, Music Insights & Industry Relations
January 7, 2025
— 1 min read
VP, Music Insights & Industry Relations
January 7, 2025
— 1 min read

Happy New Year! Welcome to Luminate’s first Tuesday Takeaway of 2025. We’re excited to share our 2024 Year-End Music Report with you next Wednesday, January 15, which spotlights the biggest trends in music. The 2024 report dives into U.S. and international consumption and audience intelligence trends, with special focuses on:

  • The Next Frontiers in Streaming
  • The Global Eco (Sound) System
  • Further Down the Pyramid
  • Fans & Brands
  • Streams & Screens
  • Setting the Stage

Please RSVP here for the webinar on Wednesday, January 15, at 1 p.m. EST.

To kick things off, here are the Top 5 Global On-Demand Audio songs of 2024. Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” led the pack with 2.58B audio streams globally, topping charts both worldwide and in the U.S. And that’s just one highlight from a year packed with groundbreaking trends.

Top 5 Global On-Demand audio songs of 2024: 1. 'Beautiful Things' - Benson Boone; 2. 'Espresso' - Sabrina Carpenter; 3. 'Birds of a Feather' - Billie Eilish; 4. 'Lose Control' - Teddy Swims; 5. 'Die With a Smile' - Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.

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By Robert Steiner
September 9, 2025
— 3 min read

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