Indians prefer listening to Indian music and Punjabi music more than anything else. These are the takeaways from Apple’s year in review. The streamer on Wednesday announced the top 10 Indian songs of the year, as well as the top 10 albums and top 10 artists of the year. Here are some key points:
Only 21 of the Top 100 songs are international. Eight of the top 10 songs are in Punjabi; and 36 of the top 100 are in Punjabi. Three of the top 10 tracks are from Bollywood; 30 of the top 100 are from Bollywood. AP Dhillon performed 5 of the top 10 songs and 16 of the top 100 songs. Five of the top 10 artists are Punjabi. Arijit Singh is the most listened to artist again this year. Top 3 albums are Punjabi. Eight of the top 10 albums are Indian.
Internationally, The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber ended the year at #1 on Top Songs of 2022 with their collaboration “STAY.” The hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” from the movie Encanto, topped the chart for the reddest lyrics, while Elton John and Dua Lipa’s “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” topped the Shazam chart.
Top 10 songs
Sorry – Intense, AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill
Wishes – AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill
Pasoori – Ali Sethi, Shae Gill
Insane – AP Dhillon, Shinda Kahlon, Gminxr, Gurinder Gill
Ranjha – B. Praak, Jasleen Royal
Spaceship – AP Dhillon, Shinda Kahlon, Gminxr
Bijlee Bijlee – Hardy Sandhu
Tere Te – AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill
Kesariya (from ‘Brahmastra’) – Amitabh Bhattacharya, Arijit Singh, Pritam
Doobey (From “Gehraiyaan”) – Lothika, OAFF, Savera, Kausar Munir
Top 10 albums
Hidden Gems – EP – AP Dhillon
Moosetape – Sidhu Moose Wala
It was MoonChild – Diljit Dosanjh
Kabir Singh (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Vishal Mishra, Akhil Sachdeva, Mithoon, Sachet-Parampara, Amaal Mallik
Shershaah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Vikram Montrose, Tanishk Bagchi, B. Praak, Jasleen Royal, Javed Mohsin
Starboy – The Weeknd
Not by chance – AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill, Money Musik
Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Pritam
Rockstar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – AR Rahman
Top 10 artists
Arijit Singh
AP Dhillon
I was waiting
Gurinder Gill
Sidhu Moose Wala
AR Rahman
Anirudh Ravichander
Weekend
Diljit Dosanjh
Gminxr
Elsewhere, Bad Bunny – Apple Music’s 2022 Artist of the Year – became the first Latin artist to have the biggest album of the year with Un Verano Sin Ti. Just four months after its record-breaking release, Un Verano Sin Ti had already become the biggest Latin album of all time by lifetime streams.