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Wednesday 30 november 2022
Apple Music reveals top music in 2022 and listener charts

By MARK KENNEDY teners can check any time
AP Entertainment Writer to see how their music is
NEW YORK (AP) — “Stay,” charting. Eligibility is based
the smash hit by The Kid on a threshold of plays and
Laroi and Justin Bieber time spent listening.
topped Apple Music’s In November, Apple Music
global song chart in 2022 crowned the Puerto Rican
as the giant music streamer reggaeton superstar Bad
released its end-of-year lists Bunny its Artist of the Year,
and provided listeners with thanks in large part to his
data on their own most lis- latest album, “Un Verano
tened-to tunes. Sin Ti,” which became Ap-
“Stay,” which stayed atop ple Music’s most streamed
the Billboard Hot 100 for album of 2022 and its big-
seven weeks this summer, gest Latin album of all time.
was No. 1 on Apple Mu- Apple Music had a big 2022
sic’s top 100 global songs itself, hitting a milestone in
chart, staying on top for October when it recorded
51 days straight. Elton John its 100 millionth song on the
and Dua Lipa’s “Cold Heart streaming service. That’s
(PNAU Remix)” was No. 1 more than YouTube Music’s
on the streamer’s Shazam 80 million songs, Spotify’s
chart and “We Don’t Talk 82 million tracks and pod-
About Bruno” from the casts, and Amazon Music’s
movie musical “Encanto” The Kid Laroi appears at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022, left, and 90 million songs.
was the song with the most- Justin Bieber appears at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala in New “One hundred million songs
read lyrics in 2022 on the York on Sept. 13, 2021. for us is really significant
platform. Associated Press because I think it is such a
Joining “Stay” at the very ing presence of non-Eng- one non-English songs were songs, albums, artists and kind of great reflection of
top of the global songs list lish-language tunes, with in the global Top 100, more playlists from the past year just how diverse and enor-
were “As It Was” by Harry African songs on the rise on than double the number as well as total minutes on mous the music world is
Styles, “Wait For U” by Fu- the Shazam chart as well as of songs last year. Fifty-five the service. One new fea- these days,” Newman said.
ture featuring Drake and the global daily 100, while Latin songs reached the ture is that superfans can “It’s the largest and most
Tems, “Super Gremlin” by Japanese-language songs Global Daily Top 100 in discover whether they are diverse collection of music
Kodak Black, “Easy on made big gains on the 2022 up 22% from 2021. In in the top 100 listeners of in any kind of format ever in
Me” by Adele, and “Heat most-read lyrics chart. 2022, six of the the 50 J-pop their favorite artist or genre. the history of music, which
Wave” by Glass Animals. “It’s really the rise of what songs to reach the chart Replay Apple’s alternative is just pretty astounding.”
Hip-hop continued to lead was once very niche placed in the top 10; last to Spotify’s Wrapped play- Streaming service Pandora
the different genres on genres creeping into the year none were in the top list has been redesigned also revealed its top songs
the global top 100 with 32 mainstream, which is an 10. The streamer began no- with new, sleek functional- Tuesday: “Wait For U” was
songs, followed by pop exciting new develop- tifying users Tuesday that ity and optimized for shar- its top track of 2022 and
with 23 songs and R&B/soul ment on the platform,” said Apple Music Replay was ing on social media like Tik- Bad Bunny had the most
in third place with 11 songs. Rachel Newman, global ready. The feature lets users Tok or Instagram. The charts songs on the top 100 list
The data shows the grow- head of editorial. Twenty- see and hear their favorite are dynamic all year, so lis- with five.q

Kim Kardashian, Ye reach divorce settlement

The former couple and The couple began dating complaints were that he
their attorneys filed docu- in 2012 and had their first was not being allowed to
ments asking for a judge’s child in 2013. West pro- make major parenting de-
approval of terms they posed later that year us- cisions and was been ex-
have agreed on, including ing the giant screen at the cluded from birthday par-
$200,000 per month child empty waterfront ballpark ties and other events for
support payments rom Ye, of the San Francisco Gi- their children.
formerly known as Kanye ants, and the two married Ye, who has fired two law-
West, to Kardashian. May 24, 2014, in a ceremo- yers since the divorce filing,
The two will have joint cus- ny at a Renaissance fortress also raised several techni-
tody, and neither will pay in Florence, Italy. cal issues and demands, in-
the other spousal support, The two appeared to be cluding seeking the right to
according to the docu- headed for a cordial split question any new husband
ments filed in Los Angeles with agreed-upon terms of Kardashian’s under oath,
FILE - Kanye West, left, and Kim Kardashian attend the WSJ.
Magazine Innovator Awards on Nov. 6, 2019, in New York. Superior Court. when Kardashian first filed which Judge Steve Co-
Kardashian and Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye The judge declared the two for divorce in February of chran promptly rejected.
West, have reached a settlement in their divorce, averting a trial legally single at Kardashi- 2021. Neither discussed The settlement comes soon
that had been set for next month, court documents filed Tuesday, an’s request in March, end- the split publicly until early after several companies
Nov. 29, 2022, showed. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) ing their eight-year mar- this year, when Ye started have cut ties with Ye ove
Associated Press their divorce, averting a trial riage, but issues of property lashing out on social me- r offensive and antisemitic
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim that had been set for next and custody remained that dia against Kardashian, her remarks that have further
Kardashian and Ye have month, court documents were to be worked out in a family, and then-boyfriend eroded an already wither-
reached a settlement in filed Tuesday showed. trial starting Dec. 14. Pete Davidson. Among his ing public image.q