This chart compiling the most-streamed songs across the globe on Apple Music between October 16, 2020, and October 15, 2021, is a mirror of that tentativeness and hopefulness—a mix of thrilling new hits that helped shake the world from its stasis alongside favorites we returned to when that jolt felt like too much.
The dance music kings are back, and louder than ever.
As the reigning queens of nostalgia, their voices meld in harmonious vibrato good for making tears imminent.