Top 25 Songs of 2024

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Songs of 2024

These are the top 50 songs for the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists and charts. Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here. DMDB Top 1%: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” DMDB Top 2%: Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us” Hozier “Too Sweet” Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather” Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile” Chappell Roan “ Good Luck, Babe!” Post Malone & Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help” Beyoncé “Texas Hold ‘Em” DMDB Top 5%: Kendrick Lamar & SZA “Luther” Rosé with Bruno Mars “Apt.” Lola Young “Messy” Sabrina Carpenter “Please Please Please” Taylor Swift & Post Malone “Fortnight” Myles Smith “Stargazing” Sabrina Carpenter “Taste” DMDB Top 10%: Gracie Abrams “That’s So True” Gigi Perez “Sailor Song” Sombr “Back to Friends” Tommy Richman “Million Dollar Baby” Ariana Grande “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” SZA “Saturn” Zach Bryan “Pink Skies” Morgan Wallen “Love Somebody” Jelly Roll “I Am Not Okay” Leon Thomas “Mutt” Dasha “Austin” Teddy Swims “Bad Dreams” Billie Eilish “Lunch” Billie Eilish “Wildflower” Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” DMDB Top 20%: Sabrina Carpenter “Bed Chem” The Weeknd with Playboi Carti “Timeless” Eminem “Houdini” Future & Metro Boomin’ “Like That” Ariana Grande “Yes, And?” Kendrick Lamar “Squabble Up” Kendrick Lamar with Lefty Gunplay “TV Off” Benson Boone “Slow It Down” Jelly Roll “Liar” Myles Smith “Nice to Meet You” Marshmello & Kane Brown “Miles on It” Post Malone & Blake Shelton “Pour Me a Drink” Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign with Rich the Kid & Playboi Carti “Carnival” Megan Thee Stallion “Hiss” Jimin “Who” Billy Joel “Turn the Lights Back On” Djo “End of Beginning” Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year lists Dave’s Music Database: Songs of the Decade lists First posted 12/26/2024; last updated 1/21/2026.

Shaboozey has biggest #1 in Canadian chart history

A Bar Song (Tipsy) Shaboozey

Writer(s): Collins Chibueze, Nevin Sastry, Sean Cook, Jerrell Jones, Mark Williams (see lyrics here) Released: April 12, 2024 Peak: 119 BB, 127 BA, 115 DG, 19 ST, 11 RR, 9 AC, 12 A40, 142 CW, 3 UK, 125 CN, 15 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 5.0 US, 1.2 UK, 6.71 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 297.58 video, 1312.13 streaming

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About the Song: Shaboozey was born Collins Obinna Chibueze in Virginia on May 9, 1995. The singer/songwriter, rapper, and producer got his stage name from people mispronouncing his last name. He released 18 singles and two albums from 2014 to 2024 before charting for the first time with “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Earlier that year he gained attention by guesting with Beyoncé on two tracks from her Cowboy Carter album. He explained that someone from her camp had heard “A Bar Song” and decided to bring him in. SF Shaboozey knocked her song “Texas Hold ‘Em” from the top of the country charts, making for the first time in that chart’s history that two consecutive black artists hit #1. Like Lil Nas X in 2019 with “Old Town Road,” Shaboozey broke through as a black artist with a rap-meets-country song that was embraced as a huge pop crossover hit. Both songs spent 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, tied for the biggest #1’s in the history of the chart. While “Old Town Road” was controversially bumped from the country chart by Billboard after one week, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” spent 20 weeks atop the country chart. It also became the biggest #1 in that country’s history. The sog has also reached #1 in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. Shaboozey said he “found country to be the thing that resonated with me in a really strong way…Me being from Virginia, me loving the style and the way of life and the things they talked about…I found country music could teach people that the little things in life are where the value is” BB He also says, “I love hip-hop; I’m part of their community, too.” BB In fact, “A Bar Song” interpolate’s J-Kwon’s song “Tipsy,” a #2 “hip-hop party anthem” on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts in 2004. Lyrically, the song is sung from the perspective of a narrator who takes out his frustrations with his job by drinking at a dive bar. Songfacts.com says the song “ditches the work blues for whiskey shots and good times. Forget the 9-to-5 grind, the chorus explodes with Friday-night energy as the Nigerian-American rapper celebrates with his friends. There’s a party downtown and everyone’s already ‘tipsy.’ This carefree vibe is pure weekend warrior spirit, with Shaboozey admitting to aboozy wake-up call but no regrets. It’s all about living for the moment, hangover or not.” SF Resources: BB Billboard.com (10/14/2024). “Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ No. 1 on Hot 100 for 14th Week, Tying for Second-Longest Rookie Reign” by Gary Trust SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 10/15/2024; last updated 6/15/2025.