Masked Wolf & The Kid LAROI join BTS & Olivia Rodrigo atop Apple Music & Shazam’s 2021 Global Charts

Today Apple Music unveiled their global charts for 2021 for both their streaming services as well as Shazam, and the news is pretty remarkable for Australian artists.

Topping the Shazam charts, as the #1 most Shazamed Song globally in 2021, is Australian hip hop artist Masked Wolf, for his track “Astronaut in the Ocean”. Within Australia, the same title was given to another great Australian artist, The Kid LAROI, for “WITHOUT YOU”. His collab with Justin Bieber, “Stay”, was also Beiber’s most Shazamed song of the year.

“WITHOUT YOU” had a lot of other accolades across Apple’s charts – from the #5 most read Lyrics in Australia in 2021, to the #7 most streamed song in Australia in 2021. His track “SO DONE” was #8 in the same category, while his album F*CK LOVE (SAVAGE) was #1 most streamed album in Australia.

Wolf and LAROI join an impressive list of local and international artists across the charts, including chart toppers Glass Animals, Olivia Rodrigo and more. Here’s a look at the Australian charts:

Most streamed songs in Australia on Apple Music in 2021

  1. Glass Animals – Heat Waves
  2. Olivia Rodrigo – drivers license
  3. Joel Corry – Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)
  4. The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
  5. 24kGoldn – Mood (feat. iann dior)
  6. Dua Lipa – Levitating (feat. DaBaby)
  7. The Kid LAROI – WITHOUT YOU
  8. The Kid LAROI – SO DONE
  9. Tiësto – The Business
  10. Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u
  11. Tones And I – Fly Away
  12. Tones And I – Dance Monkey
  13. Ariana Grande – positions
  14. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – STAY
  15. Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
  16. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
  17. Tate McRae – you broke me first
  18. Masked Wolf – Astronaut In The Ocean
  19. Justin Bieber – Holy (feat. Chance the Rapper)
  20. Doja Cat – Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)
  21. Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits
  22. Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo – Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)
  23. P!nk & Willow Sage Hart – Cover Me In Sunshine
  24. Cardi B – WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)
  25. Lil Nas X – MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)
— Check out the full Top 100 songs Australia list HERE
Most streamed albums in Australia on Apple Music in 2021
  1. The Kid LAROI – F*CK LOVE (SAVAGE)
  2. Olivia Rodrigo – SOUR
  3. Pop Smoke – Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
  4. Luke Combs – What You See Ain’t Always What You Get (Deluxe Edition)
  5. Ariana Grande – Positions
  6. Morgan Wallen – Dangerous: The Double Album
  7. Justin Bieber – Justice
  8. Harry Styles – Fine Line
  9. Taylor Swift – evermore
  10. Luke Combs – This One’s for You Too (Deluxe Edition)
  11. Ed Sheeran – ÷ (Deluxe)
  12. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
  13. Glass Animals – Dreamland
  14. Machine Gun Kelly – Tickets To My Downfall
  15. Taylor Swift – folklore (deluxe version)
  16. Billie Eilish – WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
  17. Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  18. Taylor Swift – 1989 (Deluxe Edition)
  19. Ed Sheeran – No.6 Collaborations Project
  20. The Weeknd – After Hours
  21. Taylor Swift – Lover
  22. Doja Cat – Planet Her
  23. Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent
  24. Juice WRLD – Legends Never Die (Video Version)
  25. Post Malone – Stoney (Deluxe)
Most Read Lyrics in Australia in 2021
  1. Olivia Rodrigo – drivers license
  2. Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u
  3. Glass Animals – Heat Waves
  4. Dua Lipa – Levitating (feat. DaBaby)
  5. The Kid LAROI – WITHOUT YOU
  6. Cardi B – WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)
  7. 24kGoldn – Mood (feat. iann dior)
  8. The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
  9. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – STAY
  10. P!nk & Willow Sage Hart – Cover Me In Sunshine
  11. Doja Cat – Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)
  12. Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits
  13. Lil Nas X – MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)
  14. Joel Corry – Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)
  15. Masked Wolf – Astronaut In The Ocean
  16. Ariana Grande – positions
  17. Olivia Rodrigo – deja vu
  18. The Kid LAROI – SO DONE
  19. Tones And I – Fly Away
  20. BTS – Dynamite
  21. Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo – Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)
  22. Tate McRae – you broke me first
  23. Tones And I – Dance Monkey
  24. Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
  25. Justin Bieber – Holy (feat. Chance the Rapper)
Most Shazamed Songs in Australia in 2021 
  1. The Kid LAROI – WITHOUT YOU
  2. Glass Animals – Heat Waves
  3. Sigala & James Arthur – Lasting Lover
  4. Jolyon Petch – Dreams
  5. Olivia Rodrigo – drivers license
  6. Tiësto – The Business
  7. Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits
  8. Joel Corry Feat. MNEK – Head & Heart
  9. ATB, Topic & A7S – Your Love (9PM)
  10. Ava Maxn – My Head & My Heart
  11. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
  12. Jason Derulo & Nukan – Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
  13. Tones And I – Fly Away
  14. Måneskin – Beggin
  15. Riton & Nightcrawlers Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman – Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit)
  16. Amy Shark Feat. Keith Urban – Love Songs Ain’t for Us
  17. Keith Urban & P!nk – One Too Many
  18. Doja Cat Feat. SZA – Kiss Me More
  19. Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomax – Looking for Me
  20. Tom Grennan – Little Bit of Love
  21. The Weeknd – Save Your Tears
  22. Tate McRae – you broke me first
  23. BANNERS – Someone To You
  24. Dean Lewis – Falling Up
  25. Sam Fischer & Demi Lovato – What Other People Say

On the global charts, BTS‘ “Dynamite” was the most streamed song of 2021, which I’m sure surprises no one. Olivia Rodrigo‘s “drivers license” was the top read lyrics and Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) [Tiësto Remix] by Joel Corry was the top streamed workout song. As already mentioned, Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf was the most Shazamed song in the world.

Masked Wolf celebrated this on his Facebook account today

For all the top songs of 2021, head HERE to Apple Music.