Drake Recognized As Apple Music’s Most-Streamed Artist of 2025

Despite recent controversies surrounding Drake, he remains a significant figure in the music industry. Notably, he has been named Apple Music’s most-streamed artist of 2025.

On December 2, Apple Music announced its “Replay” feature, which highlights the year’s most-listened-to songs.

Drake’s achievement is noteworthy, especially since he did not release a new solo album during the year. The last album he released was 2023’s For All The Dogs. However, he did collaborate with PARTYNEXTDOOR on the project Some Sexy Songs 4 U, which was released in February and included four singles: “GIMME A HUG,” “NOKIA,” “SOMEBODY LOVES ME,” and “DIE TRYING.”

Throughout the year, Drake focused on promoting his upcoming album, Iceman. He released three songs that are anticipated to be part of this album: “What Did I Miss?,” “Which One,” featuring Central Cee, and “DOG HOUSE,” featuring Yeat and Julia Wolf.

In a recent interview with Complex, Drake commented on the mixed reactions to his music and its presentation in livestreams. He stated, “I think the biggest misconception is how simple people think this is. When you try to do something new or different, people can be overly critical before really understanding what it takes.”

He further explained, “The goal with this project was to be creative and innovative — to experiment in a way that might spark others to think differently about how music can be released or experienced.”

Interestingly, while Drake earned the title of most-streamed artist, Kendrick Lamar had six songs featured in Apple’s Top 10 songs of 2025. Lamar’s “luther,” featuring SZA, holds the top position, followed by his diss track “Not Like Us.” “NOKIA” from Some Sexy Songs 4 U ranks seventh.

Currently, Drake’s anticipated album Iceman does not have a confirmed release date.