Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Named 2025’s Top-Selling Single in the World
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music IFPI, the global recorded-music industry trade organization, has announced that “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone is the winner of the IFPI Global Single Award for 2024.
Boone was also named, with Shaboozey, Variety‘s Hitmakers newcomer of the year for 2024. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” was No.
2 and Teddy Swims’ with “Lose Control” landed at No. 3 — see the complete top 20 below. The IFPI Global Single Award is presented to the artist with the world’s best-selling single of the year across all digital formats – including paid subscription streaming, ad-supported platforms, and single-track downloads.
As evidenced by the 2025 Grammy Awards, where all eight best new artist nominees performed, the past year was a huge one for new artists: Each of the IFPI’s top three tracks (and four of the top five) came from artists making their first appearance in an IFPI Global Chart this year.
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