Apple Music’s end-of-year charts are based on plays between November 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024. Pop music may have reigned supreme for Aotearoa listeners in 2024, but this playlist is proof that fans branched out far beyond the excellence delivered by artists such as Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Ariana Grande. Here, you’ll find representation across genres like country (Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen), classic rock (Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC), indie (Hozier, Lord Huron), and hip-hop (Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Drake). And there was plenty of love shown for homegrown heroes, too, including L.A.B, the ever-popular Crowded House, and Stan Walker, whose track “Maori Ki Te Ao” brings Māori culture and language to the fore.