iHeartRadio has released their list of America’s most listened to music + most popular artists of the year, which includes nationwide and by various music formats: contemporary hit radio, country, hip-hop, alternative and rock.

iHeartRadio’s broadcast radio stations reach 90% of U.S. adults each month and our listeners interact with our products through both radio + streaming, which means we can capture a holistic view of what’s actually trending across the country. We do this by tallying the total audience spins (TAS) and streams across over 850 iHeartRadio stations and on the iHeartRadio app.

The #1 song, “Stay” by The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, reached an audience of more than 1.2 billion in the U.S. alone, while the top artist, Doja Cat, tallied more than 3.6 billion! You can find the full list below:

Top Overall Artists 2022

  1. Doja Cat (3.6+ billion)
  2. Harry Styles (2.2+ billion)
  3. Ed Sheeran (2.0+ billion)
  4. Justin Bieber (1.9+ billion)
  5. The Weeknd (1.8+ billion)
  6. Lil Nas X (1.7+ billion)
  7. Adele (1.48+ billion)
  8. Dua Lipa (1.48+ billion)
  9. Post Malone (1.43+ billion)
  10. Drake (1.3+ billion)


Top Overall Songs 2022

  1. “Stay” The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber (1.23+ billion)
  2. “Heat Waves” Glass Animals (1.2+ billion)
  3. “As It Was” Harry Styles (1.1+ billion)
  4. “Ghost” Justin Bieber (1+ billion)
  5. “That’s What I Want” Lil Nas X (999.6+ million)
  6. “Need To Know” Doja Cat (959.7+ million)
  7. “Woman” Doja Cat (924.5+ million)
  8. “Big Energy” Latto (892.3+ million)
  9. “First Class” Jack Harlow (884.1+ million)
  10. “Bad Habits” Ed Sheeran (849.7+ million)


Top Contemporary Hit Radio Artists (CHR) 2022

  1. Doja Cat
  2. Harry Styles
  3. Lil Nas X
  4. Justin Bieber
  5. Post Malone
  6. The Weeknd
  7. Glass Animals
  8. Lizzo
  9. Jack Harlow
  10. Ed Sheeran


Top Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) Songs 2022

  1. “As It Was” Harry Styles
  2. “Heat Waves” Glass Animals
  3. “That’s What I Want” Lil Nas X
  4. “Need To Know” Doja Cat
  5. “Woman” Doja Cat
  6. “Ghost” Justin Bieber
  7. “Stay” The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
  8. “About Damn Time” Lizzo
  9. “Big Energy” Latto
  10. “Late Night Talking” Harry Styles


Top Country Artists 2022

  1. Luke Combs
  2. Morgan Wallen
  3. Luke Bryan
  4. Jason Aldean
  5. Thomas Rhett
  6. Sam Hunt
  7. Kenny Chesney
  8. Dustin Lynch
  9. Zac Brown Band
  10. Kane Brown


Top Country Songs 2022

  1. “Til You Can’t” Cody Johnson
  2. “Take My Name” Parmalee
  3. “Trouble With A Heartbreak” Jason Aldean
  4. “Thinking ‘Bout You” Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter
  5. “23” Sam Hunt
  6. “Sand In My Boots” Morgan Wallen
  7. “Wasted On You” Morgan Wallen
  8. “If I Didn’t Love You” Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
  9. “Damn Strait” Scotty McCreery
  10. “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go)” Ellie King & Miranda Lambert


Top Hip-Hop Artists 2022

  1. Drake
  2. Lil Baby
  3. Kodak Black
  4. Future
  5. Pop Smoke
  6. Moneybagg Yo
  7. Sza
  8. Wizkid
  9. Chris Brown
  10. Bleu


Top Hip-Hop Songs 2022

  1. “Super Gremlin” Kodak Black
  2. “Wait For U” Future feat. Drake
  3. “I Hate U” Sza
  4. “Essence” Wizkid feat. Tems
  5. “Wild Side” Normani feat. Cardi B
  6. “Girls Want Girls” Drake feat. Lil Baby
  7. “First Class” Jack Harlow
  8. “Chosen” BLXST feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Tyga
  9. “Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)” CKay
  10. “What Happened To Virgil” Lil Durk


Top Alternative Artists 2022

  1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. Green Day
  3. Imagine Dragons
  4. Linkin Park
  5. Nirvana
  6. Foo Fighters
  7. Glass Animals
  8. Blink-182
  9. Weezer
  10. Twenty One Pilots


Top Alternative Songs 2022

  1. “Heat Waves” Glass Animals
  2. “Enemy From League Of Legends” Imagine Dragons
  3. “Black Summer” Red Hot Chili Peppers
  4. “Beggin” Maneskin
  5. “My Universe” Coldplay x BTS
  6. “Monsters” All Time Low feat. blackbear
  7. “Bad Dream” Cannons
  8. “My Ex’s Best Friend” Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear
  9. “Broken” lovelytheband
  10. “Running Up That Hill (A Deal)” Kate Bush


Top Rock Artists 2022

  1. Metallica
  2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
  3. Nirvana
  4. AC/DC
  5. Green Day
  6. Linkin Park
  7. Offspring
  8. Foo Fighters
  9. Ozzy Osbourne
  10. Guns N’ Roses


Top Rock Songs 2022

  1. “Kill The Noise” Papa Roach
  2. “Dead Inside” Nita Strauss feat. David Draiman
  3. “So Called Life” Three Days Grace
  4. “Black Summer” Red Hot Chili Peppers
  5. “Something In The Way” Nirvana
  6. “Everlong” Foo Fighters
  7. “My Hero” Foo Fighters
  8. “For The Glory” All Good Things
  9. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Nirvana
  10. “Monsters” All Time Low feat. blackbear


Note: The Total Audience Spins calculation is based on certified Mediabase airplay and is multiplied by the number of persons listening to the radio at the time of those plays, delivering total audience impressions which is the broadcast equivalent of the number of streams from a streaming music service.