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Apple Music launches ‘Best of 2025’ playlists and picks Artist of the Year

Tyler, The Creator led Apple Music with over 4.5 billion minutes streamed and earned a unique silicon wafer award for his standout 2025 achievements.

  • On Nov. 20, Apple Music named Tyler, The Creator its 2025 Artist of the Year, awarding him a trophy made from an Apple silicon wafer suspended in glass.
  • Tyler wrote, recorded and released his ninth studio album 'Don't Tap the Glass' mid-tour while supporting Chromakopia: The World Tour and earning five Grammy nominations plus a feature-film debut in 'Marty Supreme' this year.
  • Across Apple Music, fans logged more than 4.5 billion minutes between November 2024 and October 2025, while Chromakopia set first-day and first-week records with chart presence in more than 55 countries.
  • The Best of 2025 playlists appear inside the Music app's New tab and are available to Apple Music subscribers or via Apple One at $10.99/month.
  • Zane Lowe, Apple Music global creative director, said Tyler's creative risk-taking inspires peers, while Tyler said 'This year, for my career was the biggest so far' reflecting on his output.
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MacRumors broke the news in United States on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
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