One of the biggest things that music can provide people is comfort. Turn on a favorite song and it’s a few minutes where you can escape to a place that you already know you love and that makes you happy. Maybe that’s why so far in 2025, listeners are still clinging to 2024 in a major way.

Luminate, which provides chart data for Billboard, released its mid-year report today (July 16), which reflects the tracking period from January 3 to July 3. Here’s the list of the ten most-streamed songs of 2025’s first six months:

1. Kendrick Lamar and SZA — “Luther” (530.4 million on-demand streams)
2. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile” (421.4 million)
3. Kendrick Lamar — “TV Off” Feat. Lefty Gunplay (370.4 million)
4. Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us” (368.0 million)
5. Drake — “Nokia” (326.3 million)
6. Morgan Wallen — “I’m The Problem” (326.3 million)
7. Teddy Swims — “Lose Control” (320.9 million)
8. Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (319.6 million)
9. Alex Warren — “Ordinary” (319.3 million)
10. Billie Eilish — “Birds Of A Feather” (319.1 million)

In the top ten, Kendrick Lamar and SZA lead the way with their 2024 hit. The list is primarily 2024 hits, actually: Only Drake’s “Nokia,” Morgan Wallen’s “I’m The Problem,” and Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” were released this year.

Warren’s “Ordinary,” though, is starting to carve out its spot as perhaps the year’s biggest song as it spends a sixth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart.

While Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are well known for their rather impressive collections of Grammy Awards (which grew by an Album of the Year and Record/Song of the Year awards, respectively), they are also surprisingly matched up against each other for a few of the same 2025 Emmy Awards.

Beyoncé’s Beyoncé Bowl and Kendrick’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show are both nominated for Outstanding Choreography, Outstanding Variety Special (Live), and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special. Meanwhile, Beyoncé Bowl is also nominated for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl show is nominated for Outstanding Music Direction. Interestingly enough, the specials actually share a choreographer: Compton native Charm La Donna, who has also done work with Dua Lipa, Rosalía, and Selena Gomez, winning an MTV Video Music Award for Rosalía, J Balvin and El Guincho’s “Con Altura” video.

Doechii’s Grammy performance is also nominated for Outstanding Choreography, while Beyoncé has an additional nomination for Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special. Funnily enough, should Kendrick win Outstanding Variety Special over Beyoncé, her household will still get a statue; her husband Jay-Z is nominated for the Super Bowl halftime show as a producer.

The 77th Emmy Awards are scheduled for September 14 at 8 PM ET/ 5 PM PT on CBS and Paramount Plus.