Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Named 2025’s Top-Selling Single in the World

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. 

Nine of the Top 10 spots were occupied by U.S. artists, with the exception coming from Ireland’s Hozier with “Too Sweet” at No. 6.

Victoria Oakley, CEO, IFPI, says: “We are delighted to present the IFPI Global Single Award to Benson Boone. As a global breakout artist, this is an amazing achievement to produce a truly worldwide hit. Congratulations to Benson, his team and Warner Records for this incredible accomplishment.

“It is also fantastic to see so many other newcomers to the industry shine through in the IFPI Global Singles Chart. It is a wonderful reflection of how emerging artists – working in partnership with their record labels – are finding international success.”

According to the IFPI, its Global Singles Chart 2024 includes total consumption of a track (including remixes and alternative versions) and considers single track downloads and streaming across both free and paid platforms, translated into chart units by IFPI according to a rigorous methodology based on the relative economics of each format in each region globally. For 2024, an enhancement was made to this methodology to better account for the economics of subscription streams across regions – therefore the Global Subscription Stream Equivalents outlined below are not directly comparable with IFPI Global Single Chart results from previous years.