If you asked the average person at the beginning of the year who Benson Boone was, many would have been completely lost for ideas. Then, however, the musician debuted a single called Beautiful Things that took the world absolutely by storm, so much so that the song has now been crowned the Biggest Selling Global Single of the Year by the IFPI.
We are told that the song topped all digital formats, including paid subscription streaming, ad-supported streaming and single song downloads, and it performed so well that it beat Sabrina Carpenter’s summer hit, Espresso.
In fact, the 10 best-selling singles of the year were as follows:
- Pretty Things by Benson Boone
- Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter
- Lose control by Teddy Swims
- Birds of a feather by Billie Eilish
- A bar song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey
- Too sweet by Hozier
- I had some help (feat. Morgan Wallen) by Post Malone
- Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
- Cruel summer by Taylor Swift
- Stick season by Noah Kahan
This is also because Taylor Swift was recently named the greatest artist of 2024 by the IFPI.