All year long, Shazam’s music recognition technology tracked what songs were being played on radio stations around the world. (That’s nearly 1 million hours of music each day, broadcasting on more than 40,000 stations from Sacramento to Stockholm to Seoul.) Oldies were still goodies as classic rock continued to rule the airwaves this year; more than half a century after their debut, Queen ended 2024 with more rock radio entries than any other band. Hear what else the world listened to this year.