AP Spotlight 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW | MUSIC AP's top songs of 2024: 'Texas Hold 'Em,' 'Not Like Us,' 'Igual Que Un Ángel' and more From the 2024 Year in Review series MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press Dec 30, 2024 Dec 30, 2024 Updated Jun 17, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order.k9amQp q2C $@?8 W%:ADJX[Q $923@@K6Jk^9amkAmxE :D ?@E @?=J E96 3:886DE D@?8 @7 E96 J62C[ 3FE @?6 @7 E96 =@?86DE\C6:8?:?8 }@] `D @7 2== E:>6[ 2D 72C 2D E96 q:==3@2C5 w@E `__ :D 4@?46C?65 — $923@@K6JVD Qp q2C $@?8 W%:ADJXQ E:65 {:= }2D )VD Q~=5 %@H? #@25Q H:E9 2? :>AC6DD:G6 `h H66<D 2E@A E96 492CED] xE >2<6D D6?D6 E92E E96D6 EH@ D@?8D C6D@?2E65 :? 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