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Apple Music Names Tyler, The Creator 2025 Artist of the Year

Apple cites a career‑best 4.5 billion minutes of listening on its service.

Overview

  • Apple reports Tyler logged more than 4.5 billion minutes of listening between November 2024 and October 2025, marking his strongest year on the platform.
  • He released two contrasting projects in the same touring year, with Chromakopia setting his personal first‑day and first‑week Apple Music records and Don’t Tap the Glass debuting at No. 1 in over 55 countries.
  • The year featured a large global tour plus headline slots at Governors Ball, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands and Osheaga, alongside the 11th edition of his Camp Flog Gnaw festival.
  • Tyler closes 2025 with five GRAMMY nominations spanning both albums and is set for a feature‑film debut in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.
  • Apple paired the honor with year‑end programming, including new Best of 2025 playlists, and will present Tyler with an Apple Music Award featuring a custom silicon wafer suspended in glass and anodized aluminum.