On Tuesday (Dec. 9), the complete lineup of Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts will go live following the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by comedian and cultural fixture Druski, airing on Billboard News’ YouTube channel and BillboardTV on Samsung TV Plus at noon ET/9 a.m. PT. Surprise guests will stop by to celebrate a year defined by chart-toppers, genre shifts, and global dominance.
But before the full list lands, we’re giving you the official top 10 for one of the most explosive categories of the year: Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs.
No. 1: “Shake It to the Max (Fly)” — A Cross-Continental Smash
MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea close out 2025 with the No. 1 Afrobeats song of the year, claiming the top of the chart with a record that traveled from Accra to Kingston to Miami without losing steam.
The track debuted at No. 16 on the weekly Afrobeats chart (March 16, 2025) before rocketing to No. 1 on the May 17-dated list — where it stayed for the entire remainder of the Billboard chart year (Oct. 26, 2024 – Oct. 18, 2025). A true grip on the crown.
This is the song that defined Afrobeats in America this year. Pure motion, pure energy.
The Full Top 10 — Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs (2025 Year-End)
- Shake It to the Max (Fly) — MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea
- Water — Tyla
- Push 2 Start — Tyla
- Move — Adam Port, Stryv & Camila Cabello feat. Malachiii
- Calm Down — Rema & Selena Gomez
- Baby (Is It a Crime) — Rema
- Piece of My Heart — Wizkid & Brent Faiyaz
- With You — Davido feat. Omah Lay
- Laho — Shallipopi
- Tatata — Burna Boy & Travis Scott
The full, extended ranking — along with every other 2025 year-end chart — drops Dec. 9.
How the Year-End Charts Are Calculated
Billboard’s year-end charts compile data from weekly performance across the entire chart year (Oct. 26, 2024 – Oct. 18, 2025).
Metrics from Luminate include:
- Equivalent album units
- Airplay
- Sales
- Streaming
Only activity that occurs while a title is actively charting within the tracking window counts toward its year-end position. This is why some results differ from calendar-year metrics, which Luminate compiles separately.
