Top 10 Apple Music — Top Songs (GB) — May 17, 2026

Forget slow jams—on May 17, 2026, the UK’s most-streamed songs on Apple Music read like a Drake takeover script. The Toronto titan seizes nine of the top ten slots, all but one from his freshly dropped surprise album, leaving Olivia Dean as the sole non-Drake holdout. What Apple Music’s most-streamed chart captures isn't just passive listening—it’s the immediate, reactive pulse of a subscriber base that chooses to play a song on repeat, not because a playlist forced it, but because they actually want to. In the UK, where streaming loyalty often leans toward resilient UK artists, this near-total sweep is a signal that Drake’s cultural gravitational pull remains undiminished across the Atlantic. Snap specific: the lead track “Make Them Cry” (nearly 2 million streams in its first two days) and the defiant “2 Hard 4 The Radio” both land in the top ten, proving that even a decade-plus into his career, Drake commands attention on release day like no other. Apple Music compiles this list from the most played tracks across all active UK subscribers within a single 24-hour window, raw play count, no human curation—just data.