List of Billboard Top 10 2021
Breaking|Dec 2, 2021,12:22pm EST|39,907 views Most Popular Music Of 2021: Dua Lipa, Drake Top Billboards Year-End ListsMarisa Dellatto Forbes Staff Business I cover breaking news, arts and entertainment. Updated Dec 23, 2021, 02:38pm EST ToplineAs 2021 comes to a close, music giants like Billboard, Spotify, Apple Music, iHeartRadio and more are releasing their lists for the most-listened and best-selling songs and albums of the year, and acts like BTS, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande and Olivia Rodrigo have the lead on several chartsheres a rundown of the most popular music this year. Show
a performs onstage for the 2020 American Music Awards, broadcast on November 22, 2020 London, England. Getty Images for dcp Key FactsBillboard: Dua Lipas Levitating was the most popular song of the year, topping Billboards Hot 100; Drake was the top artist of the year; Controversial country singer Morgan Wallen, who was caught on video using a racial slur, earned the number one spot on the Top 200 Albums chart for his work Dangerous: The Double Album. Spotify: Olivia Rodrigos drivers license was the most-streamed song Jan. 1 to Nov. 27, around the world and in the U.S. on the streaming service; Rodrigos album Sour was the most-streamed album globally; Bad Bunny was the most streamed artist around the world for the second year in a row, garnering 9.1 billion streams. Apple Music: BTS Dynamite was the most-played song on the streaming service between October 16, 2020, and October 15, 2021; the most Shazamed songwhen users ask Siri to identify a song thats playingwas Masked Wolfs Astronaut in the Ocean, which was requested 11.7 million times. iHeartRadio: Dua Lipas Levitating was the most-played song on the countrys largest radio network, garnering 1.2 billion listens; Ariana Grande was the networks most-played artist, getting 2.6 billion listens. Pandora: Cardi Bs Up topped the streaming radio services list of songs with the most thumbs up reactions from users this year. YouTube: The platforms top music video in the U.S. was Pooh Shiesty and Lil Durks Back In Blood, which earned over 217 million total views. ListsYoutube Top Music Videos (U.S.):
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TangentSeveral popular songs from last year bled over onto this years charts. Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande and Bad Bunny did not release new music this year, and their popularity in 2021 on Spotify, iHeartRadio and the Billboard charts comes from their releases in 2020. Blinding Lights was one of the most popular songs last year, and still charted on Apple Music and on Billboards Hot 100 in 2021. Dynamite was also released last year. Key BackgroundLast years Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Year chart, which is based on sales, streams and radio plays , was topped by familiar names: The Weeknds Blinding Lights ranked first, followed by Post Malones Circles, Roddy Ricchs The Box, Dua Lipas Dont Start Now and DaBaby and Roddy Ricchs Rockstar. The most-popular album of last year, according to Billboard, was Post Malones Hollywood Is Bleeding. Blinding Lights was also the most-streamed song on Spotify last year. Further ReadingOld MusicFrom Dua Lipa, Ariana GrandeOutperforms New Music In 2021 On Biggest Radio Network (Forbes) Adeles 30 Becomes The Bestselling Album Of 2021 In Just Three Days (Forbes) Get the best of Forbesto your inbox with the latest insights from experts across the globe. Follow me onTwitter.Send me a securetip.Marisa Dellatto I'm a breaking news reporter focusing on arts and entertainment. I previously worked as a features reporter at the New York Post, where I covered pop culture, and at the Boston Globe and Boston.com I graduated from Emerson College in 2017 with a degree in journalism. Follow me on Twitter @MarisaDellatto or reach out at . Read MoreRead LessCorrectionsReprints & Permissions Loading ... More from ForbesGhislaine Maxwell Formally Seeks Retrial After Juror Revealed Personal Experiences Of Sexual AbuseNorth Korea Signals It May Resume Nuclear Testing, Prepare For Long-Term Confrontation With The U.S.Majority Of Mysterious Havana Syndrome Cases Not Linked To Hostile Foreign Power, CIA FindsSenate Democrats Fail To Advance Voting Rights Bill And Fall Short Of Changing FilibusterAntibiotic Resistance Killed 1.2 Million People In 2019, Study Finds, A Leading Cause Of DeathBiden Still Thinks Big Chunks Of Massive Social Spending Bill Can Pass This YearCDC: Prior Covid Infection Offered More Protection Against Delta Than Vaccines But Both Together Did BestSupreme Skirmish Squashed: Justices Deny Report Claiming Gorsuch Refused Request By Sotomayor To Wear MaskMajority Of Americans Still Want Employer Vaccine Mandates After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Policy, Poll FindsMore Articles |