2021 - A Year in Review

Hi, everyone and welcome to the Year in Review post! This post is basically just a collection of a bunch of different stats in the year.

We'll kick it off with our Weekend Countdown #1s.

Weekend Countdown #1s

Shivers - Ed Sheeran [10 weeks at #1]

good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo [9 weeks at #1]

STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber [6 weeks at #1]

Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran [5 weeks at #1]

drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo [4 weeks at #1]

willow - Taylor Swift [4 weeks at #1]

Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby [3 weeks at #1]

Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear [3 weeks at #1; 4 total]

Golden - Harry Styles [2 weeks at #1; 4 total]

Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift [2 weeks at #1]

We're Good - Dua Lipa [2 weeks at #1]

deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo [1 week at #1]

Overdrive - Conan Gray [1 week at #1]

Yeah, so not much diversity here... in case you didn't notice, the only black artist to hit #1 this year was DaBaby... yeah... other than that, the #1s were pretty good. I enjoyed a lot of these (pretty much every one except for Golden).

Next up is the Hunger Games Countdown #1s.

Hunger Games Countdown #1s

Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine [4 weeks at #1]

F***BOY - Dixie [3 weeks at #1]

3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn [3 weeks at #1]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [2 weeks at #1]

Let's go to Hell - Tai Verdes [2 weeks at #1]

Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae [2 weeks at #1]

positions - Ariana Grande [2 weeks at #1]

til the end of time - almost monday [2 weeks at #1]

Bad Girl - Daya [1 week at #1]

Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion [1 week at #1]

Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat [1 week at #1]

Bummerland - AJR [1 week at #1; 2 total]

deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo [1 week at #1]

Dinero - Trinidad Cardona [1 week at #1]

drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo [1 week at #1]

going out - ROLE MODEL [1 week at #1]

Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez [1 week at #1]

In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez [1 week at #1]

Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA [1 week at #1]

NDA - Billie Eilish [1 week at #1]

Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low [1 week at #1]

Our Song - Anne-Marie/Niall Horan [1 week at #1]

Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon [1 week at #1]

People Watching - Conan Gray [1 week at #1]

PMA - All Time Low/Pale Waves [1 week at #1]

Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa [1 week at #1]

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays [1 week at #1]

Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha [1 week at #1]

Signals - Regard/Kwabs [1 week at #1]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [1 week at #1]

Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler [1 week at #1]

THINK ABOUT ME - jxdn [1 week at #1]

TWINNEM - Coi Leray [1 week at #1]

Way Less Sad - AJR [1 week at #1]

Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug [1 week at #1]

We're Good - Dua Lipa [1 week at #1]

100 Ways - Jackson Wang [1 week at #1; 3 total]

2Drunk - Nick Jonas [1 week at #1]

2011 - 5 Seconds of Summer [1 week at #1]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [1 week at #1]

Yeah, so this list is always chaotic. The only real noteworthy thing here is that Lifestyle spent four weeks at #1, which is a lot for this chart.

Next, If the Countdown Made Sense.

If the Countdown Made Sense #1s

STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber [10 weeks at #1]

good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo [6 weeks at #1]

positions - Ariana Grande [6 weeks at #1; 8 total]

drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo [5 weeks at #1]

WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI [5 weeks at #1]

Easy On Me - Adele [4 weeks at #1]

INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow [3 weeks at #1]

Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA [3 weeks at #1]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [3 weeks at #1]

Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon [2 weeks at #1]

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish [2 weeks at #1]

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X [1 week at #1]

pov - Ariana Grande [1 week at #1]

Save Your Tears - The Weeknd [1 week at #1]

Ah, there we go. There's some diversity. Anyways, nice to see STAY and good 4 u at the top for as long as they were.

Next, Hot 100.

Hot 100 #1s

Butter - BTS [10 weeks at #1]

drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo [8 weeks at #1]

Easy On Me - Adele [7 weeks at #1]

STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber [7 weeks at #1]

All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey [2 weeks at #1; 6 total]

Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic [2 weeks at #1]

Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior [2 weeks at #1; 6 total]

RAPSTAR - Polo G [2 weeks at #1]

Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande [2 weeks at #1]

All Too Well (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift [1 week at #1]

good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo [1 week at #1]

INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow [1 week at #1]

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X [1 week at #1]

My Universe - Coldplay/BTS [1 week at #1]

Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon [1 week at #1]

Permission to Dance - BTS [1 week at #1]

Up - Cardi B [1 week at #1]

Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug [1 week at #1]

What's Next - Drake [1 week at #1]

Yeah, there were a stupid amount of #1 debuts. Also, there was tons of chart manipulation from the BTS army. You can tell, because Butter spent the most weeks at #1 this year, but only ranked at #11 on Billboard's Year-End chart.

Next is our stupidly big list of Hit-Bound Dropouts from this year.

Hit-Bound Dropouts

acting like that - YUNGBLUD/Machine Gun Kelly

All My Favorite Songs - Weezer/AJR

Alone - Trevor Daniel

Another Song About Tequila - Tequila Mockingbrd

Bad Day - Justus Bennetts

Bad Girl - Daya

Beginning Middle End - Leah Nobel

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

Body - Megan Thee Stallion

Boyz - Jesy Nelson/Nicki Minaj

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

Change My Clothes - Dream/Alec Benjamin

Chasing Stars - Alesso/Marshmello/James Bay

cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa

CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane

Cry Over Boys - Alexander 23

Dancing With The Devil - Demi Lovato

Darling - Halsey

Dinero - Trinidad Cardona

Don't Be Shy - Tiësto/KAROL G

Don't Go - Skrillex/Justin Bieber/Don Toliver

Drive You Home - Jackson Wang/Internet Money

Dynamite - Sean Paul/Sia

Frankenstein - Claire Rosinkranz

Friday (Re-Edit) - Riton/Nightcrawlers/Mufasa & Hypeman/Dopamine

F***BOY - Dixie

Get Into It (Yuh) - Doja Cat

Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees

Girls Want Girls - Drake/Lil Baby

Giving In To The Love - AURORA

Good Without - Mimi Webb

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

HIT IT - Black Eyed Peas/Saweetie/Lele Pons

Hold On - Justin Bieber

I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby

i hope ur miserable until ur dead - Nessa Barrett

I Like That - Bazzi

In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez

In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII

It's You, Not Me (Sabotage) - Masked Wolf/Bebe Rexha

jump - Against The Current

JUST LIKE YOU - NF

Kiss My (Uh Oh) - Anne-Marie/Little Mix

Last One Standing - Skylar Grey/Polo G/Mozzy/Eminem

Late At Night - Roddy Ricch

Lean On Me - Cheat Codes/Tinashe

let you - iann dior

Lilith - Halsey

Little Bit of Love - Tom Grennan

Lost - Maroon 5

Lost Cause - Billie Eilish

Lotus Inn - Why Don't We

Love Back - Why Don't We

MAMMAMIA - Måneskin

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande

Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae

MONEY - LISA

Never the 1 - ROSIE

Obsessed - Addison Rae

ONE OF ME - Lil Nas X/Elton John

One Whole Day - Dixie/Wiz Khalifa

On The Ground - ROSÉ

Permission to Dance - BTS

PMA - All Time Low/Pale Waves

Present - Khalid

Provide - G-Eazy/Chris Brown/Mark Morrison

Psycho - Dixie/Rubi Rose

Reckless - Madison Beer

Record Player - Daisy the Great/AJR

rubberband - Tate McRae

Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

seaside_demo - SEB

Serotonin - girl in red

Signals - Regard/Kwabs

slower - Tate McRae

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

Soft Landing - JP Saxe

Solar Power - Lorde

space girl - Frances Forever

Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

Steal My Love - Dan + Shay

Stop - AJ Mitchell

Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells

SUN GOES DOWN - Lil Nas X

Sweet Dream - Alessia Cara

Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug

Telepath - Conan Gray

The Business - Tiësto

The Motto - Tiësto/Ava Max

The Real Thing - Dixie

The Way You Felt - Alec Benjamin

THINK ABOUT ME - jxdn

Thot S*** - Megan Thee Stallion

til the end of time - almost monday

too many feelings - Ruel

Toxic - BoyWithUke

Track Star - Mooski/Chris Brown

t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l - WILLOW/Travis Barker

TWINNEM - Coi Leray

u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae

Up - Cardi B

Visiting Hours - Ed Sheeran

Woman - Doja Cat

You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Maren Morris

2Drunk - Nick Jonas

2011 - 5 Seconds of Summer

24/5 - Mimi Webb

Now is the part of the post where I hand out my Lights Over Paris award. This award goes out to my favourite Hit-Bound Dropout of the year. Last year, I gave it to Good Thing by Zedd and Kehlani, and the year before that, I gave it to Takeaway by The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM and Lennon Stella. This year, the award goes to...

I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby

This song was a star-studded banger, and it deserved more than any song to debut, and I'm sad it didn't.

Honourable Mentions

All My Favorite Songs - Weezer/AJR

CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane

Friday (Re-Edit) - Riton/Nightcrawlers/Mufasa & Hypeman/Dopamine

Good Without - Mimi Webb

i hope ur miserable until ur dead - Nessa Barrett

Last One Standing - Skylar Grey/Polo G/Mozzy/Eminem

Little Bit of Love - Tom Grennan

ONE OF ME - Lil Nas X/Elton John

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae

Next up is just a bunch of random stats. Enjoy!

Most Weeks on the Countdown

Heat Waves - Glass Animals {25 weeks} [January 30 - July 17]

Least Weeks on the Countdown

deep end - Fousheé {1 week} [February 6]

Faking Love - Anitta/Saweetie {1 week} [November 6]

Goodbye - Shaylen {1 week} [January 23]

Higher Power - Coldplay {1 week} [May 15]

RAPSTAR - Polo G {1 week} [June 26]

Run (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran {1 week} [November 20]

Smallest Biggest Drop

Diamonds - Sam Smith (-3) [January 16]

Golden - Harry Styles (-3) [January 16]

Love Again - Dua Lipa (-3) [July 31]

WANNA BE - jxdn/Machine Gun Kelly (-3) [July 31]

Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-3) [January 16]

Biggest Biggest Drop

Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-20) [March 27]

Smallest Biggest Jump

Ghost - Justin Bieber (+1) [December 11]

My Universe - Coldplay/BTS (+1) [December 11]

THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X (+1) [December 11]

Biggest Biggest Jump

good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (+25) [June 5]

Smallest Combined Movers

STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber (-5) & Wandered To LA - Juice WRLD/Justin Bieber (+4) (9 spots)[December 25]

Biggest Combined Movers

Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-20), Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+12) & Way Less Sad - AJR (+12) (44 spots) [March 27]

Highest Debut of the Year

Easy On Me - Adele (#7) [October 23]

Lowest Debut of the Year

Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (#30) [March 13]

By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan (#30) [June 12]

Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (#30) [April 10]

Demeanor - Pop Smoke/Dua Lipa (#30) [July 24]

Faking Love - Anitta/Saweetie (#30) [November 6]

Fine Apple - Nic D (#30) [July 3]

For Tonight - Giveon (#30) [October 16]

Goodbye - Shaylen (#30) [January 23]

Good Days - SZA (#30) [February 20]

Higher Power - Coldplay (#30) [May 15]

Hurricane - Kanye West/The Weeknd/Lil Baby (#30) [September 11]

I am not a woman, I'm a god - Halsey (#30) [September 4]

INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow (#30) [August 7]

Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo (#30) [June 19]

la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn (#30) [June 5]

Let's go to Hell - Tai Verdes (#30) [November 13]

Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine (#30) [January 30]

Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line (#30) [May 1]

Love Tonight - Shouse (#30) [August 28]

Paralyzed - Sueco (#30) [October 9]

Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G (#30) [April 3]

RAPSTAR - Polo G (#30) [June 26]

SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY (Remix) - Amaarae/Kali Uchis/Moliy (#30) [December 18]

Take My Breath - The Weeknd (#30) [August 14]

Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (#30) [March 27]

WANNA BE - jxdn/Machine Gun Kelly (#30) [July 10]

Way Less Sad - AJR (#30) [February 27]

Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug (#30) [September 18]

Wild Side - Normani/Cardi B (#30) [August 21]

You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (#30) [April 24]

90s Kids - Jax (#30) [May 22]

Highest Re-Entry of the Year

Bite Me - Avril Lavigne (#10) [December 25]

Lowest Re-Entry of the Year

Essence - WizKid/Justin Bieber/Tems (#30) [September 25]

Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug (#30) [October 2]

Highest Dropout of the Year

Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (#5) [August 14]

Lowest Dropout of the Year

Essence - WizKid/Justin Bieber/Tems (#30) [October 2]

Faking Love - Anitta/Saweetie (#30) [November 13]

Fly Away - Tones And I (#30) [February 6]

Goodbye - Shaylen (#30) [January 30]

Good Days - SZA (#30) [March 13]

Higher Power - Coldplay (#30) [May 22]

la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn (#30) [June 12]

love nwantiti (ah ah ah) - CKay (#30) [December 18]

RAPSTAR - Polo G (#30) [July 3]

Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug (#30) [September 25]

Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug (#30) [December 11]

Shortest Countdown Song of the Year

everything sucks - vaultboy (1:55)

Longest Countdown Song of the Year

Good Days - SZA (4:39)*

*even though both Happier Than Ever and Love Tonight were longer, Hits 1 played a much shorter, edited version of both

Shortest Hit-Bound Dropout of the Year

Bad Day - Justus Bennetts (1:48)

Longest Hit-Bound Dropouts of the Year

Last One Standing - Skylar Grey/Polo G/Mozzy/Eminem (4:18)

Next up is the percentages of all of the genres on the Weekend Countdown this year.

Countdown Genres

27.49% = Upbeat Pop (-10%)

23.98% = Slow Pop (+1%)

19.88% = Melodic Rap/R&B (+3%)

11.4% = Pop Rock (+2%)

5.85% = EDM (-4%)

4.09% = Pop Punk (New)

2.34% = Country (-2%)

2.05% = K-Pop (+1%)

1.75% = Latino (-)

1.17% = Afropop (New)

Upbeat Pop is predictable, still the #1 genre, but it actually lost a whole 10% of all Countdown songs from last year. It's nice to see Melodic Rap/R&B (I combined them, 'cause the line was too blurry between a lot of the songs) with almost 20% of all Countdown songs this year. Big step in the right direction. I'd also like to point out how Pop Rock made a comeback this year, getting 11% of the Countdown songs this year, which is awesome. It's always been my favourite genre. Pop Punk also made a debut this year, which is more amusing than anything.

Next up is our giant list of artists that scored their Countdown Debut this year.

Newcomers

ACRAZE

Amaarae

Anitta

Anthony Watts

bbno$

Bella Poarch

Benson Boone

Big Red Machine

Cherish

CKay

Clinton Kane

DallasK

Daniel Caesar

DJ White Shadow

Duncan Laurence

Elton John

Emmy Meli

FINNEAS

Fousheé

GAYLE

Giveon

Glass Animals

ILLENIUM

Jax

JESSIA

Joshua Bassett

Justin Wellington

jxdn

Kacey Musgraves

Kali Uchis

KSI

Lil Baby

LILHUDDY

Lil Tjay

Mae Muller

Måneskin

Masked Wolf

Moliy

Monsta X

NEIKED

Nessa Barrett

Nic D

Oliver Tree

Olivia Rodrigo

Polo G

Rich Brian

Sara Kays

Saweetie

Shaylen

Shouse

Sigala

Silk Sonic

Small Jam

Sueco

Tainy

Tai Verdes

Tems

Tesher

THE ANXIETY

The Kid LAROI

Tom Grennan

Tyson Ritter

vaultboy

Walker Hayes

6LACK

Now, I'll give out a new award, the "Best New Artist" award. This award doesn't go out to my favourite new artist of the year, but instead to the artist that I think has the most potential going forward. So this year, that award goes to:

Olivia Rodrigo!

This was pretty much a no-brainer, as she had a huge year despite releasing her first single this year.

Honourable Mentions

Anitta

Giveon

Lil Baby

Masked Wolf

Nessa Barrett

Polo G

Saweetie

The Kid LAROI

Next up is the artist who scored the most songs on the Countdown this year.

Artist with the Most Songs on the Countdown in 2021

Justin Bieber: 9 songs (Anyone, Essence, Ghost, Holy, Lonely, Monster, Peaches, STAY, Wandered To LA)

Yeah, so it's still Justin Bieber, like it was last year, except this time around, he scored two more songs than he did last year, for a grand total of nine songs, which is a lot.

Next up is the "Biggest Whiff of the Year" award, which goes out to the biggest hit that Hits 1 didn't pick up on. Now, the highest song on Billboard's Year-End list that fit this criteria was a country song, so I moved to the next one, which was actually on pop radio for a bit, so naturally made more sense for this award.

Biggest Whiff of the Year

DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez

It kinda makes sense why Hits 1 didn't pick this up, as they don't tend to like international music too much, but I would've loved to see this become a hit on the station. It was a pretty good song.

Next up is an award that I introduced last year, the "Oops! I Forgot" award. This "award" goes out to the most forgettable song of the year, or, in other terms, the one that upon reminded of its existence, you'd say, "Oops! I forgot that that song existed". But first, some honourable mentions.

Angel Baby - Troye Sivan

Cloudy Day - Tones And I

deep end - Fousheé

Faking Love - Anitta/Saweetie

Fine Apple - Nic D

Fly Away - Tones And I

Goodbye - Shaylen

Hurricane - Cheat Codes/Grey/Tyson Ritter

Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo

Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

NDA - Billie Eilish

Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran

Run (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran

Say So - Masked Wolf

Sheesh! - Surfaces/Tai Verdes

Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

Wild Side - Normani/Cardi B

And the award goes to...

By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan

Don't tell me that you remembered this song, because you're definitely lying. I know you are.

And now, I have one last award, a new one, for the catchiest chorus of the year. This award goes to, simply, the song that had the catchiest chorus of the year. But first, some honourable mentions.

Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

Heat Waves - Glass Animals

I'm not Pretty (Remix) - JESSIA/Bebe Rexha

INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow

Levitating - Dua Lipa

Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

positions - Ariana Grande

Saturday - Twenty One Pilots

Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande

Shivers - Ed Sheeran

STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber

Take My Breath - The Weeknd

And the winner is...

A-O-K - Tai Verdes

Even though I don't like the song, I have to admit that the hook was stupidly catchy. If you asked me to sing the chorus, it would take me no time to remember it.

Anyways, that was a lot of fun for me to do, and I hope you guys had fun reading it. Kwaheri, and see you all next time for My Bottom 10 Songs of 2021!