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!