Hot Hits of 2021: Levitating #1 of the Year & Olivia Rodrigo Phenomenon
Dua Lipa’s Levitating was crowned the #1 single of 2021 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100, 17-year-old Olivia Rodrigo shattered streaming records with drivers license and good 4 u, and The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber dominated airwaves with STAY.
drivers license set the record for fastest song in history to reach 100 million Spotify streams, launching an unprecedented pop breakout.
Hot Chart Hits of 2021
12 tracks
Levitating
Dua Lipa
“Crowned the #1 song of the entire year on the 2021 Billboard Year-End Hot 100, achieving the title without ever hitting #1 on the weekly chart.”
drivers license
Olivia Rodrigo
“Broke Spotify single-day streaming record for a non-holiday song within 4 days and spent 8 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.”
STAY
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber
“Spent 7 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 and broke the record for fastest song to reach 2 billion Spotify streams.”
good 4 u
Olivia Rodrigo
“High-octane pop-punk breakup anthem that debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and fueled an international pop-punk resurgence.”
MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)
Lil Nas X
“Groundbreaking queer rap anthem debuting at #1 with provocative, culturally explosive visual imagery and over 600M YouTube views.”
Butter
BTS
“Spent 10 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100; broke YouTube premiere records with 3.9 million concurrent viewers.”
INDUSTRY BABY
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow
“Brass-heavy prison-break anthem co-produced by Take a Daytrip and Kanye West; reached #1 on the Hot 100.”
Save Your Tears (Remix)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
“Synth-pop duet that topped the Billboard Hot 100; total combined YouTube streams exceed 1.8 billion views.”
Peaches
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon
“Debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 alongside Justice debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200.”
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
“Synth-pop vampire music video that spent 11 consecutive weeks at #1 in the UK and peaked at #2 on the Hot 100.”
Kiss Me More
Doja Cat ft. SZA
“Won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance; stayed in the Hot 100 top 10 for 27 consecutive weeks.”
Easy On Me
Adele
“Broke all-time record for most Spotify streams in a single day (24 million) upon release in October 2021 and spent 10 weeks at #1.”
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