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timelines Oct. 23, 2023

The Long, Winding History of Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’The story of how the 2019 deep cut became a No. 1 single involves Ellen DeGeneres and some sweetly deranged tweets.

By Shaad D'Souza
yaaass queens Feb. 21, 2023

Ice Spice and PinkPantheress Are Climbing the Charts, No LieWith their collab “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2.”

By Justin Curto

chart updates Oct. 24, 2022

‘Unholy’ Makes Kim Petras the First Openly Trans Artist With a No. 1 HitAnd Sam Smith the first publicly nonbinary artist at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

By Jason P. Frank
records on records Oct. 25, 2021

Adele Takes an Easy Ride to No. 1 With ‘Easy on Me’After breaking Spotify’s 24-hour global streaming record.

By Justin Curto
chart updates Apr. 12, 2021

Silk Sonic Charm Their Way to No. 1 With ‘Leave the Door Open’While Olivia Rodrigo notches another top-ten debut.

By Justin Curto
festive! Dec. 14, 2020

Mariah Carey Finishes Out Her Big Year With a Return to No. 1“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is back after opening 2020 up top.

By Justin Curto
watch me sweep up these m’s May 26, 2020

Megan Thee Stallion Finally Gets a No. 1 Thanks to TikTok, Videos, and Beyoncé“Savage” finally completed its journey to the top.

By Justin Curto
chart watch May 9, 2019

Taylor Swift’s ‘ME!’ Came in Second Place. What Happened?Why Swift’s usually successful single strategy might be at odds with today’s chart demands.

By Chris Molanphy
hot 100 Dec. 19, 2016

Taylor Swift Just Scored Her 20th Top 10 Hit; J. Cole Gets His FirstTaylor and Zayn’s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” has debuted at No. 6; J. Cole’s “Deja Vu” is at No. 7.

By Dee Lockett
charts July 25, 2016

Sia Lands First No. 1 As ‘Cheap Thrills’ Unseats Drake in the Hot 100It’s the first chart-topper by a woman over 40 since Madonna’s “Music.”

By Nate Jones