Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festivals break attendance records and EDM triumphs on the U.S. charts as the Millennial generation’s “New Pop” unifies American music for the first time in ten years. Katy Perry and judges from The Voice are among the big chart winners, while Adele raises the bar for soulful female singers.
#1 Song of the Year
Artists of the Year
- Katy Perry
- Rihanna
- Bruno Mars
Artist with Most Charting Songs
- Glee Cast (75)
Average #1 Artist Age
- 26.8 years
#1 Songs
- Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are (October ’10, 4 wks)
- Ke$ha – We R Who We R (November ’10, 1 wk)
- Rihanna feat. Drake – What’s My Name? (November ’10, 1 wk)
- P!nk – Raise Your Glass (December ’10, 1 wk)
- Katy Perry – Firework (December ’10, 4 wks)
- Bruno Mars – Grenade (January, 4 wks)
- Britney Spears – Hold It Against Me (January, 1 wk)
- Wiz Khalifa – Black and Yellow (February, 1 wk)
- Lady GaGa – Born This Way (February, 6 wks)
- Katy Perry feat. Kanye West – E.T. (April, 5 wks)
- Rihanna feat. Britney Spears – S&M (April, 1 wk)
- Adele – Rolling in the Deep (May, 7 wks)
- Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Hayer – Give Me Everything (July, 1 wk)
- LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock – Party Rock Anthem (July, 6 wks)
- Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (August, 2 wks)
- Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera – Moves like Jagger (September, 4 wks)
- Adele – Someone like You (September, 5 wks)
