Trump v. Hillary politicizes Pop like never before and countless stars are #WithHer while the GOP’s celeb hopeful can’t even play records at his events! Streaming reverses the music industry’s 15-year free-fall from online filesharing as Tropical House and Dancehall sounds top the charts, Justin Bieber grows up, a genre-bending Rock duo from Ohio breaks through, and one-namers Adele, Drake and Rihanna all reach new heights.

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Hot100 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. Drake
2. Twenty One Pilots
3. The Chainsmokers

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most Hot100 charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• Drake (22)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Hot100 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 27.9 years

#1 Songs   List of Hot100 #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. Adele – Hello (November ’15, 10 wks)
2. Justin Bieber – Sorry (January, 3 wks)
3. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (February, 2 wks)
4. Zayn – Pillowtalk (February, 1 wk)
5. Rihanna feat. Drake – Work (March, 9 wks)
6. Desiigner – Panda (May, 2 wks)
7. Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla – One Dance (May, 10 wks)
8. Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop the Feeling! (May, 1 wk)
9. Sia feat. Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (August, 4 wks)