It’s Teens, TikTok memes, “virality” and edgy, genre-bending Pop as Gen-Z announces its arrival on the charts, on-demand streaming continues to lead the music industry’s comeback, passing 50% of revenue and becoming the first dominant format since CDs, and BigCulture™ stops caring whether it’ll “play in Peoria” as Democrats take the House of Representatives and Trump/MAGA #resistance enters beast mode.

#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. Post Malone
2. Ariana Grande
3. Billie Eilish

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

• Taylor Swift (19)

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

• 27.2 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. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (November ’18, 7 wks)
2. Travis Scott – Sicko Mode (December ’18, 1 wk)
3. Halsey – Without Me (January, 2 wks)
4. Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) (January, 1 wk)
5. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (February, 8 wks)
6. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow (March, 1 wk)
7. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (March, 1 wk)
8. Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (April, 19 wks)
9. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (August, 1 wk)
10. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – Senorita (August, 1 wk)
11. Lizzo – Truth Hurts (September, 7 wks)
12. Travis Scott – Highest in the Room (October, 1 wk)
13. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (November, 3 wks)
14. Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You (December, 3 wks)