How Taylor Swift Topped Our 2020s Global Hitmakers Ranking
Taylor Swift started the 2020s outside our top 20 global hitmakers. A year-by-year look at how she climbed to #1 for the decade in our ranking.
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The Hot 100’s Recurrent Rules, Explained
Why Billboard removes long-running hits from the Hot 100, how the rules changed in 2015 and 2025, what lets a song back on, and where the system gets murky.
20 Songs Notoriously Blocked From #1 on the Hot 100 This Decade
The decade’s 20 most notorious Hot 100 #1 blocks, ranked by infamy: fanbase battles, razor-thin margins and massive hits denied the top spot.
Which 19-Week #1 Is the Biggest Hot 100 Hit?
“Choosin’ Texas” is projected to join “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and “Old Town Road” at 19 weeks atop the Hot 100. We compare their strength at that milestone.
How Often Are We Right? Auditing 1 Year of Hot 100 Predictions
A review of Talk of the Charts' weekly Final Billboard Hot 100 Predictions across 52 graded weeks (July 2025 to July 2026), comparing each predicted top 10 against the chart Billboard published.
Who Are the Biggest Global Hitmakers of the 2020s So Far?
Using Global 200 singles points and artist-credit splits, this ranking shows the top 10 artists of every year from 2020 through 2025.
Which 2020s Album Eras Produced the Biggest and Most Hits?
To identify album eras with the biggest global hits and broad public impact, we exclude pure album sales and long-tail album-track activity. Instead, this ranking measures each era's hit songs that charted on the Global 200, with special focus on tracks that reached the top 10.
Every Major Record That Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Broke
Taylor Swift has broken a staggering number of chart records with the release of her twelfth studio album, 'The Life of a Showgirl'. Here's a comprehensive list of every major record she shattered.
The Most Streamed Songs on Spotify in a 1 Year Period This Decade So Far
A look at the most streamed songs on Spotify in any 1 year period so far this decade, from 2020 to 2025.
Is Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” the Biggest Hit of All Time in the US?
According to our analysis, Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” could be the biggest hit of all time in the US.
The Biggest Global Hits of the 2020s: “Blinding Lights” vs “Die With A Smile”
The Weeknd's “Blinding Lights” and Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ “Die With A Smile” are now the two biggest global chart hits of the 2020s. We compare their first year on the charts.