In 2022, it soared to the top half of the Billboard Hot 100 and inspired tens ... 28 of the 144 nominated songs come in under three minutes. In pop, there’s SZA’s “Kill Bill” (2:33 ...
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The Houston rapper's newest hit is the 83rd song in chart history to debut at the very top of Billboard's Hot 100. More than half of the songs to achieve the feat have done so in the last five years.
The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights," 90 weeks beginning in 2020. The Weeknd has had so many hits, but this one crushed the pandemic-era pop charts — and the aforementioned Radio Songs — as it topped the ...