Hip-Hop affirms and solidifies its pop culture supremacy with “the Kiki Challenge,” Emo Rap and seven of the year’s top ten hits after Billboard updates the Hot100 to reflect the dominance of on-demand streaming. Meanwhile, Trump-era media narratives dramatically reshape the Pop ecosystem as they reverberate beyond politics and pervade downstream culture.

#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. Drake
3. Cardi B

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

• Drake (26)

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

• 27.6 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. Post Malone feat. 21 Savage – Rockstar (October ’17, 8 wks)
2. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (December ’17, 5 wks)
3. Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug – Havana (January, 1 wk)
4. Drake – God’s Plan (February, 11 wks)
5. Drake – Nice for What (April, 8 wks)
6. Childish Gambino – This Is America (May, 2 wks)
7. Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho (June, 1 wk)
8. XXXTENTACION – Sad! (June, 1 wk)
9. Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin – I Like It (July, 1 wk)
10. Drake – In My Feelings (July, 10 wks)
11. Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B – Girls like You (September, 7 wks)