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
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Artists of the Year
- Post Malone
- Drake
- Cardi B
Artist with Most Charting Songs
- Drake (26)
Average #1 Artist Age
- 27.6 years
#1 Songs
- Post Malone feat. 21 Savage – Rockstar (October ’17, 8 wks)
- Ed Sheeran – Perfect (December ’17, 5 wks)
- Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug – Havana (January, 1 wk)
- Drake – God’s Plan (February, 11 wks)
- Drake – Nice for What (April, 8 wks)
- Childish Gambino – This Is America (May, 2 wks)
- Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho (June, 1 wk)
- XXXTENTACION – Sad! (June, 1 wk)
- Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin – I Like It (July, 1 wk)
- Drake – In My Feelings (July, 10 wks)
- Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B – Girls like You (September, 7 wks)