The best songs of 2021 included tracks from Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic, Adele, Billie Eilish and more. ... Rodrigo floored it with her second No. 1 hit of 2021.

Hit Songs Deconstructed, ... Hot 100 No. 1s, in 2021, Hit Songs Deconstructed highlights. Sonically, the ’80s impacted no non-hip-hop No. 1s in both 2018 and 2019, ...

Hit songs rely on increasing “harmonic surprise” to hook listeners, study finds Childish Gambino's "This Is America" ranked highest in challenging musical expectations.

All that said, I’m now going to offer a survey of songs of 2021—the ones not found among my earlier album list—that capriciously crosses genres, like the rootless-cosmopolitan critic I am.

Variety presents the Hitmakers list — the producers, managers and A&R, marketing and promotion execs who brought the heat to 2021's smashes.

Hit Songs Deconstructed, which provides compositional analytics for top 10 Hot 100 hits, has released its 2021 midyear State of the Hot 100 Top 10 report. Here are five takeaways from Hit Songs ...

The 40 Best Songs of 2021. These tracks helped us smile, heal, and get out of our own heads for a little while. By Spencer Dukoff and Paul Kita Published: Dec 14, 2021 2:48 PM EST.

The top country songs of November 2021 prove how you'd do well to grab a partner to notch a hit. Six of the Top 11 songs are collaborations and another is from a band.

Hit Songs Are Staying on the Top Charts Longer Than Ever By Lucas Shaw September 29, 2022. ... “Dangerous” has been in the top 10 for 88 of the 89 weeks since it was released in January 2021.

No. 1 on the August 2021 version of the Top 40 country songs list is a true country radio hit. Old Dominion's "I Was on a Boat That Day" is one of the fastest rising of their career and ...

The below list of the Top 40 Rock Songs of 2021 ranges from rock to metal, blues to prog and everything in between - the end results of an exciting and fruitful year. 40. Nancy Wilson, "4 Edward" ...