Top songs of 2021

What was the number one song of 2021?

The number one song of 2021 was “Levitating” by Dua Lipa, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2021.

“Butter” by BTS was number one for the most weeks of 2021: 10 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated June 5, 2021.

Born in 2021? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2021, year-end Hot 100 of 2021).

How many songs reached number one in 2021?

17 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2021. Counting “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and “Mood”, which were already at number one when the year began, 19 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2021, “Butter” by BTS stayed there longest: 10 weeks in total, from the chart dated June 5, 2021.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2021. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2021?

4 acts had more than one number one in 2021, counting lead and featured credits. BTS had the most, with 3: “Butter”, “Permission to Dance” and “My Universe”.

• BTS: “Butter”, “Permission to Dance” and “My Universe”
• Drake: “What's Next” and “Way 2 Sexy”
• Justin Bieber: “Peaches” and “Stay”
• Olivia Rodrigo: “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U”

What were the biggest songs of 2021?

The five biggest songs of 2021 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Levitating” by Dua Lipa, “Save Your Tears” by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, “Mood” by 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior and “Good 4 U” by Olivia Rodrigo.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Heartbreak Anniversary” Giveon
32. “For the Night” Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby
33. “Calling My Phone” Lil Tjay and 6lack
34. “Beautiful Mistakes” Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion
35. “Holy” Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper
36. “On Me” Lil Baby
37. “You Broke Me First” Tate McRae
38. “Traitor” Olivia Rodrigo
39. “Back in Blood” Pooh Shiesty featuring Lil Durk
40. “I Hope” Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth
41. “Dynamite” BTS
42. “Wockesha” Moneybagg Yo
43. “You Right” Doja Cat and the Weeknd
44. “Beat Box 2 / Beat Box 3” SpotemGottem featuring Pooh Shiesty / SpotemGottem featuring DaBaby
45. “Laugh Now Cry Later” Drake featuring Lil Durk
46. “Need to Know” Doja Cat
47. “Wants and Needs” Drake featuring Lil Baby
48. “Way 2 Sexy” Drake featuring Future and Young Thug
49. “Telepatía” Kali Uchis
50. “Whoopty” CJ
51. “Lemonade” Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and Nav
52. “Good Days” SZA
53. “Starting Over” Chris Stapleton
54. “Body” Megan Thee Stallion
55. “Willow” Taylor Swift
56. “Bang!” AJR
57. “Better Together” Luke Combs
58. “You're Mines Still” Yung Bleu featuring Drake
59. “Every Chance I Get” DJ Khaled featuring Lil Baby and Lil Durk
60. “Essence” Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber and Tems
61. “Chasing After You” Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris
62. “The Good Ones” Gabby Barrett
63. “Leave Before You Love Me” Marshmello and Jonas Brothers
64. “Glad You Exist” Dan + Shay
65. “Lonely” Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco
66. “Beggin'” Måneskin
67. “Streets” Doja Cat
68. “What's Next” Drake
69. “Famous Friends” Chris Young and Kane Brown
70. “Lil Bit” Nelly and Florida Georgia Line
71. “Thot Shit” Megan Thee Stallion
72. “Late at Night” Roddy Ricch
73. “Kings & Queens” Ava Max
74. “Anyone” Justin Bieber
75. “Track Star” Mooski
76. “Time Today” Moneybagg Yo
77. “Cry Baby” Megan Thee Stallion featuring DaBaby
78. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Mariah Carey
79. “No More Parties” Coi Leray featuring Lil Durk
80. “What's Your Country Song” Thomas Rhett
81. “One Too Many” Keith Urban and Pink
82. “Arcade” Duncan Laurence
83. “Yonaguni” Bad Bunny
84. “Good Time” Niko Moon
85. “If I Didn't Love You” Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
86. “Knife Talk” Drake featuring 21 Savage and Project Pat
87. “POV” Ariana Grande
88. “Just the Way” Parmalee and Blanco Brown
89. “Take My Breath” The Weeknd
90. “We're Good” Dua Lipa
91. “Hell of a View” Eric Church
92. “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” Brenda Lee
93. “Put Your Records On” Ritt Momney
94. “Happier Than Ever” Billie Eilish
95. “Single Saturday Night” Cole Swindell
96. “Things a Man Oughta Know” Lainey Wilson
97. “Throat Baby (Go Baby)” BRS Kash
98. “Tombstone” Rod Wave
99. “Drinkin' Beer. Talkin' God. Amen.” Chase Rice featuring Florida Georgia Line
100. “Todo de Ti” Rauw Alejandro

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2021, year-end Hot 100 of 2021).

What songs should go on a 2021 mix CD?

A 2021 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 25 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Levitating” by Dua Lipa and closing with “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes, for 75:43 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2021, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:33, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2021 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2021 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What has popular music been like in the 2020s?

Popular music in the 2020s has been driven by streaming, with pop, hip-hop and country crossover songs topping the Hot 100. When a major album comes out, its songs can fill much of the top ten in the same week.

From 2020 to 2025, 89 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 8 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 89, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey spent the most weeks at number one: 19 in total. Taylor Swift had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 8. The typical number one of these years ran 3:18 (the median of the 81 with a known length).