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Hip-Hop Tops Pop, Acoustics Ascend: The State of the Hot 100’s Top 10, Mid-Year 2024
Hip-hop tops pop on the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 trends at mid-year 2024 thanks to hits by Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, SZA, Jack Harlow and more.
“Notably, several artists outside of the traditional country space released crossover hits in the genre,” in the first half of 2024, including Hot 100 leaders “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé and “I Had Some Help” by Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen. “Bells and chimes saw their first increase in four years, jumping from 1% to 9% in the first half of 2024,” per mid-year findings, with such hits including Taylor Swift ’s “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone and Hozier ’s “Too Sweet.” Among solo authors are Swift and Lamar, who scored two such Hot 100 top 10s each in the first six months of 2024 — the former’s “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys” and “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” and the latter’s “Not Like Us” and “Euphoria” — and Dolly Parton and Tracy Chapman, thanks, respectively, to reworkings of “Jolene” by Beyoncé and “Fast Car” by Luke Combs.
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