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How Big Hits Have Kept the Hot 100’s Top 10 in a Historic Holding Pattern

Here's a look at how big hits have kept the Hot 100's top 10 in a historic holding pattern this year.

clockwise: Teddy Swims, Sabrina Carpenter, Shaboozey, Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga Illustration by: Mara Ocejo; Photos: Michael Tullberg/FilmMagic; Bryce Anderson; Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV; John Esparza Put in further perspective, “Die With a Smile” in August ended a nearly five-year run of multiple Hot 100 top 10s posting new peaks every month since; in November 2018, Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” was the only track to do so, when it began a seven-week rule. In any case, a select group of established hits — many multiformat smashes strong in streaming, airplay and sales — is preventing new songs from cycling through the chart’s upper reaches at a rate in line with the past.

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