![]() ![]() ![]() And truthfully, even when those top tiers were still occupied entirely by songs from 20, there were still plenty of fascinating things happening at pop’s lower levels - not to mention a decent number of winning ’21 holdovers that didn’t really make their proper impressions on us until the calendar turned. ![]() As massive hits from the second half of 2021 continued to linger near the top of top 40 radio and streaming playlists, seemingly refusing to cede room to newer songs - and few major star artists or undeniable smashes came around to claim the space by force - the original music of 2022 struggled to find its footing, at least on the Billboard charts.īut great pop never stays down for long, and in the last month or two, a whole spate of widely anticipated releases by big-name artists have arrived as reinforcements to make inroads for 2022 at the highest levels of popular music. That was true in the near-literal sense: As late as April, you could browse the Hot 100’s top 20 and still only pick out one or two songs that were actually released in 2022. For a few months there, 2022 was sounding a whole lot like 2021. ![]()
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