22: Lainey Wilson’s “Things a Man Oughta Know.”Īt Hot AC, the top 10 artists for the year were the Weeknd, Bieber, Lipa, Rodrigo, AJR, Max, 24kGoldn, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift. The next highest-charting song by a woman is all the way down at No. Then again, no women landed in Nos 11-20. However, on the list of the top 10 songs for the year, a woman does get in - barely - as Gabby Barrett’s “The Good Ones” finished the year at No. In a sign that no significant progress is being made in the wish list of many to get more women on country radio, there is not a single female artist represented among the 10 most-played. The top country song was Rhett’s “What’s Your Country Song.” In country, Luke Combs was tops in the artists chart for 2021, followed by Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Dan + Shay, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Russell Dickerson. 1 and “Leave the Door Open” setltled for the second spot. The top two songs were a reversal of the top-played artist rankings: H.E.R.’s “Damage” came in at No. 2-3, followed by Jam & Lewis, Trey Songz, Snoh Allgra, Tank, Usher, Robin Thicke and Leela James. 1 song.Īt the R&B format, Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” was the most played artist. “For the Night,” by Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby, clicked at Urban’s No. Pop Smoke followed, as did Moneybagg Yo, Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Yung Bleu, H.E.R., Rod Wave, Roddy Ricch and Chris Brown. The top song in the Rhythmic format was Pop Smoke’s “What You Know Bout Love.” 1, followed by Drake, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Bieber, Saweetie, Lil Nas X, DaBaby, Chris Brown and the Weeknd. 1 song for the year at Top 40.Īt Rhythm radio, the late Pop Smoke was No. The nine formats surveyed are Top 40, Rhythmic, Urban, R&B, Hot AC, AC, Active Rock, Alternative and Triple A.īreakdowns by genre indicate where artists that had their appeal across different formats found the greatest strength.Īt the Top 40 format, Grande was on top as the most-played artist, followed by Rodrigo, Bieber, the Weeknd, Lipa, Lil Nas X, Doja Cat, 24kGoldn, the Kid Laroi and Billie Eilish. The Mediabase rankings represent data collected between Nov. rounding out the overall market share top 10. Atlantic came in fifth, with Warner, Capitol, Def Jem, Epic and 300 Ent. RCA had the most movement in radio share, moving up from sixth to fourth. In label market share of radio songs, Republic came in first, followed by Interscope in second place and Columbia in third, repeating last year’s top winners. 27 and “Lonely” (with Benny Blanco) at No. That’s the position that “Peaches” achieved, followed by “Holy” (with Chance the Rapper) at No.
2 position for the year, with none of them ranking higher than No. 23.īieber also had several hits spaced out to arrive at his No. “Good 4 U” was Rodrigo’s highest ranking song, at No. If you’re thinking that her career-establishing smash “Drivers License” was her top tune, think again. 4 slot as an artist without having any songs make the top 10 - indicating just how well-dispersed the power of her sequential hits was. What’s interesting was how Rodrigo could land in the No. 3, followed by Chris Brown and Young Thug’s “Go Crazy,” Grande’s “Positions,” an older Weeknd trak, “Blinding Lights,” Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open,” Doja Cat and SZA’s “KIss Me More,” Max’s “Kings & Queens” and “Peaches” by Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon. Rounding out the top 10: the Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” at No. 1 most-played song for the year, in the form of “Levitating” - a song that famously soared at radio, fell off for a while, and then came back to be the monster hit of the year.Ģ4kGoldn was another artist that had a lot of its 2021 firepower concentrated in just one smash, as “Mood,” a track with a feature from Iann Diorr, landed at No. Rounding out the top 10 radio artists in Mediabase’s ranking were Pop Smoke, Doja Cat, 24kGoldn, Ava Max and Drake.Īlthough she was only the fourth-biggest artist at radio overall, Dua Lipa had the No. The Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande were the three most-played artists across radio formats in 2021, followed by Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo, according to a year-end report from Mediabase.