#Top100of2020

For a substantial stretch of time, I thought I had finished tracking Billboard's weekly Hot 100 charts to come up with year-end lists. Then quarantine happened and I got bored at home. I'm certainly not going as in depth as I have in the past, but I have come up with yet another year-end music list. 

Without further ado, the top 100 songs of 2020:

Some highlights:

The song of 2020, and it's not close, is Blinding Lights by The Weeknd.

The lights were blinding, but he still could take off his shades. (Pari Dukovic/trunkarchive.com)

The Weeknd also earns Clayton's Universe: Blog Style Artist of the Year honors for the second time. He only placed two singles on the year-end list, so it wasn't quite as runaway as his 2015 top artist recognition. Between the unprecedented success of Blinding Lights and the less- but still moderately-prolific Hot 100 tenure of number 35 single Heartless, I still felt The Weeknd more deserving of Artist of the Year than anyone else.

2020's Best New Artist is Roddy Ricch. The first number one single of the year, Ricch's The Box finished the year at number seven. He was also the main artist on number 33 single High Fashion, and featured on three other songs in this year's list. His most prominent single as a featured artist was alongside DaBaby on number four Rockstar.

Here is the #Top100of2019. I didn't write anything up for this one, so it's just the Spotify playlist.

I also have lots of other Billboard-related playlists on my Spotify page, that I may or may not do write-ups on at some point in the next 30 years. Follow me and you might just see some of those playlists!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!