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Billboard named Olivia Rodrigo the top Hot 100 artist of 2021, [2] the youngest female artist to achieve this honor, and the first female artist since Katy Perry in 2014. [1] Rodrigo placed four songs on the list, all in the top 40; the highest ranked of them, "Good 4 U", placed at number five.
1 A remix of Ariana Grande's "34+35" that features Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion helped to bring the song back into the top ten, to its peak position of number 2, on January 30, 2021, and all three artists were credited on the song that week. [5] As of the February 6, 2021 chart, Grande returned to being the only artist credited. [11]
On February 23, 2021, Baby Shark surpassed 8 billion views, becoming the first video to do so. On July 20, 2021, Baby Shark surpassed 9 billion views, becoming the first (and currently only) video to do so. On January 13, 2022, Baby Shark became the first (and currently only) video to surpass 10 billion views. [8]
"Lady Love" was first released as a single on 17 September 2021, [4] which was followed on 29 October with a remixed version, created by label-mate DJ Noiz. [5] A music video for the song was released on 3 December 2021. [6] The song became viral on TikTok, [7] and saw success in Australia, the Pacific and the United States. [2]
"The Gummy Bear Song" – a bubblegum dance song by Gummibär became a viral sensation and was the first song by a German independent artist to gain 1 billion views. [96] As of January 2025, the video has over 3.5 billion views on YouTube. [97] "This Is America" – a viral song by Childish Gambino. The video talks about the state of America.
Their single "Butter" is the longest running number-one song of 2021, spending ten weeks atop the chart. (Adele's "Easy On Me" also spent ten weeks total at number one, but only seven of them occurred in 2021.) Rodrigo's "Drivers License" was 2021's longest running number-one single by a female artist, with eight consecutive weeks atop.
"Tick Tock" is a song by American rapper Young Thug, released as a single on August 20, 2021. The song was produced by Dr. Luke and Rocco Did It Again! , who both wrote the song with him. It serves as his first solo single of 2021 and was intended to be the lead single from his second studio album Punk , but was not part of the final track list.
"Soft Spot" (stylised in lowercase) is a liquid drum and bass song, first released independently on 4 June 2021, where it was credited to Piri. After she paid six TikTok creators to promote the song, the song was used in a video of a creator making a Japanese bench, which caused the song to go viral on that platform.