Ella Langley's record-shattering 18-19 week run with "Choosin' Texas" has anchored the 2026 Hot 100, driving her to the year's longest reign and highlighting country crossover strength amid a banner year with 10 distinct artists reaching No. 1 so far. Taylor Swift leads in volume with three chart-toppers, including "I Knew It, I Knew You" from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, while Bruno Mars, Drake, Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles, and Mariah Carey have each notched at least one. This spread reflects strong streaming metrics, soundtrack tie-ins, and promotional pushes from major acts. With several high-profile albums still slated before year-end, traders are watching for late surges from returning or debut artists that could expand the list of 2026 leaders.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · UpdatedWhich artists will have a Billboard #1 song this year?
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Mariah Carey
85%
Peso Pluma
51%
Morgan Wallen
31%
Kendrick Lamar
38%
Playboi Carti
24%
Billie Eilish
19%
SZA
17%
Tyler, The Creator
15%
The Weeknd
21%
Doja Cat
11%
Luke Combs
11%
Travis Scott
11%
Frank Ocean
13%
Future
7%
Rihanna
6%
Lil Baby
5%
A$AP Rocky
5%
Jack Harlow
15%
Ed Sheeran
3%
Kanye West
3%
Zach Bryan
3%
Post Malone
50%
Sabrina Carpenter
46%
$165,645 Vol.
Mariah Carey
85%
Peso Pluma
51%
Morgan Wallen
31%
Kendrick Lamar
38%
Playboi Carti
24%
Billie Eilish
19%
SZA
17%
Tyler, The Creator
15%
The Weeknd
21%
Doja Cat
11%
Luke Combs
11%
Travis Scott
11%
Frank Ocean
13%
Future
7%
Rihanna
6%
Lil Baby
5%
A$AP Rocky
5%
Jack Harlow
15%
Ed Sheeran
3%
Kanye West
3%
Zach Bryan
3%
Post Malone
50%
Sabrina Carpenter
46%
Any song released with the listed artist as a primary artist will count, including songs released before 2026. If a song is released jointly by multiple artists credited equally as primary artists, it will count for all of them. Features, writing credits, production credits, or other forms of non-primary contributions to a song will not count. Artist attribution will be determined solely by the artists displayed by Billboard on the relevant chart.
Billboard updates its Hot 100 songs chart each Tuesday (with adjusted release schedules on some holiday weeks), reflecting data collected in the previous week (Friday-Thursday). Each Billboard chart is then titled “Week of (date of the upcoming Saturday)”. The first Billboard Hot 100 song chart relevant to this market will be the chart titled “Week of January 17, 2026” for a data collection reference period of January 2-8, 2026. The final Billboard Hot 100 song chart relevant to this market will be the Chart titled “Week of January 9, 2027” for a data collection reference period of December 25-31, 2026.
Updates or revisions made within this market’s timeframe to the #1-ranked song on previously published Billboard Hot 100 charts will be considered; however, such updates will not disqualify a previously published Billboard Hot 100 #1 song from counting. If a Billboard Hot 100 #1 song is revised after initial publication, both the originally published #1 song and the revised #1 song will count for this market. Updates or revisions made after the release of the final Billboard Hot 100 song chart relevant to this market will not be considered.
The resolution source for this market will be the weekly Billboard Hot 100 songs charts published each week at https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/ and through other official Billboard channels.
Market Opened: Jan 9, 2026, 4:29 PM ET
Resolver
0x65070BE91...Any song released with the listed artist as a primary artist will count, including songs released before 2026. If a song is released jointly by multiple artists credited equally as primary artists, it will count for all of them. Features, writing credits, production credits, or other forms of non-primary contributions to a song will not count. Artist attribution will be determined solely by the artists displayed by Billboard on the relevant chart.
Billboard updates its Hot 100 songs chart each Tuesday (with adjusted release schedules on some holiday weeks), reflecting data collected in the previous week (Friday-Thursday). Each Billboard chart is then titled “Week of (date of the upcoming Saturday)”. The first Billboard Hot 100 song chart relevant to this market will be the chart titled “Week of January 17, 2026” for a data collection reference period of January 2-8, 2026. The final Billboard Hot 100 song chart relevant to this market will be the Chart titled “Week of January 9, 2027” for a data collection reference period of December 25-31, 2026.
Updates or revisions made within this market’s timeframe to the #1-ranked song on previously published Billboard Hot 100 charts will be considered; however, such updates will not disqualify a previously published Billboard Hot 100 #1 song from counting. If a Billboard Hot 100 #1 song is revised after initial publication, both the originally published #1 song and the revised #1 song will count for this market. Updates or revisions made after the release of the final Billboard Hot 100 song chart relevant to this market will not be considered.
The resolution source for this market will be the weekly Billboard Hot 100 songs charts published each week at https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/ and through other official Billboard channels.
Resolver
0x65070BE91...Ella Langley's record-shattering 18-19 week run with "Choosin' Texas" has anchored the 2026 Hot 100, driving her to the year's longest reign and highlighting country crossover strength amid a banner year with 10 distinct artists reaching No. 1 so far. Taylor Swift leads in volume with three chart-toppers, including "I Knew It, I Knew You" from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, while Bruno Mars, Drake, Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles, and Mariah Carey have each notched at least one. This spread reflects strong streaming metrics, soundtrack tie-ins, and promotional pushes from major acts. With several high-profile albums still slated before year-end, traders are watching for late surges from returning or debut artists that could expand the list of 2026 leaders.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated


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