2022 in music
Who ruled 2022? Harry Styles was Artist of the Year on the Billboard Hot 100 and Ed Sheeran on the UK Singles Chart. Every #1 song of 2022, the biggest songs and the top artists.
Billboard Hot 100
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Styles | 189 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Doja Cat | 173 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Morgan Wallen | 159 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Ed Sheeran | 140 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Glass Animals | 138 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Justin Bieber | 132 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Bad Bunny | 129 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Jack Harlow | 119 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Future | 103 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Drake | 100 | 2 | 5 |
| First week at #1 | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2022 | All I Want For Christmas Is You | Mariah Carey | 5 |
| Jan 15, 2022 | Easy On Me | Adele | 3 |
| Feb 5, 2022 | We Don't Talk About Bruno | Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast | 5 |
| Mar 12, 2022 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 5 |
| Apr 16, 2022 | As It Was | Harry Styles | 15 |
| Apr 23, 2022 | First Class | Jack Harlow | 3 |
| May 14, 2022 | Wait For U | Future feat. Drake & Tems | 1 |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Jimmy Cooks | Drake feat. 21 Savage | 1 |
| Jul 30, 2022 | About Damn Time | Lizzo | 2 |
| Aug 13, 2022 | Break My Soul | Beyonce | 2 |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Super Freaky Girl | Nicki Minaj | 1 |
| Oct 8, 2022 | Bad Habit | Steve Lacy | 3 |
| Oct 29, 2022 | Unholy | Sam Smith & Kim Petras | 1 |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Anti-Hero | Taylor Swift | 6 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As It Was | Harry Styles | #1 | 61 | 168.0 |
| 2 | Snooze | SZA | #2 | 70 | 143.4 |
| 3 | Anti-Hero | Taylor Swift | #1 | 53 | 131.3 |
| 4 | Kill Bill | SZA | #1 | 52 | 127.1 |
| 5 | You Proof | Morgan Wallen | #5 | 62 | 119.5 |
| 6 | Creepin | Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage | #3 | 47 | 110.7 |
| 7 | Calm Down | Rema & Selena Gomez | #3 | 57 | 105.9 |
| 8 | Something In The Orange | Zach Bryan | #10 | 66 | 95.1 |
| 9 | Wait For U | Future feat. Drake & Tems | #1 | 41 | 90.7 |
| 10 | I'm Good (Blue) | David Guetta & Bebe Rexha | #4 | 48 | 89.1 |
UK Singles Chart
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Sheeran | 185 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Harry Styles | 146 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | George Ezra | 101 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Lizzo | 80 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Cat Burns | 80 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Central Cee | 75 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Beyonce | 74 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Sam Fender | 73 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Burna Boy | 65 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | LF System | 65 | 0 | 9 |
| First week at #1 | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2022 | Easy On Me | Adele | 1 |
| Jan 14, 2022 | abcdefu | GAYLE | 1 |
| Jan 21, 2022 | We Don't Talk About Bruno | Gaitan, Castillo, Adassa & Feliz | 7 |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Starlight | Dave | 4 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | As It Was | Harry Styles | 10 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Running Up That Hill | Kate Bush | 3 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Afraid to Feel | LF System | 8 |
| Sep 2, 2022 | B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All) | Eliza Rose & Interplanetary | 2 |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Forget Me | Lewis Capaldi | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2022 | I'm Good (Blue) | David Guetta & Bebe Rexha | 1 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | Unholy | Sam Smith & Kim Petras | 4 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Anti-Hero | Taylor Swift | 6 |
| Dec 9, 2022 | All I Want For Christmas Is You | Mariah Carey | 1 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Last Christmas | Wham! | 1 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Food Aid | Ladbaby | 1 |
| Dec 30, 2022 | Escapism | RAYE feat. 070 Shake | 1 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As It Was | Harry Styles | #1 | 106 | 177.1 |
| 2 | Calm Down | Rema | #3 | 71 | 123.0 |
| 3 | Green Green Grass | George Ezra | #3 | 66 | 103.0 |
| 4 | Anti-Hero | Taylor Swift | #1 | 64 | 96.8 |
| 5 | Escapism | RAYE feat. 070 Shake | #1 | 70 | 90.2 |
| 6 | I Ain't Worried | OneRepublic | #3 | 67 | 78.7 |
| 7 | Go | Cat Burns | #2 | 62 | 78.5 |
| 8 | I'm Good (Blue) | David Guetta & Bebe Rexha | #1 | 57 | 74.4 |
| 9 | Afraid to Feel | LF System | #1 | 61 | 71.4 |
| 10 | Where Did You Go | Jax Jones feat. MNEK | #7 | 32 | 65.7 |
Artist of the Year and the rankings are the ChartReign Power model: the artist with the most chart power over the year, not the most #1s. Crowns are weeks crowned Artist of the Week. How it works