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The Billboard Scorching 100 chart is a weekly measurement of success that pulls upon numerous reporting sources — radio play, streaming, paid downloads — in hopes of capturing what music is really common in a given week.
Trying on the chart dated April 19, 2025, there are the apparent heavy hitters: Morgan Wallen, Drake, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Bruno Mars and so forth. However there are additionally loads of songs and artists who operate outdoors of the same old fame apparatuses.
Take Locash, the long-running nation band. Or Brandon Lake, the Christian worship singer. Or Sleep Token, the choice metallic band. There are songs which can be common on TikTok, and songs used on actuality tv. And there are some songs which can be so common that they’re virtually invisible.
On this week’s Popcast, a deep hearken to the songs on the present Scorching 100 that may shock you, together with a dialog on how fame is constructed (or invented) within the trendy period and the invention of some sleeper gems.
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