An Update Before the Top Twenty Best Hit Songs of 2024

 Hey, guys. It’s almost time for me to come back out of hibernation.

I’m once again making a post detailing how this year’s “best of the year” list is going to work. Because, once again, things are going to be just a little bit different than last year. The list is not going to change in terms of eligibility rules, like last time, however, but rather, in structure.

My past three “best of the year” lists have all been top-ten lists. However, for 2024, I decided to extend the list out to a top-twenty list. This is because, to put it simply, 2024 was too good of a year for popular music for me to be willing to relegate myself to just ten songs. In fact, even making a list of just twenty great songs from this year has proven to be quite difficult for me. I’m not sure whether this will continue in future years - truly, that depends on the quality of the popular music in the coming years - but, at least for a year as great as 2024, it will be the case. As such, the list will be split into two parts, with one covering numbers 11 through 20, and one covering the top ten. I will also be introducing a new segment called “International Hits”, where I cover select songs that I loved which were hits in Canada, the United Kingdom, on the Billboard Global 200, or any combination of the three this year - namely, the songs that made those respective end-of-year charts - in a similar format to my honorable mentions. There was a lot of great music this year, both on the American charts and in the mainstream music scenes of other countries and regions, and I want to highlight as much of it as possible.

Now, to reiterate from last year, my eligibility rules for these lists look like this. To be eligible for the list, a song will have had to make either the 2024 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 or the version of the list that I calculate which tracks the charts from January to December, as opposed to the mid-October start and end times that Billboard uses for their end-of-year charts. However, any songs that were eligible for any previous list are ineligible for this year’s list. If you want to see what the Year-End Hot 100 would look like with a January to December tracking period based on my calculations, it is shown below:

Note: songs that are ineligible are shown in red, and songs that did not make the official Billboard Year-End Hot 100, but made this list, are shown in blue.

	Song	Artist
1	A Bar Song (Tipsy)	Shaboozey
2	Lose Control	Teddy Swims
3	I Had Some Help	Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
4	Beautiful Things	Benson Boone
5	Espresso	Sabrina Carpenter
6	Not Like Us	Kendrick Lamar
7	Too Sweet	Hozier
8	MILLION DOLLAR BABY	Tommy Richman
9	BIRDS OF A FEATHER	Billie Eilish
10	Good Luck, Babe!	Chappell Roan
11	Lovin On Me	Jack Harlow
12	Please Please Please	Sabrina Carpenter
13	Like That	Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar
14	I Remember Everything	Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves
15	Stick Season	Noah Kahan
16	Saturn	SZA
17	Die With A Smile	Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
18	Austin (Boots Stop Workin')	Dasha
19	greedy	Tate McRae
20	Fortnight	Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
21	Cowgirls	Morgan Wallen featuring ERNEST
22	Pink Skies	Zach Bryan
23	Miles On It	Marshmello & Kane Brown
24	we can't be friends (wait for your love)	Ariana Grande
25	Feather	Sabrina Carpenter
26	Agora Hills	Doja Cat
27	Cruel Summer	Taylor Swift
28	Taste	Sabrina Carpenter
29	I Can Do It With a Broken Heart	Taylor Swift
30	Ain't No Love In Oklahoma	Luke Combs
31	TEXAS HOLD 'EM	Beyoncé
32	I Am Not Okay	Jelly Roll
33	Lies Lies Lies	Morgan Wallen
34	Stargazing	Myles Smith
35	HOT TO GO!	Chappell Roan
36	Houdini	Eminem
37	CARNIVAL	¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich The Kid featuring Playboi Carti
38	Wanna Be	GloRilla & Megan Thee Stallion
39	High Road	Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph
40	Snooze	SZA
41	Slow It Down	Benson Boone
42	redrum	21 Savage
43	Water	Tyla
44	Wind Up Missin' You	Tucker Wetmore
45	Fast Car	Luke Combs
46	WILDFLOWER	Billie Eilish
47	Yeah Glo!	GloRilla
48	Who	Jimin
49	End of Beginning	Djo
50	LUNCH	Billie Eilish
51	Pink Pony Club	Chappell Roan
52	Type Shit	Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti
53	Gata Only	floyymenor & Cris Mj
54	Wild Ones	Jessie Murph & Jelly Roll
55	Paint The Town Red	Doja Cat
56	Never Lose Me	Flo Milli
57	Get It Sexyy	Sexyy Red
58	Made For Me	Muni Long
59	Pour Me A Drink	Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton
60	you look like you love me	Ella Langley & Riley Green
61	TGIF	GloRilla
62	Whatever She Wants	Bryson Tiller
63	The Door	Teddy Swims
64	Bed Chem	Sabrina Carpenter
65	All I Want for Christmas Is You	Mariah Carey
66	i like the way you kiss me	Artemas
67	euphoria	Kendrick Lamar
68	Timeless	The Weeknd & Playboi Carti
69	Think I'm In Love With You	Chris Stapleton
70	Kehlani	Jordan Adetunji
71	Last Night	Morgan Wallen
72	28	Zach Bryan
73	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree	Brenda Lee
74	Last Christmas	Wham!
75	Thinkin' Bout Me	Morgan Wallen
76	Houdini	Dua Lipa
77	Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]	Taylor Swift
78	La Diabla	Xavi
79	act ii: date @ 8	4batz & Drake
80	Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido	KAROL G
81	Where It Ends	Bailey Zimmerman
82	I Love You, I'm Sorry	Gracie Abrams
83	yes, and?	Ariana Grande
84	Sailor Song	Gigi Perez
85	Bulletproof	Nate Smith
86	Jingle Bell Rock	Bobby Helms
87	FE!N	Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti
88	Love Somebody	Morgan Wallen
89	WHISKEY WHISKEY	Moneybagg Yo featuring Morgan Wallen
90	Down Bad	Taylor Swift
91	Where the Wild Things Are	Luke Combs
92	Everybody	Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Uzi Vert
93	CHIHIRO	Billie Eilish
94	APT.	ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
95	one of wun	Gunna
96	That's So True	Gracie Abrams
97	Guy For That	Post Malone featuring Luke Combs
98	Dirt Cheap	Cody Johnson
99	FTCU	Nicki Minaj
100	Mamushi	Megan Thee Stallion featuring Yuki Chiba

That’s all that I have to say for now. The list should be out in early-to-mid-January. I hope that you enjoy reading the list when it comes out!