From Bad Bunny to “Bad Habit,” “Heat Waves” to “Cold Heart,” and Adele to Bailey Zimmerman, 2022 boasted impressive chart feats throughout the year.
Among achievements between January and December, Bad Bunny broke ground as the first artist to have notched two entirely non-English-language No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, Taylor Swift dominated the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in a single week, thanks to hits from her Midnights album, and Mariah Carey extended the Hot 100 legacy of her festive favorite “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
Ahead of more history coming in the new year, here’s a chronological recap of 22 of the biggest Billboard chart accolades in 2022.
Taylor Swift Feeling '22
Swift made history as the first artist ever to monopolize the entire Hot 100’s top 10 in a single week, thanks to 10 songs that stormed the region from her album Midnights (Nov. 5). In order, from Nos. 1 to 10 that week: “Anti-Hero,” “Lavender Haze,” “Maroon,” “Snow on the Beach,” featuring Lana Del Rey, “Midnight Rain,” “Bejeweled,” “Question…?,” “You’re on Your Own, Kid,” “Karma” and “Vigilante Shit.” She tweeted (Oct. 31), “10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES.”