Current biggest star with no Hot 100 #1 hit

[Caviar]

Nov 14, 2018 10:10:34 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

Nov 14, 2018 0:00:46 GMT -5 allow that said:

Nicki aside, I don’t think it’s surprising that ANY of the acts listed don’t have a #1 yet. I’m sure Travis will eventually get one and Shawn could too if the point system swings back into a pop direction within the next few years.
He’s had five Top 10’s which is more than a few artists on Billboard’s list. ^

And if you said his name, most people would say "who?"

Did you conduct a scientific poll?

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Nov 14, 2018 10:12:24 GMT -5 allow that said:

Nov 14, 2018 10:10:34 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

And if you said his name, most people would say "who?"

Now I know you’re either joking or live under a rock.

Sure, go ahead and keep thinking that a faceless DJ whose last top 10 in America was in 2015 is the biggest current star.

[allow that]

Nov 14, 2018 10:32:06 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

Nov 14, 2018 10:12:24 GMT -5 allow that said:

Now I know you’re either joking or live under a rock.

Sure, go ahead and keep thinking that a faceless DJ whose last top 10 in America was in 2015 is the biggest current star.

There’s a big difference between saying “people know his name” and “he’s the biggest star.” Keep twisting!

[wjr15]

I’d have to go with Nicki. She’s had many Top 5 hits (lead and featured), but for some reason they can never seem to hit the top spot. Anaconda was so close and definitely deserved that #1 but sadly SIO was too strong. She’s definitely overdue for a #1.

[cassiuscasanova]

Nov 13, 2018 9:56:19 GMT -5 hortensia said:

They forgot David Guetta. He never had a #1 hit too.

That’s a good point

[cassiuscasanova]

Nov 15, 2018 13:10:15 GMT -5 wjr15 said:

I’d have to go with Nicki. She’s had many Top 5 hits (lead and featured), but for some reason they can never seem to hit the top spot. Anaconda was so close and definitely deserved that #1 but sadly SIO was too strong. She’s definitely overdue for a #1.

Nicki is definitely 

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Okay, little update coming from 2020...

Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Shawn Mendes, and Selena Gomez all managed to get at least one #1 hit over these past couple of years, while Future was quite close with "Life Is Good", which debuted at #2.

So, I'd say the current biggest stars without a #1 hit to their name are Nicki Minaj (obviously), Imagine Dragons (they should get there eventually, hopefully), and Future.

And I have no idea who of those is more likely to get it first, to be honest...

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Feb 12, 2020 12:10:10 GMT -5 @aprettyoddmusicbox said:

Okay, little update coming from 2020...

Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Shawn Mendes, and Selena Gomez all managed to get at least one #1 hit over these past couple of years, while Future was quite close with "Life Is Good", which debuted at #2.

So, I'd say the current biggest stars without a #1 hit to their name are Nicki Minaj (obviously), Imagine Dragons (they should get there eventually, hopefully), and Future.

And I have no idea who of those is more likely to get it first, to be honest...

Nicki Minaj is past her prime, and Imagine Dragons have become a Nickelback-esque punchline, so I don't think either of them are going to be hitting #1 anytime soon.

[sirskimask]

Feb 12, 2020 12:10:10 GMT -5 @aprettyoddmusicbox said:

Okay, little update coming from 2020...

Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Shawn Mendes, and Selena Gomez all managed to get at least one #1 hit over these past couple of years, while Future was quite close with "Life Is Good", which debuted at #2.

So, I'd say the current biggest stars without a #1 hit to their name are Nicki Minaj (obviously), Imagine Dragons (they should get there eventually, hopefully), and Future.

And I have no idea who of those is more likely to get it first, to be honest...

Well Life Is Good is right on the doorstep rn, and a remix is about to come out which may be enough to give Future his first #1.

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Feb 12, 2020 16:27:23 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

Feb 12, 2020 12:10:10 GMT -5 @aprettyoddmusicbox said:

Okay, little update coming from 2020...

Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Shawn Mendes, and Selena Gomez all managed to get at least one #1 hit over these past couple of years, while Future was quite close with "Life Is Good", which debuted at #2.

So, I'd say the current biggest stars without a #1 hit to their name are Nicki Minaj (obviously), Imagine Dragons (they should get there eventually, hopefully), and Future.

And I have no idea who of those is more likely to get it first, to be honest...

Well Life Is Good is right on the doorstep rn, and a remix is about to come out which may be enough to give Future his first #1.

And possibly his only #1, considering that historical trends indicate that Trap will be gone by the end of 2022.

[Raccoon]

DaBaby is due for one

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Feb 12, 2020 17:54:08 GMT -5 Raccoon said:

DaBaby is due for one

He'll get there eventually - as long as he keeps up his momentum, at least.

I do think it's more likely for him to get it through a collaboration with a pop artist (à la "My Oh My") rather than a solo song, but who knows?

[BB🌕]

Feb 12, 2020 17:42:30 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Feb 12, 2020 16:27:23 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

Well Life Is Good is right on the doorstep rn, and a remix is about to come out which may be enough to give Future his first #1.

And possibly his only #1, considering that historical trends indicate that Trap will be gone by the end of 2022.

1. From today’s standpoint, that’s just not gonna happen

2. Why are you liking your own posts

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Feb 17, 2020 0:51:04 GMT -5 BB🌕 said:

Feb 12, 2020 17:42:30 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

And possibly his only #1, considering that historical trends indicate that Trap will be gone by the end of 2022.

1. From today’s standpoint, that’s just not gonna happen

2. Why are you liking your own posts

1. There's a lot that can happen in two years, and the year in a decade that ends with 2 tends to be transitional and chaotic, as the remains of the previous decade are swept away for the sounds that'll define the decade to come.
2. Why not? There's a time for one to toot his own horn.

[BB🌕]

Feb 17, 2020 0:53:42 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Feb 17, 2020 0:51:04 GMT -5 BB🌕 said:

1. From today’s standpoint, that’s just not gonna happen

2. Why are you liking your own posts

1. There's a lot that can happen in two years, and the year in a decade that ends with 2 tends to be transitional and chaotic, as the remains of the previous decade are swept away for the sounds that'll define the decade to come.
2. Why not? There's a time for one to toot his own horn.

1. Good point

2. The Like button is meant to show support for other’s opinions. It can be assumed you agree with your own post

[sirskimask]

Feb 17, 2020 0:51:04 GMT -5 BB🌕 said:

Feb 12, 2020 17:42:30 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

And possibly his only #1, considering that historical trends indicate that Trap will be gone by the end of 2022.

1. From today’s standpoint, that’s just not gonna happen

2. Why are you liking your own posts

You never know. Pretty sure in 2010 nobody thought club music was gonna die out anytime soon but it was basically gone by 2012 

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jesus christ that guetta conversation

he really is irrelevant as a dj who always plays the penultimate set at the biggest dance festival in the world yearly huh

[hortensia]

Currently I'd say Nicki Minaj and Imagine Dragons.

[Linnethia Monique]

Nicki being featured on the 2017, 2018, and 2019 lists is so sad when you have Travis, Ariana, and Selena on the list for multiple years as well and they easily got #1 debuts.

[House Lannister]

Feb 12, 2020 16:27:23 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

Feb 12, 2020 12:10:10 GMT -5 @aprettyoddmusicbox said:

Okay, little update coming from 2020...

Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Shawn Mendes, and Selena Gomez all managed to get at least one #1 hit over these past couple of years, while Future was quite close with "Life Is Good", which debuted at #2.

So, I'd say the current biggest stars without a #1 hit to their name are Nicki Minaj (obviously), Imagine Dragons (they should get there eventually, hopefully), and Future.

And I have no idea who of those is more likely to get it first, to be honest...

Well Life Is Good is right on the doorstep rn, and a remix is about to come out which may be enough to give Future his first #1.

And there went my Future as a feature comment...

But seriously, of those three, he'd be by far the most likely.  The other two have already peaked, to be honest.

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J. Cole

[notgoodenglish]

Nicki, Demi, Ellie Goulding, Imagine Dragons, Zedd, OneRepublic (still relevant?).

[Gary]

CHART BEAT
Who's the Biggest Pop Star Right Now Without a Hot 100 No. 1 Hit? (2020 Edition)
5/12/2020 by Andrew Unterberger



In 2018, Ariana Grande and Travis Scott finally crossed their name off the list of music's biggest stars without a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, with "Thank U, Next" and "Sicko Mode" respectively marking each artist's first single to reach the chart's apex.

Last year, they were followed to the top by Halsey -- who had already had a No. 1 as a featured artist, but notched her first as a solo lead with "Without Me" -- as well as the Jonas Brothers (scoring their first chart-topper with comeback single "Sucker"), Billie Eilish ("Bad Guy"), Shawn Mendes ("Señorita"), Selena Gomez ("Lose You to Love Me") and even Billy Ray Cyrus (along with Lil Nas X on the "Old Town Road" remix).

Doja Cat's 'Say So,' Featuring Nicki Minaj, Tops Billboard Hot 100, Becoming the First No. 1 For Each
Now, one of the biggest stars of the 2010s finally sees her name come off the board with the ascent of Doja Cat's "Say So" -- featuring a guest verse from Nicki Minaj, who finally hits No. 1 for the first time with her 109th Hot 100 entry. (It's also the first chart-topper for Doja, though it's just her third time total on the chart.)

Still, even without those marquee names, the pool of major pop artists without a Hot 100-topper remains a crowded one. Here is a brief rundown of ten artists currently in the debate for the distinction of being "next" on the ranking of the biggest stars without a No. 1 on their resume.

J. Cole

Cole is one of music's most reliable LP-sellers at this point, having now topped the Billboard 200 albums chart with all five of his studio albums to date, each with first-week numbers well into the multiple hundreds of thousands. But his success on the Hot 100 has been more tempered: Aside from debuting three songs in the top 10 during the release week of most recent LP K.O.D. in 2018 ("ATM," No. 6; "Kevin's Heart," No. 8; "KOD," No. 10), 2016's "Deja Vu" (No. 7) and 2019's "Middle Child" (a career-best No. 4) remain the North Carolina MC's only other visits to the chart's top 10. Given Cole's lack of a consistent pop radio presence over most of the last half-decade, however, his presence on this list may be less surprising than some others.

Khalid

While the practically post-genre Khalid has found stardom scoring hits alongside everyone from Billie Eilish to Kane Brown to Marshmello to Normani, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter has yet to take any of his 28 Billboard Hot 100 hits to the top of the chart. He came two spots away alongside Logic and Alessia Cara on the No. 3-peaking "1-800-273-8255" in 2017, a peak which he matched last summer with his own solo single, "Talk."

DaBaby

In terms of volume, no one blanketed the Hot 100 more in 2019 than Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, better known as DaBaby. The ascendant North Carolina rapper has notched a staggering 22 hits on the chart last year -- including all 13 tracks on his October album Kirk -- a tally which he's added another 17 entries to already this year, most from his recent chart-topping LP Blame It on Baby. Still, despite his chart omnipresence, he still hasn't risen any higher on the chart than No. 7, with Baby on Baby breakout hit "Suge."

Dua Lipa

Any concern that Dua Lipa would be a one-album wonder for her 2017 self-titled debut -- which spawned the top 10 smash "New Rules," as well as several other international chartbusters -- were allayed by the rise of Future Nostalgia single "Don't Start Now," which took over radio and climbed to her highest Hot 100 position yet. But the song topped out one spot short of the chart's apex -- held off by Roddy Ricch's "The Box," in the midst of its 11 week run on top -- meaning there's still pop worlds left for the London-born star to conquer.

Twenty One Pilots

The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun were absolutely unavoidable on the Hot 100 in 2016, with their "Stressed Out" and "Heathens" smashes taking them all the way to No. 2 on the chart, and in-between single "Ride" pulling up not far behind at No. 5. Though second album Trench, released in October 2018, didn't generate the same kind of Hot 100 success -- abrasive lead single "Jumpsuit" has scored the highest ranking on the chart from the set to date, with a modest No. 50 peak -- this year's poppier "Level of Concern" seems to be reversing their momentum, as the new quarantine-themed single debuted at No. 23 in April.

Future

Similar to Cole, the rapper born Nayvadius Wilburn has been a Billboard 200 conqueror (six No. 1 albums, including with his self-titled effort and Hendrix in consecutive weeks in March 2017) and Hot 100 fixture (98 entries total) without ever really threatening the top spot on the latter. The 2017 No. 5-peaking solo smash "Mask Off" had brought him closest, until Drake collab "Life Is Good" took him all the way to No. 2 earlier this year -- where it spent eight weeks, also unable to unseat "The Box."

Megan Thee Stallion

She owned last summer -- even has the trademark to go with it -- with a catchphrase that turned into a real-life hit, and she seems posed to potentially do the same in 2020 with "Savage," which was already well on its way to being her most viral hit when a Beyoncé remix came around to shoot it into the stratosphere. Still, Megan Thee Stallion is currently stuck at No. 2 with "Savage" behind Doja and Nicki, so only time will tell if she'll be able to cross her name off this list with her latest Internet-breaker.

BTS

The K-pop septet and cultural phenomenon seems to hit a new milestone every week or two, including scoring the first No. 1 album for any K-pop act on the Billboard 200, and setting the YouTube record for the most views in the first 24 hours for a video in any genre. But despite their career of impressive achievements, one feat that has thusfar eluded them is topping the Hot 100 -- they've come closest with "On," from this year's Map of the Soul: 7, which bowed at No. 4 this March.

Imagine Dragons

In an era where rock crossovers to the Hot 100 are an increasingly rare phenomenon, Imagine Dragons keep scoring top 10 hits like it was still the height of '80s arena rock. "Thunder" (No. 4) and "Believer" (No. 4) both brought the Las Vegas quartet back to the chart's top five in 2017 -- which they'd previously visited in 2013, with "Radioactive" (No. 3), their highest-charting smash to date -- and they challenged the chart's top tier twice in 2018, with third Evolve single "Whatever It Takes" (No. 12) and follow-up set Origins' lead single "Natural" (No. 13).

Florida Georgia Line


You probably wouldn't have thought to include the country duo on a list like this before 2018, since despite their continued consistent success on the country charts, they hadn't visited the top 10 of the Hot 100 in a half-decade, since the Nelly-featuring "Cruise" (No. 4, 2013). But they made a triumphant return to the chart's highest tier that year, even bettering their old peak by climbing to No. 2 with their Bebe Rexha collab "Meant to Be" -- leaving open the possibility that FGL could be the first country act to top the Hot 100 since Taylor Swift still registered as a country artist. ("Talk You Out of It," the group's biggest 2019 hit, reached a No. 57 peak on the chart in August.)

[sirskimask]

DaBaby and Meg have a great chance of hitting #1 with ROCKSTAR and Savage the next couple of months. After that I'd definitely say either Cole or Future are the biggest names without a #1, and it sucks since they're 2 of the most highly acclaimed and influential rappers of the last decade. Hope Cole can get a #1 from his next album

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May 12, 2020 14:32:18 GMT -5 Gary said:

Imagine Dragons

In an era where rock crossovers to the Hot 100 are an increasingly rare phenomenon, Imagine Dragons keep scoring top 10 hits like it was still the height of '80s arena rock. "Thunder" (No. 4) and "Believer" (No. 4) both brought the Las Vegas quartet back to the chart's top five in 2017 -- which they'd previously visited in 2013, with "Radioactive" (No. 3), their highest-charting smash to date -- and they challenged the chart's top tier twice in 2018, with third Evolve single "Whatever It Takes" (No. 12) and follow-up set Origins' lead single "Natural" (No. 13).

Florida Georgia Line


You probably wouldn't have thought to include the country duo on a list like this before 2018, since despite their continued consistent success on the country charts, they hadn't visited the top 10 of the Hot 100 in a half-decade, since the Nelly-featuring "Cruise" (No. 4, 2013). But they made a triumphant return to the chart's highest tier that year, even bettering their old peak by climbing to No. 2 with their Bebe Rexha collab "Meant to Be" -- leaving open the possibility that FGL could be the first country act to top the Hot 100 since Taylor Swift still registered as a country artist. ("Talk You Out of It," the group's biggest 2019 hit, reached a No. 57 peak on the chart in August.)

Not gonna happen, both of them are widely regarded as jokes at this point (and that's coming from someone who likes plenty of Imagine Dragons songs and considers Dirt the second best hit song of 2014).

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Feb 12, 2020 15:25:09 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Feb 12, 2020 12:10:10 GMT -5 @aprettyoddmusicbox said:

Okay, little update coming from 2020...

Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Shawn Mendes, and Selena Gomez all managed to get at least one #1 hit over these past couple of years, while Future was quite close with "Life Is Good", which debuted at #2.

So, I'd say the current biggest stars without a #1 hit to their name are Nicki Minaj (obviously), Imagine Dragons (they should get there eventually, hopefully), and Future.

And I have no idea who of those is more likely to get it first, to be honest...

Nicki Minaj is past her prime, and Imagine Dragons have become a Nickelback-esque punchline, so I don't think either of them are going to be hitting #1 anytime soon.

Welp, I was wrong on the first one.

[sirskimask]

May 12, 2020 23:59:39 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Feb 12, 2020 15:25:09 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Nicki Minaj is past her prime, and Imagine Dragons have become a Nickelback-esque punchline, so I don't think either of them are going to be hitting #1 anytime soon.

Welp, I was wrong on the first one.

She's still past her prime quality wise though

[kcdawg13]

Khalid is long overdue for a #1 hit

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May 12, 2020 23:56:06 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

May 12, 2020 14:32:18 GMT -5 Gary said:

Imagine Dragons

Florida Georgia Line

Not gonna happen, both of them are widely regarded as jokes at this point (and that's coming from someone who likes plenty of Imagine Dragons songs and considers Dirt the second best hit song of 2014).

Well, Maroon 5 was also reduced to a punching bag post-"V", and it didn't stop "Girls Like You" from becoming a 7-week #1 hit. 

I think we'll have to wait until Imagine Dragons' upcoming album era before jumping into any predictions. But it's all a matter of good timing, really.

(I do think Florida Georgia Line is unlikely to get one, though - "Talk You Out Of It" was quite an underperformance and "I Love My Country" made little noise in the charts so far).

[campbellssoup]

Honestly i think its Marshmello. Dude is everywhere.