Billboard Magazine

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New Old-Fashioned No. 1: Brenda Lee Leads At Last

60 “World on Fire”Nate Smith

BILLBOARD 200

1 “All I Want for Christmas Is You”Mariah Carey

16 ANDY WILLIAMSWEEKS ON CHART 51

Harlow’s Late-Year Leader

The Beatles Rule Radio

71 “Winter Wonderland”Chlöe

1 Christmas Michael Bublé

Country’s Killing It; Hip-Hop’s Slipping • Latin’s up again and Taylor Swift could be her own genre, according to Billboard’s year-end music genre rankings

CHRISTMAS CONGESTION • Jordan Sparks hopes to break the holiday hit logjam with a multiplatform approach

From The Desk Of... Jarred Arfa • EXECUTIVE VP/HEAD OF GLOBAL MUSIC, INDEPENDENT ARTIST GROUP

The Shop 100 • Meet your new guide for the holidays. With the recent launch of the Shop 100, Billboardhas compiled a comprehensive, wide-ranging assortment of perfect gifts for everyone in your life — a few of which are highlighted below. For the full list, along with purchase links, go to billboard.com/shop100

THE YEAR IN MUSIC 2023

What The Year Of ‘I’m The Problem, It’s Me’ Taught Us About The Future Of Pop • How sarcastic and self-deprecating songwriting became the go-to secret weapon for a top-charting hit

2023 (Taylor’s Version) • A quick look at some of Taylor Swift’s most impressive feats this year. And with additional dates on The Eras Tour ahead and two more rerecordings left, she’s not even close to slowing down

What SZA’s Long-Awaited Return Taught Us About The Future Of R&B • The staggering success of SOS put R&B front and center — while also proving SZA didn’t belong to just one genre

What Rema And Selena Gomez’s Top 10 Team-Up Taught Us About The Future Of African Music • How the success of “Calm Down” helped African music solidify a long-awaited global takeover

Breaking Down African Music’s Record-Smashing Year

What ‘Ella Baila Sola’ Taught Us About The Future Of Latin Music • How strategic team-ups — both behind the scenes and in the studio — helped fuel regional Mexican music’s massive year

What Hip-Hop’s 50th Birthday Told Us About Its Future • This year’s half-century celebration occurred while fears lingered over hip-hop’s commercial returns — but dig deeper, and you’ll find fertile ground

What An Anonymous Artist Taught Us About The Future Of AI In Music • Ghostwriter delivered a wake-up call to the industry’s lack of policy around artificial intelligence — and that was just the first step

What Unconventional Wins Taught Us About The Future Of Country Music • The artists behind the genre’s biggest hits followed their own paths — and ended up achieving crossover enormity

What An Indie Supergroup Taught Us About The Future Of Rock • Throughout its blockbuster year, boygenius flipped the script on rock music’s gatekeepers — and illustrated what a more inclusive vision of the genre can look like

What Made Noah Kahan’s Big Year ‘Stick’ • Charting the milestones that propelled the singer-songwriter through a breakout 2023

What Mini-Residencies, And Major Stadium Shows, Taught Us About The Future Of Dance Music • Some creative approaches in the live space suggest that dance is in a post-lockdown boom

One Thing At A Time • In his first major interview in over two years, MORGAN WALLEN reflects on his turbulent journey to becoming one of the most commercially successful country artists ever — and what he has learned along the way

Mañana El Mundo • KAROL G’s ascent was neither easy nor preordained. But with infectious...