Midway through January, Adele is still unchallenged at the top of the pop music chart. Her latest single, “Easy On Me,” easily held on to No. 1 for the eighth consecutive week, with her closest challenger the previous No. 1 song — “Stay” by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber. The remainder of the Top 5 was also unchanged — Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves,” “Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, and “Shivers” by Ed Sheeran at No. 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
Christmas finally left the chart, as 20 holiday-themed songs exited the chart. In their place are eight new chart entries and 12 re-entries, including two songs from the animated hit movie, “Encanto”: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (No. 9) and “Surface Pressure” (No. 12).
Here is the updated chart for the week of January 16, 2022. Each song is linked to its official video on YouTube, where possible. To listen to the full playlist of these songs, visit our page on Spotify.
| Pos | Song | Artist | LW | Chg | Wks | Peak |
| 1 | Easy On Me | Adele | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Stay | The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 3 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 3 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
| 4 | Industry Baby | Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | Shivers | Ed Sheeran | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| 6 | abcdefu | Gayle | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Need to Know | Doja Cat | 7 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 8 | Cold Heart | Elton John & Dua Lipa | 15 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | We Don’t Talk About Bruno | Carolina Gaitan | New | New | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Smokin Out the Window | Silk Sonic | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | Bad Habits | Ed Sheeran | 9 | -2 | 28 | 2 |
| 12 | Surface Pressure | Jessica Darrow | New | New | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Super Gremlin | Kodak Black | 11 | -2 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | good 4 u | Olivia Rodrigo | 22 | 8 | 34 | 1 |
| 15 | Better Days | Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G | 25 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| 16 | Ghost | Justin Bieber | 18 | 2 | 13 | 16 |
| 17 | Broadway Girls | Lil Durk & Morgan Wallen | 17 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 18 | Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish | 28 | 10 | 23 | 12 |
| 19 | One Right Now | Post Malone & The Weeknd | 21 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 20 | That’s What I Want | Lil Nas X | 19 | -1 | 15 | 11 |
| 21 | Oh My God | Adele | 31 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 22 | Kiss Me More | Doja Cat | Re-E | Re-E | 35 | 1 |
| 23 | Levitating | Dua Lipa | Re-E | Re-E | 49 | 1 |
| 24 | love nwantiti (ah ah ah) | Ckay | Re-E | Re-E | 27 | 8 |
| 25 | Fancy Like | Walker Hayes | Re-E | Re-E | 23 | 6 |
| 26 | I Hate U | SZA | 40 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| 27 | Meet Me At Our Spot | The Anxiety, Willow & Tyler Cole | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| 28 | Knife Talk | Drake | Re-E | Re-E | 14 | 8 |
| 29 | Save Your Tears | The Weeknd & Ariana Grande | New | New | 1 | 29 |
| 30 | Hrs and Hrs | Muni Long | New | New | 1 | 30 |
| 31 | Moth to a Flame | Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd | 32 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 32 | Essence | Wizkid | Re-E | Re-E | 18 | 15 |
| 33 | All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) | Taylor Swift | Re-E | Re-E | 5 | 10 |
| 34 | Way 2 Sexy | Drake (feat. Future & Young Thug) | Re-E | Re-E | 15 | 6 |
| 35 | Woman | Doja Cat | New | New | 1 | 35 |
| 36 | You Right | Doja Cat & The Weeknd | Re-E | Re-E | 27 | 11 |
| 37 | Who Want Smoke?? | Nardo Wick, G Herbo, Lil Durk & 21 Savage | Re-E | Re-E | 6 | 19 |
| 38 | Message In a Bottle (Taylor’s Version) | Taylor Swift | New | New | 1 | 38 |
| 39 | I Feel Good | Pitbull | New | New | 1 | 39 |
| 40 | Buy Dirt | Jordan Davis & Luke Bryan | Re-E | Re-E | 2 | 39 |
The American charts all have their whims. We look across the pop music landscape to put together a reliable snapshot of what is truly trending today. We are currently tracking 157 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2022 Doug DeBolt.
