The Weeknd performs during the 67th Grammy Awards. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
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Travis Scott, seen here performing in the Netherlands in 2024, scored his fifth No. 1 pop hit this week with "4X4." Of those five hits, four topped Billboard's Hot 100 in their first week after being released. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images hide caption
Travis Scott's latest song joins the hottest new club in popular music
Imogen Heap, seen here performing during the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, scored her first song on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart this month, 30 years into her career. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Imogen Heap's song 'Headlock' hits Billboard charts 20 years after it was released
Bad Bunny on stage in Miami in May 2024. The Puerto Rican singer's latest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, topped Billboard's album chart this week. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images hide caption
Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard’s biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)
The duet by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in November before being swept out of the top 10 by the annual rush of holiday songs. This week, it finally rises to the top of the chart. John Esparza/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
With the holidays over, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and more stars flood the pop charts
Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars perform as Silk Sonic during the 2021 Grammy Awards broadcast. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars, together as Silk Sonic. Their debut, An Evening with Silk Sonic, tops our shortlist of the week's best new albums. John Esparza/Silk Sonic hide caption
Musicians who made some of NPR Music's favorite songs of 2021 (so far) include (left to right) Silk Sonic, Cico P, Seinabo Sey, Petal Supply and Amber Mark. Courtesy of artists hide caption
It's not a genre; it's a lifestyle. Kara Frame/NPR hide caption
Meshell Ndegeocello's album Ventriloquism is a collection of covers of R&B songs from the 1980s and '90s. Charlie Gross/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bruno Mars received seven Grammys, including Album, Song and Record of the Year. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Bruno Mars (left) and Mark Ronson, whose song, "Uptown Funk!," has been the No. 1 song in the country for four weeks in a row. Vevo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Just One Of The Guys: Bruno Mars (center, with microphone) performs with his band at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington on July 21. Mat Hayward/Getty Images hide caption
Bruno Mars draws inspiration from across the pop landscape on his second album, Unorthodox Jukebox. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bruno Mars. Andreas Laszlo Konrath/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Get To Know The Song Of The Year Nominees: Bruno Mars, 'Grenade'
Bruno Mars has experienced success as a producer but is now making a name for himself with a new album of his own. Gabriel Bouys hide caption
Bruno Mars co-wrote "Right Round" by Flo Rida (featuring Ke$ha) and "Wavin' Flag" by K'naan. Atlantic Records hide caption