Future lands at top of the list
Pandora has revealed its Top Thumb Hundred of 2022, the annual ranking of the most-loved songs by Pandora listeners, with Grammy Award-winning rapper Future taking the top spot with “Wait For U” featuring Drake & Tems. Latin superstar Bad Bunny has the most songs on the list, with five of his hits making the Top Thumb Hundred for 2022. The countdown playlist launches today (Tues, Nov 29th) and is hosted by Pandora programmers J1 and Melony Torres.
In addition to his No. 1 track, Future makes the Top Thumb Hundred of 2022 with the track “Worst Day” at No. 86. He also appears on hits such as “Me or Sum” featuring Future & Lil Baby by Nardo Wick at No. 56; “Pushin P” featuring Young Thug by Gunna & Future at No. 62; and “Beautiful” featuring Future & SZA by DJ Khaled at No. 73. The rapper earned his heavy presence on the year-end list by effortlessly flowing through different sub genres of hip hop and successfully collaborating with his chart-topping peers.
Latin music made a tremendous mark on this year’s list with artists such as Bad Bunny, Karol G (“Provenza” at No. 2), Becky G (MAMIII at No. 17), and more landing in the Top 20. Bad Bunny’s collaborations with other Latin artists secured him three of his five spots on the list with “Me Porto Bonito” (Chencho Corleone) coming in at No. 8, “Party” (Rauw Alejandro) coming in at No. 22, and “Ojitos Lindos” (Bomba Estéreo) coming in at No. 49. The list also includes Bad Bunny’s “Moscow Mule” at No. 67 and “Efecto” at No. 82.
Only Pandora lets users “thumb” songs to create a personalized listening experience that evolves with their tastes and preferences. By tapping the thumbs-up icon when they hear a song they like (or thumbs-down when they don’t), listeners enable Pandora’s recommendation technology to serve up the perfect songs for each user and every moment. With over 100 billion thumbs up/thumbs down generated by users (and counting), Pandora’s thumbs are a unique barometer for what’s hot in music right now.
Pandora’s Top Thumb Hundred 2022 is a blend of the best of hip hop, pop, country, Latin, rock, and R&B, hosted by Pandora programmers J1 and Melony Torres. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha appear with their Grammy-nominated track “I’m Good (Blue)” at No. 40 and beloved Disney favorite “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from the Encanto soundtrack comes in at No. 12. Rising country artist Bailey Zimmerman makes his debut on the year-end list with his emotional ballads “Rock and A Hard Place” at No. 14 and “Fall In Love” at No. 27.
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