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Kendrick Lamar has been named the greatest pop star of 2024 by Billboard
Kendrick Lamar has been crowned the No. 1 pop star of 2024 on Billboard‘s annual Greatest Pop Star by Year list.
On Monday (December 23), Billboard's editorial staff selected their 10 Greatest Pop Stars of 2024, including Beyoncé at No. 8, Drake as an honorable mention, and Shaboozey as Rookie of the Year.
Sabrina Carpenter takes the No. 2 spot and Taylor Swift at No. 3.
“What made Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 so remarkable was that he didn’t just remind us of all the reasons why he was so big at his commercial and cultural peak – he showed that he could do things we’d never even seen from him before,” Billboard‘s Andrew Unterbeger wrote. “He showed that he could hit heights no other rapper had reached this decade, a period that had otherwise marked something of a downturn for the once seemingly indomitable genre’s mainstream prospects.
“He showed that he was able to create cultural moments of both singular blunt-force impact and massive historical gravity – and then to do it again and again. And he showed that at his absolute best and biggest, he could dominate the streets, the charts, and everywhere in between with equal sun-blocking vastness, and emerge as the winner not only when pitted against his most direct adversaries, but against any other potential peer in popular music.”
In addition, The list includes Drake, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, and more.