Do #1 Hits Matter Anymore? (With Chris Molanphy & Sam Murphy)
Mar 19, 2026
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Friend of the Pod Sam Murphy recently posted a TikTok positing an interesting question about whether Hot 100 #1s have the same salience as they used to have. To parse this question out further, Louie is joined by Sam and Chris to talk about the state of the #1 single, the Billboard charts, and what it all says about the music listen functions in 2026.
