2019 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics

2019 music was a streaming-era snapshot of pop, hip-hop, country crossover, Latin music, dance-pop, soundtrack hits, viral songs, and moodier alternative pop. Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, and Lewis Capaldi all helped define the year’s sound.

This PopCultureMadness guide starts with PCM’s Top 100 songs of 2019, then groups more 2019 music hits by style so you can browse the year by sound, mood, and memory. It was a year when Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, TikTok-adjacent music discovery, streaming playlists, country-rap crossovers, and big pop personalities all shaped what people heard — and what they kept hearing whether they planned to or not.

Quick Answer: What Music Was Popular in 2019?

Popular music in 2019 included pop, hip-hop, trap, R&B, country crossover, Latin pop, dance-pop, alternative pop, soundtrack songs, and viral novelty hits. Songs like Sunflower, Bad Guy, Old Town Road, Truth Hurts, Shallow, Someone You Loved, and Señorita helped define 2019 music.

Top 10 Songs of 2019

1. Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) – Post Malone & Swae Lee
2. Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
3. Happier – Marshmello & Bastille
4. Good as Hell – Lizzo
5. Sucker – Jonas Brothers
6. Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
7. Sweet but Psycho – Ava Max
8. Juice – Lizzo
9. Sicko Mode – Travis Scott
10. Eastside – Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid

2019 Music Hits by Style

Beyond the Top 10, 2019 music gets more interesting when grouped by style. The year had major pop comebacks, moody streaming hits, Latin crossover records, country-pop breakthroughs, viral dance songs, soundtrack favorites, and hip-hop tracks that moved quickly across playlists and social media.

2019 Pop, Dance-Pop, and Big Radio Hits

Pop music in 2019 was bright, polished, and full of personality. Lizzo, Dua Lipa, Ava Max, Jonas Brothers, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Selena Gomez, and Niall Horan helped give the year a strong radio-friendly sound. Some songs were glossy and upbeat, while others leaned emotional, theatrical, or slightly chaotic — which is basically pop doing cardio.

Good as Hell – Lizzo
Sucker – Jonas Brothers
Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
Sweet but Psycho – Ava Max
Juice – Lizzo
Dance Monkey – Tones and I
7 Rings – Ariana Grande
Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Me! – Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie
Without Me – Halsey
If I Can’t Have You – Shawn Mendes
Señorita – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
You Need to Calm Down – Taylor Swift
Lover – Taylor Swift featuring Shawn Mendes
I Don’t Care – Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber
Dancing with a Stranger – Sam Smith & Normani
Only Human – Jonas Brothers
Nice to Meet Ya – Niall Horan
Higher Love – Kygo & Whitney Houston
Beautiful People – Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid
How Do You Sleep? – Sam Smith
Lose You to Love Me – Selena Gomez
Heat – Kelly Clarkson

2019 Hip-Hop, Rap, Trap, and Pop-Rap Favorites

Hip-hop was central to 2019, with Post Malone, Travis Scott, Drake, Cardi B, DaBaby, 21 Savage, Meek Mill, Lil Nas X, Blueface, Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, and Doja Cat all shaping the year’s sound. Streaming kept rap moving fast, while viral hooks and collaborations helped songs leap from playlists to pop culture almost overnight.

Sicko Mode – Travis Scott
Wow. – Post Malone
No Guidance – Chris Brown featuring Drake
Taki Taki – DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Better Now – Post Malone
I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Look Back at It – A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Suge – DaBaby
Panini – Lil Nas X
A Lot – 21 Savage
Money – Cardi B
Going Bad – Meek Mill featuring Drake
Please Me – Cardi B & Bruno Mars
Hot Girl Summer – Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign
Juicy – Doja Cat & Tyga
Thotiana – Blueface

2019 R&B, Soul-Pop, and Smooth Vocal Hits

R&B and soul-pop gave 2019 a smoother, moodier side. Khalid, H.E.R., Ella Mai, Normani, Chris Brown, Drake, Bryson Tiller, Sam Smith, and Lewis Capaldi helped keep emotional vocals and slow-burn production in the year’s mix. These songs were made for headphones, late-night playlists, and people pretending they were not checking a text thread.

Eastside – Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid
Talk – Khalid
No Guidance – Chris Brown featuring Drake
Better – Khalid
Could’ve Been – H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller
Worth It – YK Osiris
Trip – Ella Mai
Outta My Head – Khalid with John Mayer
Love Lies – Khalid & Normani
Dancing with a Stranger – Sam Smith & Normani
Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi

2019 Country, Country-Pop, and Country Crossover Hits

Country music had a strong mainstream presence in 2019. Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen, Blanco Brown, and Lil Nas X helped push country, country-pop, and country-rap into wider conversation. Old Town Road became the loudest chart story of the year, proving that genre labels can be useful until the internet decides to redecorate.

Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Beautiful Crazy – Luke Combs
Speechless – Dan + Shay
God’s Country – Blake Shelton
The Git Up – Blanco Brown
Whiskey Glasses – Morgan Wallen

2019 Latin, Global Pop, and International Hits

Latin and global pop remained highly visible in 2019, with Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Ozuna, Selena Gomez, Cardi B, and Drake helping songs move across languages and markets. These tracks showed how mainstream pop was becoming more global, more collaborative, and much less interested in staying inside one lane.

MIA – Bad Bunny featuring Drake
Taki Taki – DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B
Con Calma – Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry featuring Snow
I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin

2019 Alternative, Indie Pop, Rock, and Modern Rock Hits

Alternative and indie-leaning music still mattered in 2019, especially through Billie Eilish, Bastille, Panic! at the Disco, Twenty One Pilots, Vampire Weekend, Muse, The 1975, Of Monsters and Men, AJR, and lovelytheband. The year’s alternative side moved between dark pop, festival-friendly rock, and internet-era introspection.

Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
Happier – Marshmello & Bastille
High Hopes – Panic! at the Disco
Broken – lovelytheband
Bury a Friend – Billie Eilish
Alligator – Of Monsters and Men
When the Party’s Over – Billie Eilish
Gloria – The Lumineers
Chlorine – Twenty One Pilots
Hey Look Ma, I Made It – Panic! at the Disco
Harmony Hall – Vampire Weekend
100 Bad Days – AJR
Love It If We Made It – The 1975
Pressure – Muse
Joy – Bastille

2019 Dance, EDM, Club, and Electronic Hits

Dance and electronic music stayed active in 2019, with Marshmello, Bastille, Alison Wonderland, DJ Snake, Avicii, Kygo, Skrillex, Boys Noize, The Chemical Brothers, Sofi Tukker, and Mark Ronson all helping shape the year’s club and festival-friendly side. Some songs leaned emotional, some leaned weird, and some clearly arrived with fog machines in mind.

Happier – Marshmello & Bastille
Peace – Alison Wonderland
Taki Taki – DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B
SOS – Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc
Midnight Hour – Skrillex & Boys Noize featuring Ty Dolla $ign
Higher Love – Kygo & Whitney Houston
Got to Keep On – The Chemical Brothers
Purple Hat – Sofi Tukker
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart – Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus

2019 Movie, Soundtrack, and Pop Culture Favorites

Soundtracks and pop culture moments had a major place in 2019 music. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, A Star Is Born, viral children’s music, and country-rap debates all helped songs move far beyond ordinary radio categories. This is where the year got cinematic, meme-friendly, and occasionally shark-shaped.

Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) – Post Malone & Swae Lee
Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Baby Shark – Pinkfong
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
The Git Up – Blanco Brown

2019 Viral Hits, Streaming Favorites, and Social Media Songs

Streaming and social media shaped 2019 in a big way. Songs could become huge through playlists, memes, TikTok, YouTube, soundtrack use, or sheer cultural repetition. Some became serious pop moments, and some became songs parents heard 400 times before lunch. That is not chart methodology; that is survival trivia.

Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Baby Shark – Pinkfong
The Git Up – Blanco Brown
Dance Monkey – Tones and I
Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
Panini – Lil Nas X
Hot Girl Summer – Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign

How PopCultureMadness Looks at 2019 Music

PopCultureMadness looks at 2019 music through chart activity, radio presence, streaming momentum, soundtrack importance, social media impact, pop culture memory, and long-term trivia value. Some songs dominated official charts, some became viral moments, some came from movies, and some stayed memorable because they captured the strange, fast-moving sound of the year.

PCM’s 2019 Top 100 Music Hits Chart

1. Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) – Post Malone & Swae Lee
2. Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
3. Happier – Marshmello & Bastille
4. Good as Hell – Lizzo
5. Sucker – Jonas Brothers
6. Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
7. Sweet but Psycho – Ava Max
8. Juice – Lizzo
9. Sicko Mode – Travis Scott
10. Eastside – Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid
11. Dance Monkey – Tones and I
12. 7 Rings – Ariana Grande
13. Slow Dancing in the Dark – Joji
14. MIA – Bad Bunny featuring Drake
15. Truth Hurts – Lizzo
16. Talk – Khalid
17. Me! – Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie
18. Wow. – Post Malone
19. No Guidance – Chris Brown featuring Drake
20. Without Me – Halsey
21. Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
22. Circles – Post Malone
23. High Hopes – Panic! at the Disco
24. Peace – Alison Wonderland
25. Taki Taki – DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B
26. If I Can’t Have You – Shawn Mendes
27. Señorita – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
28. Con Calma – Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry featuring Snow
29. Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
30. Better Now – Post Malone
31. You Need to Calm Down – Taylor Swift
32. Baby Shark – Pinkfong
33. Lover – Taylor Swift featuring Shawn Mendes
34. Trampoline – SHAED
35. Girls Like You – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
36. Close to Me – Ellie Goulding x Diplo featuring Swae Lee
37. I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
38. I Don’t Care – Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber
39. Dancing with a Stranger – Sam Smith & Normani
40. SOS – Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc
41. Beautiful Crazy – Luke Combs
42. Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
43. Only Human – Jonas Brothers
44. Delicate – Taylor Swift
45. Broken – lovelytheband
46. Look Back at It – A Boogie wit da Hoodie
47. Better – Khalid
48. Suge – DaBaby
49. Nice to Meet Ya – Niall Horan
50. The Git Up – Blanco Brown
51. Panini – Lil Nas X
52. Bury a Friend – Billie Eilish
53. Midnight Hour – Skrillex & Boys Noize featuring Ty Dolla $ign
54. A Lot – 21 Savage
55. Alligator – Of Monsters and Men
56. Money – Cardi B
57. Could’ve Been – H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller
58. Speechless – Dan + Shay
59. When the Party’s Over – Billie Eilish
60. Consequences – Camila Cabello
61. Going Bad – Meek Mill featuring Drake
62. Higher Love – Kygo & Whitney Houston
63. Don’t Give Up on Me – Andy Grammer
64. Please Me – Cardi B & Bruno Mars
65. Worth It – YK Osiris
66. Graveyard – Halsey
67. Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored – Ariana Grande
68. Gasoline – The Rua
69. God’s Country – Blake Shelton
70. Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
71. Got to Keep On – The Chemical Brothers
72. Gloria – The Lumineers
73. Chlorine – Twenty One Pilots
74. Purple Hat – Sofi Tukker
75. Beautiful People – Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid
76. Used to Be – Matt Nathanson
77. Trip – Ella Mai
78. Hey Look Ma, I Made It – Panic! at the Disco
79. Wake Up – Travis Scott
80. Nothing Breaks Like a Heart – Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus
81. Whiskey Glasses – Morgan Wallen
82. Youngblood – 5 Seconds of Summer
83. Hot Girl Summer – Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign
84. Outta My Head – Khalid with John Mayer
85. How Do You Sleep? – Sam Smith
86. Lose You to Love Me – Selena Gomez
87. Juicy – Doja Cat & Tyga
88. Love Lies – Khalid & Normani
89. Harmony Hall – Vampire Weekend
90. Heat – Kelly Clarkson
91. 100 Bad Days – AJR
92. Love It If We Made It – The 1975
93. Beautiful – Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello
94. Killer Queen – 5 Seconds of Summer
95. Pressure – Muse
96. Our Time – Nick Howard
97. Joy – Bastille
98. The Upside – Lindsey Stirling featuring Elle King
99. Thotiana – Blueface
100. Be Alright – Dean Lewis