Five Burning Questions: Early Thoughts About the 2021 Hot 100

Now that the last vestiges of the holiday season have officially disappeared from the Billboard Hot 100, it’s a good time for us here at Billboard to take stock of what’s going on with the all-metric songs chart at the start of the new year.
“Mood,” by 24kGoldn featuring iann dior, has spent the last two weeks back atop the chart, reigning for its seventh and eighth week total. This week, the listing’s top 10 greets a brand new entry from Justin Bieber, whose &