{"id":841,"date":"2026-03-02T08:56:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=841"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:56:06","slug":"3-pop-songs-from-the-2010s-that-broke-major-billboard-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-pop-songs-from-the-2010s-that-broke-major-billboard-records\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Pop Songs From the 2010s That Broke Major Billboard Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the 2010s, pop music continued to dominate, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsrhd.com\/blogs\/station-blogs\/post\/the-sound-of-the-2010s-a-decade-that-defined-modern-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hip hop resurged<\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsrhd.com\/blogs\/station-blogs\/post\/the-sound-of-the-2010s-a-decade-that-defined-modern-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Streaming music became much more accessible with the popularization of platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. It was easier to track streaming, and charts blew up. Here are the No. 1 songs of the 2010s that broke <em>Billboard<\/em> records at the time of their release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;TiK ToK&#8221; by Ke$ha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ke$ha - TiK ToK (Official HD Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iP6XpLQM2Cs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/kesha\">Ke$ha<\/a>, whose legal name is Kesha Rose Sebert, came into the 2010s with a bang at the tail end of the 2000s. Her hit solo single &#8220;TiK ToK&#8221; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/kesha-tik-tok-this-week-in-billboard-chart-history-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first song to hit No. 1<\/a> on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100 in 2010, where it remained for nine weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the song&#8217;s major success, Ke$ha had doubts about &#8220;TiK ToK,&#8221; thinking that the song was dumb. &#8220;When I was writing \u2018TiK ToK,\u2019 it was weird, because the dumber it got, the better it got,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kesha-tik-tok-too-dumb-before-release-1235969978\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Billboard<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cWhich was confusing, because I like to think of myself as a fairly intelligent human being. But it just got dumber and dumber and better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But luckily, Ke$ha&#8217;s fans did not agree with her opinion on the song. To this day, the song is still an early 2000s staple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Grenade&#8221; by Bruno Mars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruno Mars - Grenade (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SR6iYWJxHqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/bruno-mars\">Bruno Mars<\/a>&#8216; &#8220;Grenade&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/bruno-mars-continues-hot-100-no-1-rotation-with-grenade-473660\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was battling<\/a> Katy Perry&#8217;s &#8220;Firework&#8221; for No.1 on the Billboard charts. But ultimately, &#8220;Grenade&#8221; came out on top, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/bruno-mars-holds-off-pnk-atop-hot-100-473266\/\">spending four weeks<\/a> as the No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Grenade&#8221; is the second single from Mars\u2019 debut album&nbsp;<em>Doo-Wops &amp; Hooligans<\/em>. At the time, it sounded <a href=\"https:\/\/kiss951.com\/2025\/10\/09\/bruno-mars-and-the-art-of-heartbreak\/\">drastically different<\/a> from anything else on the radio. In a time period full of dub beats and electronic hooks, Mars built &#8220;Grenade&#8221; around heavy piano chords and a pleading voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song lasted 4 weeks on the charts. Mars continued to have several other No. 1 hits in the 2010s, including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e-fA-gBCkj0&amp;list=RDe-fA-gBCkj0&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Locked Out Of Heaven<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk&amp;list=RDLjhCEhWiKXk&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Just the Way You Are<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0&amp;list=RDOPf0YbXqDm0&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uptown Funk<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Sorry&#8221; by Justin Bieber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justin Bieber - Sorry (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ELbX5CMomE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/justin-bieber\">Justin Bieber<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Sorry&#8221; was not only one of the No. 1 songs of the 2010s. It also had the classic mid-2010\u2019s post-EDM sound down. <a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/250-greatest-songs-21st-century-so-far-list-85412\/the-rapture-house-of-jealous-lovers-85580\/\">The song defined<\/a> his remade image and cemented Bieber\u2019s new \u201ctropical house\u201d sound as a dance-floor fixture. &#8220;Sorry&#8221; is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickiswift.com\/309883\/the-real-meaning-behind-sorry-by-justin-bieber\/\">rumored to be about<\/a> the infamous and widely talked about breakup between him and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/selena-gomez\">Selena Gomez<\/a>. Spending three consecutive weeks as No. 1, this was Bieber&#8217;s second time at the top of the <em>Billboard<\/em> 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-songfacts-fact\"><div class=\"songfacts-card songfacts-card-horizontal\"><div class=\"songfacts-content-container\"><div class=\"songfacts-header\"><h3 class=\"songfacts-card-title\"><span>Songfacts: <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-title-part\">Sorry<\/span><span class=\"songfacts-separator\"> | <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-artist-part\">Justin Bieber<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-meta\">Album:<span class=\"songfacts-album\">Purpose <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-releasedate\"> [2015]<\/span><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-body\"><p class=\"songfacts-card-text\">Julia Michaels told American Songwriter the hook of &#8220;Sorry&#8221; was her way of breaking a songwriting maxim. 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