{"id":142597,"date":"2025-05-22T11:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=142597"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:51:16","slug":"top-artists-who-have-replaced-themselves-at-no-1-on-billboard-this-decade-with-bts-taylor-swift-and-kendrick-lamar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/top-artists-who-have-replaced-themselves-at-no-1-on-billboard-this-decade-with-bts-taylor-swift-and-kendrick-lamar\/","title":{"rendered":"Top artists who have replaced themselves at No. 1 on Billboard this decade, with BTS, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only a few artists can say they\u2019ve knocked themselves off the top spot\u2014and BTS, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar are part of that elite club. These artists didn\u2019t just hit No. 1 on the <strong>Billboard Hot 100<\/strong>\u2014they replaced their own songs there, proving they\u2019re their own toughest competition.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break down each of their songs and moments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BTS:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CuklIb9d3fI?si=RF-SBvz9mE21HCCE\" title=\"BTS (\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8) &#039;Permission to Dance&#039; Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CuklIb9d3fI?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><\/p>\n<p>The K-pop kings pulled off the rare feat in July 2021 when their dance anthem \u201c<strong>Permission to Dance<\/strong>\u201d debuted at No. 1, pushing their previous smash \u201c<strong>Butter<\/strong>\u201d down to No. 2. It was a historic moment, showing the group&#8217;s unstoppable momentum and the loyalty of their ARMY, who powered both tracks to the top spot in America.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tNxUxm3-658?si=bg9siZyIlAb2Ys-Z\" title=\"Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (Taylor&#039;s Version) (From The Vault) (Lyric Video)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNxUxm3-658?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><\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the pop queen dropped her \u201c1998 (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d led by the vault track \u201c<strong>Is It Over Now?<\/strong>\u201d The song debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100, replacing her own hit \u201c<strong>Cruel Summer<\/strong>,\u201d which found new success after being originally released in 2019. The reason? TikTok virality, and most importantly, being the opening song for \u201cThe Eras Tour.\u201d Only Taylor could revive a 2019 sleeper hit and immediately follow it with a new release that takes over the throne.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sNY_2TEmzho?si=x6w4_k-s5TDfbscf\" title=\"Kendrick Lamar &amp; SZA - luther\" width=\"1240\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNY_2TEmzho?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><\/p>\n<p>The rapper officially joined the elite club in 2025 with a massive chart takeover. His Grammy-winning disstrack \u201c<strong>Not Like Us<\/strong>\u201d initially topped Billboard in 2024. Then, it came back to the top spot the year after, following Kendrick\u2019s Super Bowl performance. In March 2025, his collab with SZA, \u201c<strong>Luther<\/strong>,\u201d ranked No.1. Since then, it has become the longest chart-topper for both artists.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s BTS serving feel-good bops, Taylor Swift commanding with re-recorded power, or Kendrick Lamar shaking the industry with hip-hop and R&amp;B, these three aren\u2019t just topping charts\u2014they\u2019re showing what chart supremacy is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a few artists can say they\u2019ve knocked themselves off the top spot\u2014and BTS, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar are part of that elite club. These artists didn\u2019t just hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100\u2014they replaced their own songs there, proving they\u2019re their own toughest competition. Let\u2019s break down each of their songs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":142598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1353,2264,1402],"tags":[49,22],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-142597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charts","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-list","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-taylor-swift"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142597"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=142597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}