Every year, Billboard reveals which songs dominated the charts more than any others over the past 12 months — but in 2025, we switched things up by tapping Druski, our latest cover star, to help unveil the names that spent the most time at the top.
Streaming live from Los Angeles on Tuesday (Dec. 9) — the same day the viral skit-making comedian’s Billboard cover story was published — the 2025 No. 1s Livestream saw Druski teaming up with Billboard‘s Tetris Kelly and Trevor Anderson to welcome a number of special guests. Together, they announced Benson Boone, Billie Eilish, Teddy Swims, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, SZA, Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and more stars as being responsible for the top 10 biggest entires on the Billboard Hot 100, Top Artist, Billboard 200 and Billboard Global 200 charts this year. Everyone from Cash Cobain to Fuerza Regida, Kehlani and Loud Luxury swung by to chat with Druski and the team, while ROSÉ of BLACKPINK called in to chat about her Grammy-nominated Bruno Mars duet, “APT.” — which also ended up in the year-end Hot 100 roundup.
The event caps off a major year for Druski, who has amassed millions of followers on his social platforms in addition to collaborating with Justin Bieber on the Canadian pop star’s Swag album and launching his Coulda Fest arena tour. While speaking to Billboard for his cover story, the Twitch star explained that a strong work ethic has been key to his success.
“You have to be very confident and consistent,” Druski told staff writer Kyle Denis. “There’s no days off for any of this s–t at all. Even if I am chilling, it’s hard for me to relax, because I’m constantly thinking about what I could be doing … People may think I’m silly and they may wish they could have my life, but I don’t know if y’all can handle these shoes. I know it’s comedy, but a lot of hard work goes into this.”
From Druski revealing his Swiftie status to checking out his Billboard cover for the first time, see all the best moments from the 2025 No. 1s Livestream below.
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Druski Reacts to His First ‘Billboard’ Cover
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}The livestream kicked off with Druski reacting to seeing himself on the cover of Billboard for the first time. As chart analyst Trevor Anderson presented him with a blown-up version of the photo — a snap of the comedian popping a bottle of bubbly while relaxing in a hotel bed — Druski looked astonished.
“I like the champagne one,” he said shortly before signing his name on the design. “We took a lot of different pictures, and I’m glad they ended up on this one, ’cause this shows my personality and everything. This is Billboard, so this is big.”
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Kehlani Reveals She Thought Mariah Carey Invite Was a ‘Prank Call’
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}While stopping by to discuss the musicians who dominated the Top Artists chart, Kehlani opened up about the moment they learned Mariah Carey had reached out to collaborate on a song that would end up becoming “Sugar Sweet” (also featuring Shenseea).
“I didn’t believe it — I thought I was getting a prank call, to be honest,” the R&B star said. “I was in the studio, my manager called me, like, ‘Mariah wanna work with you.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, Mariah the Scientist? That’s my girl!’ He’s like, ‘Mariah Carey.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s kind of insane, I don’t think this is real.’”
Kehlani also revealed that Coco Jones has her “favorite” vocal tone of any artist in the game and noted that Brandy is their next dream collaborator.
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Druski Praises Drake for Changing the ‘Way Culture Moves’
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}“To see him still — and even when I was in early high school listening to this dude, before I even met him, knew him, anything — I can’t even think of the words,” Druski raved of Drake, who has also cosigned the comedian. “He has done different transitions into each culture, each generation, for everybody, anybody coming up before him, anybody in his class. No matter how old you are, you cannot say that you haven’t been a fan of any of his music, because he’s, like, changed his sound, changed the look. He’s changed the way culture moves with music. He’s been involved in each part of it.”
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Druski Gives Top Artist Morgan Wallen His ‘Flowers’
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}After Morgan Wallen was revealed as the No. 1 year-end artist on Billboard‘s Top Artists chart, Druski — who is good pals with the country-music titan — was over the moon. “He definitely deserves it,” Druski said. “I was bumping Morgan Wallen a while back, and people were just asking, ‘Who is this?’ Now, he’s so good that he’s able to get his flowers. He’s an amazing artist.”
(Kehlani, meanwhile, made her distaste for Wallen’s genre clear, revealing that Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is the one and only country album in her heart.)
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Fuerza Regida Teases ‘Crazy’ World Tour in 2026
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}The guys of Fuerza Regida swung by and revealed that the biggest thing they’re looking forward to in 2026 is a massive world tour in the works. “We don’t know exactly when, we just know it’s coming,” member Jesús Ortiz Paz told Druski and Kelly, noting that Europe is the No. 1 place the Latin music phenoms hope to visit.
“It’s gonna be crazy, but I can’t tell you too much,” he continued slyly. “It’s going to be crazy … It’s going to be bigger than all the other times.”
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Loud Luxury Explains Why Chappell Roan Is the Secret to a Good DJ Set
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}Loud Luxury stopped in as Druski and Kelly switched gears to reveal the top 10 year-end albums on the 2025 Billboard 200, one of which was Chappell Roan’s breakout LP The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.
While educating Druski on Chappell’s impact, the DJ duo revealed the secret to an amazing set. “If you play stuff for the girls, everyone else will come,” said Andrew Fedyk. “‘Cause the guys just want to go where the girls are, right?”
“Chappell Roan is an instant must-have,” added Joe Depace. “We did ‘Good, Luck Babe,’ we did ‘Pink Pony Club,’ and those go absolutely crazy every time.”
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Druski Reveals He’s a ‘Swiftie’
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}Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl set a new record for biggest opening sales week of all time, so naturally, it was the No. 1 album on the year-end Billboard 200. While discussing the feat, Druski revealed that the pop star is at the top of his list of celebs he wants to meet.
“I have met Travis, but I have not met Taylor,” the comedian told Kelly, calling himself a “Swiftie.” “I wish I had, though — I definitely want to meet Taylor at some point.”
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Druski Reflects on Former Tourmate Chris Brown’s Growth
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}In 2022, Druski supported Chris Brown and Lil Baby on the musicians’ joint One of Them Ones Tour. Three years later, Brown is headlining stadiums — and his former opener couldn’t be happier for him.
“Just to see where he was at then to go to this stadium tour now, it’s like, ‘Man,’” Druski said of Brown while chopping it up with Kelly, Anderson and guest Cash Cobain. “Damn,[his shows] feel like a magic experience, because you see him flying around. It’s not just an R&B show … he’s dancing for like two, three hours straight. He’s doing spins, and when he’s spinning, there’s sweat flying off his body. He really is putting his all into it, and you don’t see that often.”
