The Biggest Hits of the 2020s, Ranked
All 40 songs here, ranked by 117 players. Blinding Lights leads: it wins 65.5% of its matchups (n = 255) and was champion in 11 of 117 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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vampireOlivia Rodrigo
EspressoSabrina Carpenter
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Rank all 40: the song sorter, about 161 picks for your full order, 1 to 40. All 40: a bracket, 39 picks, with tied places.
2020s Hits: the community’s best
Win rate across 3,115 head-to-head picks from 117 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | 2020s hit | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 167–88 | 65.5% | 11 | 255 | ||
| 2 | 165–87 | 65.5% | 9 | 252 | ||
| 3 | 169–92 | 64.8% | 10 | 261 | ||
| 4 | 150–85 | 63.8% | 9 | 235 | ||
| 5 | 137–91 | 60.1% | 9 | 228 | ||
| 6 | 122–82 | 59.8% | 10 | 204 | ||
| 7 | 122–90 | 57.5% | 5 | 212 | ||
| 8 | 122–93 | 56.7% | 2 | 215 |
2020s Hits: the community tier list
From 3,115 head-to-head picks in 117 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Blinding Lights
- Save Your Tears
- Not Like Us
- BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Espresso
- Bad Habit
- As It Was
- Levitating
- Kill Bill
- Stay
- good 4 u
- drivers license
- + 5 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Kiss Me More
- INDUSTRY BABY
- Please Please Please
- Lose Control
- Flowers
- Paint the Town Red
- Die With a Smile
- APT.
- + 5 more
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Cruel Summer
- Ordinary
- Dynamite
- Last Night
- Butter
- Anti-Hero
- About Damn Time
- Unholy
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- The Fate of Ophelia
1 more entrant needs 10 matchups before it is placed.
How the 2020s Hits bracket works
This 2020s hit ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Blinding Lights or As It Was? Levitating or drivers license? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. The awkward pairings are the point: they are the calls a drag-and-drop tier list quietly lets you avoid.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 40 songs. Everyone gets the same draw on a given day, so you can compare runs with friends; New draw gives you a genuinely different bracket rather than the same path twice. You can also play it at 8 or 32 or 40 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 40 entrants
All 40 entrants are listed below, including Blinding Lights, As It Was, Levitating and drivers license. Updated
- Blinding LightsThe WeekndListen on Apple Music
- As It WasHarry StylesListen on Apple Music
- LevitatingDua LipaListen on Apple Music
- drivers licenseOlivia RodrigoListen on Apple Music
- StayThe Kid LAROI & Justin BieberListen on Apple Music
- good 4 uOlivia RodrigoListen on Apple Music
- PeachesJustin BieberListen on Apple Music
- MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)Lil Nas XListen on Apple Music
- Heat WavesGlass AnimalsListen on Apple Music
- Save Your TearsThe WeekndListen on Apple Music
- Watermelon SugarHarry StylesListen on Apple Music
- Bad HabitSteve LacyListen on Apple Music
- About Damn TimeLizzoListen on Apple Music
- Anti-HeroTaylor SwiftListen on Apple Music
- FlowersMiley CyrusListen on Apple Music
- Kill BillSZAListen on Apple Music
- vampireOlivia RodrigoListen on Apple Music
- Cruel SummerTaylor SwiftListen on Apple Music
- Paint the Town RedDoja CatListen on Apple Music
- Last NightMorgan WallenListen on Apple Music
- UnholySam Smith & Kim PetrasListen on Apple Music
- DynamiteBTSListen on Apple Music
- ButterBTSListen on Apple Music
- Kiss Me MoreDoja Cat ft. SZAListen on Apple Music
- deja vuOlivia RodrigoListen on Apple Music
- INDUSTRY BABYLil Nas X & Jack HarlowListen on Apple Music
- EspressoSabrina CarpenterListen on Apple Music
- Please Please PleaseSabrina CarpenterListen on Apple Music
- APT.Rose & Bruno MarsListen on Apple Music
- Not Like UsKendrick LamarListen on Apple Music
- GreedyTate McRaeListen on Apple Music
- BIRDS OF A FEATHERBillie EilishListen on Apple Music
- Lose ControlTeddy SwimsListen on Apple Music
- A Bar Song (Tipsy)ShaboozeyListen on Apple Music
- Die With a SmileLady Gaga & Bruno MarsListen on Apple Music
- lutherKendrick Lamar & SZAListen on Apple Music
- OrdinaryAlex WarrenListen on Apple Music
- GoldenHUNTR/XListen on Apple Music
- The Fate of OpheliaTaylor SwiftListen on Apple Music
- Choosin' TexasElla LangleyListen on Apple Music
Tier list instead?
Load all 40 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own 2020s hit bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Go with the one you would rather hear right now — instant reaction beats a considered take.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 40 so more of the 40 songs make the field.
- If a matchup genuinely splits you, undo and replay it — a coin-flip pick in round one distorts everything below it.
Questions people ask
What is the best 2020s hit?
According to 117 BracketRanker players, Blinding Lights (The Weeknd). It wins 65.5% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 255) and was champion in 11 of 117 brackets (9.4%).
How many songs are in the 2020s Hits bracket?
The pool holds 40 songs. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32, 40 slots.
Which songs are included?
Blinding Lights, As It Was, Levitating, drivers license, Stay, good 4 u, Peaches, MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), Heat Waves, Save Your Tears, Watermelon Sugar and Bad Habit, plus 28 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the 2020s Hits bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other song grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two songs that never met. If you would rather place the songs into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 40 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the 2020s Hits community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 40 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a song I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own songs, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 40 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.