Kendrick Lamar has been crowned Billboard’s No. 1 Greatest Pop Star of 2024 after having a great year, topping the charts several times.
“What made Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 so remarkable was that he didn’t just remind us of all the reasons why he was so big at his commercial and cultural peak – he showed that he could do things we’d never even seen from him before,” wrote Billboard‘s Andrew Unterbeger.
PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 04: Kendrick Lamar attends the Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)
“He showed that he was capable of hitting heights no other rapper had reached this decade, a period that had otherwise marked something of a downturn for the once seemingly indomitable genre’s mainstream prospects.
K.Dot beat out Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and even Beyonce.
Pop music, short for popular music, is a genre of music that is often played on mainstream radio stations and other mainstream platforms. Dot was the only rapper in the top 10, but rappers Drake, Future, Glorilla, and Tyler, the Creator all received honorable mentions on the list.
