The top-selling album of 2024 was Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, but none of its songs made the year-end top 20. For all of its phenomenal success (juiced by frequent special edition re-releases), Tortured Poets didn’t really break through to the wider culture. If it had, lead single ‘Fortnight’ would be higher than #22 on this list.

At #23 is Luke Combs’ ‘Fast Car,’ the Tracy Chapman cover that reached #8 on the prior year’s list.

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