<p>Friend of the Pod Sam Murphy recently posted <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@popsamcam/video/7610774987519102239" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a TikTok</a> positing an interesting question about whether Hot 100 #1s have the same salience as they used to have. To parse this question out further, Louie is joined by Sam and Chris to talk about the state of the #1 single, the Billboard charts, and what it all says about the music listen functions in 2026. </p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/poppantheon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.poppantheonpod.com/shop/p/niche-legend-dad-hat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/poppantheonpod/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/djlouiexiv/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/russlessless/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow Russ on Instagram</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>