Not every hit gets all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but some legendary songs have gotten as close as possible to the top spot, peaking at No. 2.

This week, Billboard rounded up our staff picks for the 100 best songs to peak at No. 2 on the Hot 100, celebrating the earworm hits that came agonizingly close to the top of the chart. Now, we want to know which one is your favorite.

The poll includes our top 10 standout No. 2 hits, which span decades and genres, including Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Prince and the Revolution’s “Purple Rain” to Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” and Missy Elliott‘s “Work It.” (If your favorite No. 2 hit isn’t among the options, there’s an “Other” field that allows you to freely write in your pick.)

The songs on the ballot represent just a portion of the many memorable hits that have fallen just one spot short of the Hot 100 summit. From songs that became defining moments for their artists to tracks that have endured for generations, the history of No. 2 hits is filled with records that remain just as culturally significant as chart-toppers.

Billboard has explored the phenomenon from several angles over the years, including just how three artists were able to score No. 2 Hot 100 hits without “doing anything on the songs,” and how 12 artists managed to reach No. 2 on the Hot 100 with their first hit, but unfortunately never happened to land on the chart again.

You can check out our full list of best No. 2 hits to see which songs made the staff’s cut.

Now it’s your turn: Which song is the best No. 2 hit of all time? Vote in the poll below, and let us know if there’s another No. 2 hit that deserves a spot on the list.

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Ticketmaster users can now use Google’s AI chatbot Gemini to find live events, the ticketing company announced on Wednesday (Aug. 12).

Ticketmaster is now available as a connected app on the Gemini platform, where fans can look for events and compare seating options and prices before being taken to the Ticketmaster marketplace to complete the purchase.

The Gemini integration will allow users to strike up a conversation with the AI platform to find events versus using traditional search engines. Users can prompt Gemini with questions or phrases like, “Find me two tickets to a football match under $150” or “What concerts are happening in Chicago this weekend?”

“Eligible events are surfaced automatically based on relevant fan searches, creating new discovery opportunities while keeping Ticketmaster as the secure destination for purchasing tickets,” stated a press release announcing the integration. For Ticketmaster clients and event organizers, the release boasts that the partnership could mean “access to fans earlier in the decision-making journey.”

The process requires users to connect Ticketmaster in Gemini and then ask @Ticketmaster to help them find concerts, sporting events and more. If a user finds an event to attend, they will be directed to Ticketmaster’s marketplace. When users reach the marketplace, their selected seats will already be loaded for a more seamless purchase experience.

The app is currently available in English across Gemini on the web, iOS and Android for U.S.-based users. Ticketmaster intends to scale it to additional languages and markets over time.

Gemini is the latest in AI integration for Ticketmaster, which has already rolled out event discovery across ChatGPT, Claude and Amazon Alexa+.

Role Model covered Olivia Rodrigo’s “Maggots for Brains” as part of his set at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on Tuesday (Aug. 11), but the singer born Tucker Pillsbury seemingly wasn’t feeling too confident after his performance.

Ahead of the cover going live on YouTube, Role Model posted a message to his Instagram Story in an attempt to get ahead of his expected critics. “I covered olivia for BBC and im just gonna get ahead of the comments and let you know i botched it,” he wrote with two heart-eyes emojis.

Instead of tweaking Rodrigo’s lyrics, Role Model leaned into the pop star’s yearning for a long-distance lover on the You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love track. Fans in the YouTube video’s comments section seemingly expected worse based on his “botched” warning, and lent their stamps of approval. “Came from his Instagram Story. Not botched actually,” one commenter wrote.

During his Live Lounge stop, Role Model also performed “High Hopes 3000” and “Harmony” from his Chuck Timely & The Hourglass album, which arrived on Aug. 7.

“Maggots for Brains” is from Rodrigo’s most recent album, which arrived in June and topped the Billboard 200 with 485,000 total album-equivalent units earned. The song has so far peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Role Model isn’t the first to attempt a Rodrigo song in the Live Lounge this year: Sienna Spiro covered “Less” during her BBC Radio 1 stop in July.

Watch Role Model’s “Maggots for Brains” cover below.

Chris Brown wants a new trial in his former housekeeper’s dog attack lawsuit, arguing that the jury’s “excessive” $13 million verdict was influenced by improper evidence about his infamous 2008 assault of Rihanna.

Brown’s lawyers filed a motion on Monday (Aug. 10) asking to wipe the trial verdict won in June by Maria Avila, who was mauled by a 200-pound dog while cleaning Brown’s Los Angeles-area home six years earlier. Brown accepted some liability for the incident but said Avila was partially at fault, testifying during the trial that he specifically warned her not to go outside unaccompanied because of the unfriendly dog.

Monday’s motion, obtained by Billboard, argues that the trial’s judge unfairly allowed Avila’s attorney to ask an “inherently inflammatory” question during Brown’s cross-examination: whether he is a convicted felon. The R&B star answered “yes, ma’am” to this inquiry — referencing, without providing any details, his 2009 guilty plea to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna.

“Mr. Brown’s conduct in an unrelated domestic-violence matter 17 years prior had no bearing on Plaintiffs’ alleged injuries, causation or damages,” reads the motion. “The jury was affirmatively told that the conviction could be used to determine whether Mr. Brown was believable. Thus, … it was expressly authorized to discount Mr. Brown’s testimony based upon a 17-year-old crime of violence having no direct relationship to honesty or veracity.”

Brown’s lawyers say this and other issues at trial — including the exclusion of evidence that the singer’s head of security gave money to Avila’s family after the incident — led to an inflated verdict of $12.9 million. They argue that this amount “cannot reasonably be reconciled with the evidence of the injuries and damages actually established at trial.”

The solution, argues Brown’s camp, is to hold a brand new trial in front of a different jury. Avila’s lawyer, Nancy Doumanian, told Billboard on Wednesday (Aug. 13) that she expects the judge will deny this request.

“You can’t hit the reset button every time a jury holds you accountable,” said Doumanian. “The evidence was overwhelming, the jury got it right, and we’re confident this motion will meet the same fate as the defense did at trial.”

In the meantime, Doumanian has been making moves to collect Avila’s judgment from Brown. In a court filing last month, the attorney argued that this money should come out of Brown’s profits from his ongoing stadium tour with Usher.

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The Camp Rock comeback is finally here, and anticipation is building for the franchise’s long-awaited return. Camp Rock 3 reunites Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas as Shane, Nate and Jason, bringing Connect 3 back to the screen and giving patient, longtime fans what they deserve.

The brothers are joined by a younger cast led by Liamani Segura as Sage and Malachi Barton as Fletch, who are ready to carry the torch in the next installment. Only one song, “One Beat Away,” has been released ahead of the movie premiere, with a 17-song album available once the film is out.

Executive producer Demi Lovato is also returning as Mitchie Torres for a cameo, making the reunion even more meaningful. She joined the Jonas Brothers at the Los Angeles premiere, where she posed with Joe Jonas on the red carpet.

For die-hard fans, the movie premieres on the Disney Channel on Thursday (Aug. 13) before arriving on Disney+ the following day.

At a Glance: Where to Watch ‘Camp Rock 3‘ Online

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Camp Rock 3 picks up the franchise 18 years after Camp Rock debuted in 2008 and 16 years after Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam in 2010. The long-awaited sequel comes after years of fans revisiting the originals and wondering if the story would ever continue. Now, the wait is just about over.

There appears to be some bad blood among the past and current members of family country group The Band Perry.

The trio launched in 2010 as a sibling trio, consisting of Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry, and earned hits including “If I Die Young” (a Hot Country Songs and Adult Contemporary No. 1) and “Better Dig Two” (No. 1 on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay). The group went on hiatus in 2023, and Kimberly launched a brief solo career, before The Band Perry regrouped with Kimberly, brother Reid and Kimberly’s husband, Johnny Costello. Soon, Reid left the band and it transitioned to a duo with Kimberly and her husband, who released singles including “Psychological.”

Now, Neil Perry is telling his side of the story behind how the group’s lineup shifted.

On Aug. 11, Neil Perry released a series of posts on Instagram, promoting music under a new moniker called Wolves of June. The first video joined the recent “Netflix doc” online trend, as Perry was seen sitting in a chair in front of shelves of awards that The Band Perry had previously won, and the clip is emblazoned with the words, “Preparing for my Netflix documentary about how The Band Perry went from three siblings to my sister and her husband.” The post included the caption: “June 2024 took the old life. Wolves of June is what came next…”

Another Instagram post from Neil Perry gave more details, as he wrote, “June 2024 took something from me. Something I had spent my entire life building. A band. A business. A family. A name. My sister wanted her husband to become a member of the band, taking my brother’s place. I made it equally clear that I was not okay with that…weeks later, I was terminated. The day after my birthday…Then I watched a story emerge that didn’t resemble the one I lived.”

That post from Neil Perry included a scene from the series Succession, as well as clips from two interviews that Kimberly Perry and Costello did to promote The Band Perry as a duo, in which she appears to say that her brothers supported her continuing on with the group. Neil Perry wrote: “I explicitly asked my sister not to misrepresent my support for the current version of the band.”

He went on to add, “By May 2024, none of us were consistently on speaking terms, and Reid had stopped engaging in both personal and business matters. Kimberly came to me about bringing the band out of hiatus, and we initially agreed that moving forward with Reid was not something we were prepared to do. Kimberly reached out to him, and he confirmed he was not interested. I was then presented with three options: move forward as a duo, hold auditions or have her husband step in. I was fine with the first two, but soon understood Kimberly wanted to move forward with the third. We ultimately decided not to proceed.”

Those plans quickly shifted, however. Neil Perry’s statement continued, “A few weeks later, Reid rejoined the band through conversations I was not part of, and I was given three days to decide whether I would continue under those circumstances. At the end of that three-day window, I asked for a conversation the following week, and was told I was out of time. I was approached again a month later, but I could not move forward under those circumstances. At that point, I understood that continuing to tour was no longer realistically an option for me and I would soon be forced out by the 2/3 partnership agreement. What I did not agree to was losing my financial interest and access to the resources and business I had spent my life helping to build.

“Shortly after the band signed a label deal, my brother left the band. What remained is my sister and her husband.”

The Band Perry’s 2010 self-titled album reached platinum status from the Recording Industry Association of America, thanks to hit singles including “You Lie” and “If I Die Young.” Their follow-up album, 2013’s Pioneer, included hit singles “Better Dig Two” and “DONE.” They issued the pop-leaning album Coordinates in 2018 before announcing their hiatus in 2023.

Neil Perry also launched a new Instagram page for Wolves of June, which includes his performances of his new alt-pop song “TNT.”

Multiple reps for The Band Perry had not responded to Billboard‘s request for comment by press time.

Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip. 
 
This week: The seemingly imminent return of Tate McRae gets fans buzzing again, while Tove Lo and Justin Timberlake both see decade-old hits return to the pop forefront thanks to viral trends.

Tate McRae Gets Fans Buzzing With Golden Lollapalooza Moment & Teased Return

Following a breathlessly packed 2025 run, Tate McRae was relatively quiet for the first half of 2026, without any new releases or live dates (outside of an appearance at Billboard‘s Women in Music event in April. But in August, she seems deadset on making up for dormant time. She appeared at a pair of festivals on back-to-back nights to start the month — Osheaga on Aug. 1 and Lollpalooza on Aug. 2 — including a much-buzzed-about moment to close the latter set where she quickly dipped herself in gold body paint. And she also began teasing new visualson her Instagram account, leading fans to believe that a new era is imminent.

As a result of all the increased attention surrounding McRae — after a long period of dormancy, relatively speaking — many fans returned to her discography on DSPs. For the five days after her two festival dates (Aug. 3-7), her complete catalog totaled over 38.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams, up nearly six million and 18% from just under 32.6 million streams she racked up across the same five-day period the prior week (July 27-30), according to Luminate. Her well-earned break appears to have been well-timed in once again whetting the pop world’s appetite, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see her take advantage of it with a big new release in the year’s final months. — ANDREW UNTERBERGER

TikTok Remix & Dance Trend Boost 22Jay’s “Talking Bodiez” — And Tove Lo’s 2015 Original 

It’s been over a decade since Tove Lo hit No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Talking Body,” and now its streams have resurged following a viral TikTok remix and accompanying dance trend. 

On July 17, TikTok user @/kjtheproducer4 premiered an ebullient trap remix of “Talking Body” with the caption, “I’ll remix anything.” Almost instantly, TikTok fell in love with the remix, helping the video reach over 7.4 million views in under a month. The accompanying sound now plays in over 201,000 posts, while Tove Lo’s “Talking Body” TikTok sound has surged to over 1.9 million views. By July 30, TikTok user @/realz4y combined a few Dallas-sourced “bend” moves for a dance challenge that also went viral. His Aug. 8 post of the choreography currently boasts over 5.8 million views and 700,000 likes. 

According to Luminate, “Bodiez” earned a negligible amount of official on-demand U.S. streams during the week of July 31-Aug. 2, with that number exploding by 10,439% to over 16,400 official on-demand U.S. streams two weeks later (Aug. 7-10). As for Tove Lo’s original, “Talking Body” logged 1.9 million official on-demand U.S. streams during the week of July 24-30, with that number jumping nearly 40% to over 2.65 million official streams the following week (July 31-Aug. 6). 

With Tove Lo giving KJ the Producer her co-sign — underneath the TikTok post of his remix, she wrote, “Turned my banger into a different banger” — there’s no telling just how far this remix can go. — KYLE DENIS

Jay-Z 30 Celebrations & Dance Trend Lift Justin Timberlake’s ‘Suit & Tie’ 

13 years later, the people are still swooning over “Suit & Tie.” 

Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z‘s 2013 collaboration is experiencing a streaming revival thanks to a new TikTok dance trend — as well as younger audience’s general rediscovery of the Brooklyn MC thanks to his stadium-headlining Jay-Z 30 celebrations. 

On July 31, TikTok user @/vicmixes1 shared a mashup of “Suit & Tie” and Trey Songz’s “All We Do,” focusing on Jay-Z’s verse and JT’s “oooh ahhh” ad-libs. That post currently boasts over 620,000 views, and by Aug. 5, user @/realz4y — yes, the same high school football player who created the “Talking Bodiez” dance trend — used the sound for yet another dance challenge. That post has since hit over 325,000 views, inspiring hundreds of other users to put their own spin on the dance. 

Earlier in the month (July 10) — the same day as the first JAŸ 30 show at Yankee stadium — user @/zodyorr shared a two-person dance challenge set to the original version of “Suit & Tie,” which collected over one million views. The official “Suit & Tie” TikTok sound currently plays in over 1.9 million TikTok posts and 63,000 Instagram Reels. 

“Suit & Tie” earned over 915,000 official on-demand U.S. streams during the week of June 19-25. Six weeks alter (July 31-Aug. 6), plays for “Suit” have surged 103% to over 1.8 million official on-demand U.S. streams, according to Luminate. Already a Hot 100 top 10 hit (No. 3), maybe this revival can bring “Suit & Tie” back to Billboard’s all-genre Streaming Songs chart. – KD