Columbia Records reached a new milestone in 2021 with a whopping 33 weeks at #1, the most in the label’s history and third most for any label in Hot 100 history.

The label owes this achievement to nine songs: BTS’s Butter (10 weeks at #1) and Permission To Dance (1 week), Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI’s Stay (7 weeks), Adele’s Easy On Me (7 weeks), 24kGoldn and iann dior’s Mood (2 weeks), Polo G’s Rapstar (2 weeks), Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You (2 weeks), and Lil Nas X’s Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (1 week) and Industry Baby (1 week).

To pay homage to Columbia’s success, we’ve compiled a treasure trove of songwriting techniques and full-length reports detailing the what, how and why behind these songs’ success, all of which are geared towards helping you better your own craft and musicality.

100+ Page Hit Song Deconstructed Reports

Read Butter‘s song report >>>
Read Industry Baby‘s song report >>>
Read Montero (Call Me By Your Name)‘s song report >>>

In-Depth Techniques

Learn about Easy On Me‘s hook and chorus structure >>>
Understand Mood‘s methodical genre and influence blend >>>
See how Rapstar utilized S.I.A.s to maintain interest throughout the song >>>
Dive into Stay‘s chorus foreshadowing technique >>>
Dive even deeper into chorus foreshadowing with Permission to Dance >>>