Who takes #1 in 2026?
Model: gradient-boosted trees on 24 years of rank trajectories, artist strength and
airplay; probabilities calibrated on 20 backtest years. History's caveat: shock events
(deaths, reunions, finales) decide the crown about as often as trajectory does;
that's the "field".
Predicted top 100 (returning songs)
| Predicted | Song | Artist | 2025 rank |
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