The year in review: 2020's most popular songs, books and Google searches
"Sunday Morning" reviews the tops in pop culture and more from the past year.
Top Songs
From the Billboard Hot 100
1. "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
2. "Circles" by Post Malone
3. "The Box" by Roddy Ricch
4. "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa
5. "Rockstar" by DaBaby (Featuring Roddy Ricch)
Top-selling Books
(BookScan through 12/17/20)
Adult Fiction:
1. "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens
2. "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" by Charlie Mackesy
3. "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
4. "American Dirt" by Jeanine Cummins
5. "Camino Winds" by John Grisham
Adult Nonfiction:
1. "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama
2. "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man" by Mary L. Trump
3. "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle
4. "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" by Robin DiAngelo
5. "Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering" by Joanna Gaines
Word of the Year
Pandemic
Top Google Searches of 2020
1. Coronavirus
2. Election results
3. Kobe Bryant
Top "How to Make" Google Searches of 2020
(Vox.com)
How to make…
1. Hand sanitizer
2. Face mask with fabric
3. Whipped coffee
4. Mask with bandana
5. Mask without sewing
Story produced by Aria Shavelson. Editor: Steven Tyler.
See also:
- Delia Owens on "Where the Crawdads Sing" ("Sunday Morning")
- Charlie Mackesy's lessons in kindness ("Sunday Morning")
- "Little Fires Everywhere" author Celeste Ng ("Sunday Morning")
- Oprah reveals "American Dirt" by Jeanine Cummins as new book club pick ("CBS This Morning")
- Author John Grisham on his new book, "Camino Winds" ("CBS This Morning")
- Barack Obama speaks out on politics, the presidency, and Donald Trump ("Sunday Morning")
- What is white privilege? Robin DiAngelo weighs in ("CBS This Morning")
- Dua Lipa and her plan for world domination ("Sunday Morning")