Bad Bunny, who will perform the halftime show at the 2026 Super Bowl, overtook Taylor Swift this year as the top artist globally. Swift was recognized with the title last year after racking up more than 26.6 billion global streams in 2024. In the U.S., Swift was recognized as the 2025 top artist of the year.

It was early November. The Food and Drug Administration had just endured the high-profile, dramatic exit of its top drug regulator. Personnel complaints had racked up. And other grievances within the agency that had already been rocked by layoffs and policy shifts continued to unfold.