Match the Artist to the 2020s Song Quiz

Answer: Morgan Wallen

2021's "Wasted on You" is a about a man lamenting all the time and money he's spent on his lover who has now left him. Even the flame from the match he lights up her left-behind belongings with seems wasted. Wallen was the first artist to have a second song debut at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart with this song. (Taylor Swift matched that later that same year.) Wallen had three more songs debut at number one (all within a month!) in 2022.

Answer: Olivia Rodrigo

This sarcastic song about an ex-lover who seems to have moved on well was released on her 2021 album "Sour". Rodrigo co-wrote the song with producer Dan Nigro. Later, writing credit was shared with two members of the group Paramore due to similarities with their 2007 song "Misery Business". "good 4 you" was a number one hit in many countries and also topped the Billboard Global 200 chart.

Answer: Luke Combs

"Fast Car" was a 2023 cover of Tracy Chapman's self-penned 1988 hit. Combs' "Fast Car" spent 53 weeks on the Billboard Country chart in 2023-2024, reaching number one for four weeks. It also won the 2023 County Music Association "Song of the Year" for Chapman.

Answer: Taylor Swift

"The Fate of Ophelia" is a song from Swift's 2025 "The Life of a Showgirl" album. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100, the Billboard Global 200, and the Billboard Global Excl. US (excluding U.S.) charts simultaneously. It is about a woman who, through love, is saved from the same fate as Ophelia from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

Answer: Bad Bunny

"DtMF" is from Bad Bunny's 2025 album "Debí Tirar Más Fotos", translated as "I Should Have Taken More Photos". The song is a lament of the people 'El Conejo' has met over the years and misses. Along with the U.S. market the song was a big hit in Europe and reached number one in the Billboard Global 200 on January 25, 2025, spending two weeks there.

Answer: Harry Styles

Released in 2022, "As It Was" spent ten weeks atop the UK Singles Chart, and 15 weeks (non-consecutively) at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Per Billboard, it was the first song to return to number one four times after its initial chart-topping. The lyrics are about change and loneliness. The child's voice in the opening sample is a phone message from his goddaughter Ruby.

Answer: Joji

Inspired in part by one of the songwriters' wish to have "just one more glimpse" of his slain friend, singer Christina Grimmie, "Glimpse of Us" was a big hit for Japanese singer Joji in 2022. It was the first song in almost 60 years by a Japanese artist (Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" in 1963) to appear on the U.S. Billboard Top Ten.

It also reached number two (behind "As It Was") on the Billboard Global 200 chart.

Answer: Billie Eilish

"Birds of a Feather", a song about lifelong love and devotion, was a single from her album "Hit Me Hard and Soft" in 2024. It was co-written with her brother, Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the album. It was Eilish's first song to reach number one in the Billboard Global 200, and per Spotify, was the most-streamed song on their platform in 2024 with over 1.7 billion streams.

Answer: Beyoncé

Beyoncé's cover of Dolly Parton's 1974 hit reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest placement of any version of the song. Though Parton is credited as the sole songwriter, Beyoncé changed and modernized most of the lyrics -- from a pleading with Jolene to a straight-out warning. The song appears on Beyoncé's 2024 album "Cowboy Carter".

Answer: Lil Nas X

Released in 2021 as a lead single off his album "Montero", which is Lil Nas X's real first name. The song lyrics are a longing for and appeal to an unnamed man, possibly already Lil Nas' lover. It reached number one in a number of countries as well as number one in the Billboard Global 200.