Wed, August 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM UTC Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan.
Beyoncé scored her first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with 'Texas Hold 'Em.' It made her the first Black female artist to top the chart. It brought her genre-specific Billboard ...
The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...
The album, released on a Wednesday for the rapper's 31st birthday, rockets after its first full tracking week. By Trevor Anderson Lil Baby links his fifth consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rap ...
Like a Buick Grand National, Kendrick Lamar keeps revving his way onto the Hot 100. The rapper just earned his third No. 1 of 2024 with “squabble up,” off his surprise album GNX, leading a decisive ...
With Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Luther" falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart's top 40 last week. The ...
Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...
It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. JID and Eminem debut their collaboration “Animals (Pt. 1)” inside ...
Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now lacks a rap track, ...
TikTok has collaborated with Billboard to launch its first-ever Top 50 Chart, with Sexyy Red debuting at No. 1. The TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart launched on Thursday (Sept. 14), and will serve as a ...
The highest-ranked rap song is Cardi B's "Safe" at number 44. Yes, you’ve read that correctly. There are no rap songs listed in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. This has not occurred since 1990, ...