The Billboard Hot 100 chart has long been seen as a measure of success for musicians across all genres, with placement on the list solidifying years of hard work. For the first time in 35 years, ...

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week's Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

“Luther” fell off the Billboard Hot 100 due to the chart’s new recurrent rule, ending Hip-Hop’s 35-year top 40 streak. Kendrick Lamar saw his chart-topping streak come to a halt as “Luther,” his ...

Pooh Shiesty's post-prison release, "FDO," storms to a No. 1 debut on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for the rapper's first champ and the Hot 100's top 25.

*The week of October 25, 2025, marked an unprecedented setback for hip-hop: according to The AV Club, no rap songs made the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40. Billboard links some of this change to new ...

For the first time since February 1990, no rap songs are in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This happened after Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s hit “Luther” dropped from the chart. The highest rap song now ...

Sexyy Red earns her first top 10 in a lead role on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Get It Sexyy” walks 15-6 on the list dated April 13. The track, which continues to gain in streaming and ...

“Sticky,” released on Oct. 28, vaults 3-1 to get the gold after its first full tracking week for Billboard’s charts. On the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it registered 20.9 million ...

Here's who produced the most No. 1s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the first quarter of the century, as part of Billboard's yearlong retrospective. After wrapping the last century on a high note that ...

I noticed that for the last four weeks, all songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 have reached either No. 1 or No. 2. The leaders: Alex Warren’s “Ordinary”; Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild”; Morgan ...

Beginning with Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” in 1977, a relatively select few smashes have led the Billboard Hot 100 ...