Lamar's "Not Like Us" and "Like That" each led for three weeks. Meanwhile, "Luther" co-lead SZA extends her longest reign.
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” tops the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a fourth week. Three weeks earlier, the single – whose title is an tribute to late R&B icon Luther Vandross, who is sampled on the track – became Lamar’s sixth No. 1 and SZA’s third.
Lamar rewrites his longest Hot 100 domination. He previously reigned for three nonconsecutive weeks with “Not Like Us” between last May and this February, and for three weeks in a row last April with “Like That,” with Future and Metro Boomin. (His other No. 1s led for a week each: “Squabble Up,” in December; “Humble.,” in 2017; and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood,” on which he’s featured, in 2015.)
SZA extends her longest No. 1 Hot 100 stay. She previously topped the chart for a week each as featured on Drake’s “Slime You Out” and with her own “Kill Bill,” both in 2023.
Plus, Lamar logs three songs in the Hot 100’s top five for a sixth week, as “Not Like Us” holds at No. 3 and “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay, dips 4-5. He ties Drake for the most weeks tripling up in the top five among soloists all-time; overall, only The Beatles have more (eight).
Browse the full rundown of this week’s top 10 below.
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‘Luther’ Airplay, Streams & Sales
“Luther,” on pgLang/Interscope/ICLG, totaled 55.6 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 3% week-over-week), 31.3 million official streams (down 9%) and 3,000 sold (down 24%) in the U.S. March 7-13.
The track adds a fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; rises 3-2 for a new high on Radio Songs; and falls 8-17, after reaching No. 4, on Digital Song Sales.
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“Luther” is No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Adult R&B Airplay charts for a third week each. It became the first song ever to rule both Adult R&B Airplay and Rap Airplay, and has also hit No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay. Meanwhile, it ascends to the top 10 (11-8) on the latest Pop Airplay chart; SZA adds her seventh top 10 at the format and Lamar, his fifth – and first since “Pray for Me,” with The Weeknd, reached No. 3 in 2018.
No. 1 R&B/Hip-Hop & Rap
“Luther” concurrently collects a 12th week at No. 1 on both the and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100. The song became Lamar’s seventh No. 1 on each genre chart and SZA’s fourth and first on the respective lists.
Lamar Triples Up Again, Ties Drake
Below “Luther,” Lamar lands two other songs in the Hot 100’s top five: “Not Like Us,” which holds at No. 3, and “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay, down 4-5 after reaching No. 2.
Lamar adds his sixth week with at least three songs in the Hot 100’s top five simultaneously, after he first scored such a triple in December. He ties Drake for the most such frames among soloists, with The Beatles the only act with more.
Here’s a recap of all acts who have achieved the feat for at least one week in the chart’s 66-year history.
Most Weeks With 3 or More Songs in Hot 100’s Top 5:
- 8 weeks, The Beatles, in 1964
- 6, Kendrick Lamar, 2024-25
- 6, Drake, 2018-23
- 5, Justin Bieber, 2015-16
- 3, Taylor Swift, 2022-24
- 2, 50 Cent, 2005
- 2, Sabrina Carpenter, 2024
- 1, 21 Savage, 2022
- 1, Ariana Grande, 2019
(Swift – twice – Lamar, Drake and The Beatles are the only acts ever to monopolize the entire top five on the Hot 100 in a single week. Swift scored the most songs from No. 1 on down – 14 – on the May 4, 2024, chart, thanks to the arrival of her album The Tortured Poets Department.)
Rest of Top 10: ‘Die With a Smile’ & More
Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” keeps at No. 2, following five nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in January. It notches a sixth week atop Radio Songs (62.9 million, down 3%).
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ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” repeats at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3; Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” trots 8-7 for a new best; and Drake’s “Nokia” also pushes 10-8 for a new high.
Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” dips 7-9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It tops the multimetric and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 32nd week each.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the list for a week in March 2024 – and became the year’s No. 1 song – slips 9-10. It notches an 82nd week on the survey overall, the fourth-longest stay in the chart’s archives, below only Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” (91 weeks, in 2021-22); The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (90 weeks, 2019-22); and Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive” (87 weeks, 2012-14).
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