Billboard chart
Hot R&B Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular R&B songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations, digital download sales and streaming data. It was established on October 11, 2012, as a way to highlight "the differences between pure R&B and rap titles in the overall, wide-ranging R&B/hip-hop field" and serves, along with the Rap Songs chart, as a distillation of the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Song achievements
Most weeks at number one
Source:
Artist achievements
Most number-one songs
Number
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Artist
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Song
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Date
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11
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The Weeknd
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"Earned It"
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April 11, 2015
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"Can't Feel My Face"
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July 18, 2015
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"The Hills"
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October 3, 2015
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"Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk)
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October 15, 2016
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"Call Out My Name"
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April 14, 2018
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"Heartless"
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December 14, 2019
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"Blinding Lights"
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March 7, 2020
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"You Right" (with Doja Cat)
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September 4, 2021
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"Sacrifice"
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January 22, 2022
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"Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage)
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December 17, 2022
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"Die for You" (with Ariana Grande)
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March 11, 2023
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7
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Drake
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"Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan)
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October 12, 2013
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"Tuesday" (ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake)
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November 29, 2014
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"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)
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February 13, 2016
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"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid & Kyla)
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May 7, 2016
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"Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson)
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July 14, 2018
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"No Guidance" (Chris Brown featuring Drake)
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September 7, 2019
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"Race My Mind"
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September 18, 2021
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6
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Rihanna
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"Diamonds"
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October 20, 2012
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"FourFiveSeconds" (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney)
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February 21, 2015
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"Work" (featuring Drake)
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February 13, 2016
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"Needed Me"
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September 24, 2016
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"Wild Thoughts" (DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)
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July 15, 2017
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"Lift Me Up"
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November 12, 2022
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5
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Justin Bieber
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"No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo)
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August 11, 2018
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"Yummy"
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January 18, 2020
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"Intentions" (featuring Quavo)
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February 22, 2020
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"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)
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April 3, 2021
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"Essence" (Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber & Tems)
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September 11, 2021
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4
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Bruno Mars
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"That's What I Like"
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March 4, 2017
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"Finesse" (featuring Cardi B)
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January 20, 2018
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"Leave the Door Open" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic)
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March 20, 2021
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"Smokin Out the Window" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic)
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November 20, 2021
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3
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Chris Brown
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"Freaky Friday" (Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown)
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April 21, 2018
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"No Guidance" (featuring Drake)
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September 7, 2019
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"Go Crazy" (with Young Thug)
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December 26, 2020
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Doja Cat
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"Say So"
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May 16, 2020
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"You Right" (with The Weeknd)
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September 4, 2021
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"Woman"
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March 12, 2022
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Khalid
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"Young Dumb & Broke"
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November 4, 2017
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"Better"
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January 19, 2019
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"Talk"
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May 4, 2019
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Beyoncé
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"Drunk in Love (featuring Jay-Z)
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January 4, 2014
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"7/11"
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December 20, 2014
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"Break My Soul"
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August 4, 2022
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Most number-one debuts
Number
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Artist
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Song
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Date
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5
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The Weeknd
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"Can't Feel My Face"
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July 18, 2015
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"Call Out My Name"
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April 14, 2018
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"Sacrifice"
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January 22, 2022
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"Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage)
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December 17, 2022
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"Die for You" (with Ariana Grande)
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March 11, 2023
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3
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Drake
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"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)
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February 13, 2016
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"Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson)
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July 14, 2018
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"Race My Mind"
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September 18, 2021
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Justin Bieber
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"No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo)
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August 11, 2018
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"Intentions" (featuring Quavo)
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February 22, 2020
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"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)
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April 3, 2021
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Rihanna
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"Diamonds"
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October 20, 2012
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"Work" (featuring Drake)
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February 13, 2016
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"Lift Me Up"
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November 12, 2022
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2
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Quavo
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"No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo)
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August 11, 2018
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"Intentions" (Justin Bieber featuring Quavo)
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February 22, 2020
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Artists with most weeks at number one on the chart
Most top ten hits
Most chart entries
Album achievements
Most number-one songs from one album
Most top ten songs from one album
Selected additional R&B Songs chart achievements
- Khalid is the first and only artist to occupy the entire top 5 of the R&B Songs chart. He achieved this on the chart dated April 20, 2019 with the songs "Better" and "Talk" staying steady at positions 1 and 2, respectively, while "My Bad" and "Saturday Nights" climbed up to numbers 3 and 4, and "Outta My Head" entered the chart at number 5.
- Khalid, The Weeknd, and Drake all hold the record for charting the most songs within the top 10 simultaneously – eight songs. Summer Walker holds the female record, with six, on the October 19, 2019 chart.