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Kendrick Lamar & SZA Prove This World Is Theirs Atop Year-End Rap Songs Chart: Countdown to Billboard’s 2025 Year-End Charts

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski – check out the Hot Rap Songs top 10. By Keith Caulfield We’re counting down the days to the unveiling ...
Billboard

Lainey Wilson & Kelsea Ballerini Bring the Charts to Oz With Hot Country Songs Moves for ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’ & ‘Emerald City’

It's Wilson's ninth top 10 on the chart -- putting her in a tie for third-most among solo women. By Russ Penuell Lainey Wilson logs her ninth top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated Nov.
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No Rap Songs in Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...
Black Enterprise

For the First Time In 35 Years, No Rap Songs Hit Top 40 On Billboard’s Hot 100

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, ...
Hypebeast

The Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 Has No Rap Songs for the First Time in 35 Years

For the first time since February 1990 — over 35 years — the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 contained zero rap songs on the chart dated October 25, 2025 The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther,” ...
Rolling Stone

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ Departs Hot 100, Leaving No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years

The baton that has passed from one hip-hop hit to another for more than three decades has been dropped. Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s hit single “Luther” departed the Billboard Hot 100 following rule ...
People

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...
American Songwriter

How the Soul Band Hot Chocolate Concocted a Song That Became a Hit Not Once, Not Twice, but Three Times

Many R&B bands reinvented themselves as trends constantly changed in the 70s. Hot Chocolate stands out in that they were a British band who made these moves as effectively as anyone. And they ...
Variety

Taylor Swift Makes Hot 100 History With All 12 Songs From ‘Showgirl’ Occupying the Top 12 of the Singles Chart

No other artist has ever had every song from an album appear in an unbroken streak at the top of the Hot 10 — no skips. Swift had previously become the first and only artist ever to command all 10 ...
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Taylor Swift Makes Hot 100 History With All 12 Songs From ‘Showgirl’ Occupying the Top 12 of the Singles Chart

Taylor Swift can’t stop making chart history with “The Life of a Showgirl.” Shortly after it was announced that her album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 with record numbers, Billboard also ...
The Harvard Crimson

Billboard, Bach, and Bad Songs: Are The Hot 100s Worse Than Before?

If you’ve lived on this planet for long enough, you’ve probably heard someone — your wistful parents, your pretentious jazz-obsessed roommate, or even your inner-contrarian — echo this ...
TechCrunch

A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok

Thanks to an unexpected surge in popularity on TikTok, Radiohead now has its fourth-ever song on the Billboard Hot 100: the morosely gorgeous track “Let Down” from the 1997 album “OK Computer.” “Let ...