Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop

Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The difference between the similar name R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop charts. Formally combined with the Adult R&B and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop format stations, providing a broader audience-based weekly tally, while the latter excludes Adult R&B stations and is a plays-based ranking.^[1]

Records

• 27 - Drake^[1]
• 18 - Lil Wayne
• 16 - Usher
• 15 - Chris Brown
• 11 - R. Kelly
• 3 - Aaliyah

Significant song achievements

Most weeks at number one

12 Weeks

• "Blame It" (2009) - Jamie Foxx^[2]

11 Weeks

• "No Scrubs" (1999) - TLC^[3]
• "Adorn" (2012) – Miguel^[4]

10 Weeks

• "Drunk In Love" (2014) – Beyonce featuring Jay-Z^[5]
• "Deuces" (2010) - Chris Brown^[6]

9 Weeks

• "New Flame" (2014) – Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross^[7]
• "It Won't Stop" (2014) - Sevyn Streeter^[8]
• "Loyal" - Chris Brown^[9]
• "Swimming Pools (Drank)" (2013) - Kendrick Lamar^[10]
• "Single Ladies" (2009) - Beyonce^[11]

8 Weeks

• "One in A Million" (1996) – Aaliyah^[12]
• "Hotline Bling" (2016) - Drake^[13]
• "Work" - (2016) - Rihanna^[14]

7 Weeks

• "Bad" (2013) – Wale^[15]
• "Motivation" (2011) - Kelly Rowland^[16]
• "Best I Ever Had" (2009) - Drake^[17]

Longest climbs to number one

• 25th week – "Before You Walk Out of My Life" by Monica^[18]
• 21st week – I Luv This Shit" by August Alsina
• 20th week – "Snap Yo Fingers" by Lil Jon

Longest gaps between No. 1's

Five longest gaps between No. 1s on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop^[19]

• Omarion (nine years, nine months, one week) (Bow Wow featuring Omarion) “Let Me Hold You.” (August 2005) - "Post To Be" (featuring Chris Brown and Jhene Aiko) (May 2015)
• Mariah Carey (nine years, one month, one week) “Always Be My Baby” (May 4, 1996) - “We Belong Together” (July 11, 2005)
• Kelly Rowland (eight years, nine months, one week)
• E-40 (eight years, six months, three weeks)
• Mary J. Blige (eight years, five months, three weeks)

Other notable achievements

• Nicki Minaj is the first female artist with four songs simultaneously in the top 10 of the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart. "Truffle Butter”, “Feeling Myself” (featuring Beyonce), “Throw Sum Mo” (Rae Sremmurd featuring Nicki Minaj), “Only” (featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, & Chris Brown).^[20]
• Lil Wayne holds the record for most No. 1's in one calendar year in 2011 "6 Foot 7 Foot", "Look at Me Now" (Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes), "Motivation" (Kelly Rowland featuring Lil Wayne), "I'm on One" (DJ Khaled featuring Drake and Lil Wayne), "How to Love", and "She Will"^[21]
• Usher has the most No. 1's in one calendar as a lead artist with four No. 1s in 2004 "Yeah" (Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon), "Burn" "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo" (Usher featuring Alicia Keys).
• Ashanti, Beyonce and Rihanna have all notched three simultaneous top 10s.^[22]

See also

• Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
• Billboard charts

References