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" (1991) - 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

1. "Usher's 'No Limit' Rises to No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
2. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : May 23, 2009 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
3. "Chart Beat: The Black Eyed Peas, Jeremih, Beyonce". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
4. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Dec 01, 2012 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
5. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Apr 05, 2014 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
6. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Nov 13, 2010 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
7. "Chris Brown to release 'X' on Sept 16th on RCA Records | The Music Universe". The Music Universe. 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
8. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sevyn-streeter-reveals-her-next-165902316.html
9. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Jul 12, 2014 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
10. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Feb 02, 2013 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
11. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Jan 31, 2009 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
12. "Aaliyah's Top 10 Billboard Hits". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
13. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Dec 19, 2015 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
14. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : May 07, 2016 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
15. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Jun 15, 2013 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
16. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Jul 16, 2011 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
17. "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop : Aug 15, 2009 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
18. "August Alsina Ascends To No. 1 On Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
19. "Omarion Returns to No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart, Nearly a Decade Later". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
20. "Nicki Minaj Becomes First Woman to Have Four Songs Simultaneously on Billboard Top 10". The Boombox. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
21. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/466008/chart-juice-lil-wayne-earns-sixth-no-1-this-year-on-mainstream#/column/the-juice/chart-juice-lil-wayne-earns-sixth-no-1-on-1005407582.story
22. "Nicki Minaj the First Woman With 4 Simultaneous Top 10 Hits on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

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