Chris Brown's 'Sensational' Climbs to No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart

Chris Brown lands his 19th No.1 Advertising signMainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “Sensational,” featuring Davido and Lojay, rules the chart dated March 16. The collaboration jumped from No. 3 after a 14% jump in weekly plays that made it the most-played song on US mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio in the week ending March 7, according to Luminate .

Released on CBE/RCA Records, the Afrobeats-inspired “Sensational” replaces Offset and Don Toliver's “Worth It” after a week at the helm of the latter. Last week's champion falls to No. 5 after a 7% dive in games during the tracking week.

With “Sensational,” Brown achieves his 19th Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay leader. While he remains third for most all-time since the chart launched in 1993, he inches closer to runner-up Lil Wayne, who has 20 No. 1s. Drake is far and away the title holder, with 45 summit visits.

As “Sensational” joins the club, let's take a look at Brown's No. 1s on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart:

Song Title, Artist (if not Chris Brown), Weeks at No.1, Date Reached No.1
“Little girl like mine” Bow Wow with Chris Brown & Johnta Austintwo, December 9, 2006
“Kiss Kiss”, featuring T-Pain, two, December 8, 2007
“With you”, one, March 22, 2008
“Deuces”, featuring Tyga & Kevin McCall, 10, September 4, 2010
“No BS” two February 5, 2011
“Look at Me Now”, featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, seven, April 4, 2011
“Strip,” with Kevin “K-Mac” McCall, age two, March 31, 2012
“Birthday Cake,” Rihanna with Chris Brownthree, May 19, 2012
“It won't stop,” Sevyn Streeter with Chris Browneight, November 30, 2013
“Loyal,” featuring Lil Wayne and French Montana or Too $hort or Tyga, nine, May 17, 2014
“New Flame”, featuring Usher & Rick Ross, October 18, 2014
“Hold you down,” DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future & Jeremihthree, November 15, 2014
“Only,” Nicki Minaj with Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brownfour, January 10, 2015
“Post to Be,” Omarion with Chris Brown & Jhene Aikosix, May 23, 2015
“All Eyes On You” Meek Mill with Chris Brown & Nicki Minajthree, September 19, 2015
“No Guidance,” featuring Drake, Aug. 10, 10, 2019
“Go Crazy,” featuring Young Thug, six, July 18, 2020
“Under the Influence”, eight, March 11, 2023
“Sensational”, featuring Davido & Lojay, one (to date), March 16, 2024

For featured artists Davido and Lojay, “Sensational” becomes any artist's first No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. The former previously achieved a No. 14 best, with “Fall” in 2019, while the latter's only previous appearance came from his and Jess Glynne's appearances on French Montana and Swae Lee's “Wish U Well,” which reached at No. 37 last October. .

Elsewhere, “Sensational” repeats at its No. 7 high on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by total audience from mainstream R&B/hip-hop and adult R&B radio stations. There, despite not changing position, the song added 14% in audience to reach 14.1 million in weekly tracking, driven by both its rise in Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and a rebound from 29- 25 in Adult R&B Airplay (10% increase in plays). With the jump, “Sensational” returns to its best showing on the latest chart, first held six weeks ago.

Additionally, “Sensational” climbs 8-5 on Rhythmic Airplay via a 13% increase in plays.