Drake rockets to No. 1 Advertising signMainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart (dated May 4) with “You Broke My Heart,” which slips from No. 8. The single tops the chart after a 20% increase in weekly plays that did more- played song on US-monitored R&B/hip-hop radio stations in the tracking week of April 19-25, according to Luminate. The song, from Scary Hours deluxe version of For all dogs album, reaches No. 1 in its 19th week on the chart – Drake's longest climb to the top.
The new leader gives Drake a record-breaking 46th No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. He remains far and away the all-time champion – Lil Wayne ranks a distant second, with 20 No. 1s. Here's a recap of the acts with the most No. 1s on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay since the chart's inception in 1993:
46, Drake
20, Lil Wayne
19, Chris Brown
17, Usher
13, Beyoncé
As “You Broke My Heart” climbs seven spots to reach the top spot, it marks its biggest jump to No. 1 in more than seven years, after Rae Sremmurd's “Black Beatles,” featuring Gucci Mane, also climbed 8 -1 on the chart. dated December 3, 2016. Overall, “You Broke My Heart” is the sixth of the 440 Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charters to jump from No. 8 or lower directly to No. 1.
Change Position, Song Title, Artist, Date Reached No.1
31-1, “Before You Walk Out of My Life,” Monica, January 13, 1996
19-1, “Anniversary,” Tony Toni Tone, October 9, 1993
9-1, “No Diggity”, BLACKstreet with Dr. Dre, September 14, 1996
8-1, “Bills Bills Bills,” Destiny's Child, July 10, 1999
8-1, “Black Beatles,” Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane, December 3, 2016
8-1, “You Broke My Heart,” Drake, May 4, 2024
Despite Drake's virtually automatic success on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, where roughly a third of the superstar's 137 acts have reached No. 1 and another 45 have finished in the top 10, “You Broke My Heart” endured the longest wait. at No. 1 among his entire chart-topping collection. The single tops its 19th week on the chart, four weeks longer than its predecessor, “All Me,” featuring 2 Chainz and Big Sean, which wrapped up a 15-week trek in January 2014. (Drake's slow- but the steady climb to No. 1 with “You Broke My Heart” makes it the 13th song to take at least 19 weeks to reach No. 1. Tems' longest journey, which took 33 weeks to enter No. penthouse in 2022.)
The sustained rise, however, is in part due to several Drake singles simultaneously active in the format. When “You Broke My Heart” debuted on the chart in December, it arrived between two of Drake's buzzing singles: “Rich Baby Daddy,” featuring Sexyy Red and SZA, a track that had just reached No. 2 some weeks earlier and had also entered the top five with “First Person Shooter,” his Billboard Hot 100 collaboration with J. Cole, which was climbing into the top 20. While both songs would be on the decline until February, a new contender joins the mix : Drake joins 4batz for a remix of the latter's viral “act II: date @ 8,” with new promotional efforts taking off the rising star's breakthrough single. On the newest Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, where “You Broke My Heart” reaches No. 1, “act ii: date @ 8” moves 6-4 with a weekly play increase of 8%.
Elsewhere, gains on the projects help “You Broke My Heart” climb to 13-9 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs based on total audience from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/ hip-hop. There, the track improved to 9.7 million viewers for the week of April 19 – 25, up 17% from the previous period.
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