Hot R&B Songs

Not to be confused with Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Hot R&B Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular R&B songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations, digital download sales and streaming data.^[1] It was established on October 11, 2012, as a way to highlight "the differences between pure R&B and rap titles in the overall, wide-ranging R&B/hip-hop field" and serves, along with the Rap Songs chart, as a distillation of the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.^[1]

Song achievements

Most weeks at number one

Weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Ref.
48	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2020–21	[2]
32	SZA	"Snooze"	2023–24	[3]
30		"Kill Bill"	2022–23	[4]
22	Tommy Richman	"Million Dollar Baby"	2024	[5]
20	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla	"One Dance"	2016	[6]
	The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk	"Starboy"	2016–17	[7]
	Bruno Mars	"That's What I Like"	2017	[8]
19	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams	"Blurred Lines"	2013	[9]
	The Weeknd and Playboi Carti	"Timeless"	2024–25	[10]
18	Khalid	"Talk"	2019	[11]

Source:^[12]

Artist achievements

Most number-one songs

Number	Artist	Song	Date
12	The Weeknd	"Earned It"	April 11, 2015
		"Can't Feel My Face"	July 18, 2015
		"The Hills"	October 3, 2015
		"Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk)	October 15, 2016
		"Call Out My Name"	April 14, 2018
		"Heartless"	December 14, 2019
		"Blinding Lights"	March 7, 2020
		"You Right" (with Doja Cat)	September 4, 2021
		"Sacrifice"	January 22, 2022
		"Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage)	December 17, 2022
		"Die for You" (with Ariana Grande)	March 11, 2023
		"Timeless" (with Playboi Carti)	October 12, 2024
9	Drake	"Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan)	October 12, 2013
		"Tuesday" (ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake)	November 29, 2014
		"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)	February 13, 2016
		"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid & Kyla)	May 7, 2016
		"Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson)	July 14, 2018
		"No Guidance" (Chris Brown featuring Drake)	September 7, 2019
		"Race My Mind"	September 18, 2021
		"Slime You Out" (featuring SZA)	September 20, 2023
		"Act II: Date @ 8" (4Batz featuring Drake)	March 23, 2024
7	SZA	"The Weekend"	July 1, 2017
		"I Hate U"	December 18, 2021
		"Kill Bill"	December 24, 2022
		"Snooze"	July 29, 2023
		"Slime You Out" (Drake featuring SZA)	September 20, 2023
		"Saturn"	March 9, 2024
		"30 for 30" (with Kendrick Lamar)	January 4, 2025
6	Rihanna	"Diamonds"	October 20, 2012
		"FourFiveSeconds" (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney)	February 21, 2015
		"Work" (featuring Drake)	February 13, 2016
		"Needed Me"	September 24, 2016
		"Wild Thoughts" (DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)	July 15, 2017
		"Lift Me Up"	November 12, 2022
5	Justin Bieber	"No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo)	August 11, 2018
		"Yummy"	January 18, 2020
		"Intentions" (featuring Quavo)	February 22, 2020
		"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)	April 3, 2021
		"Essence" (Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber & Tems)	September 11, 2021
4	Bruno Mars	"That's What I Like"	March 4, 2017
		"Finesse" (featuring Cardi B)	January 20, 2018
		"Leave the Door Open" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic)	March 20, 2021
		"Smokin Out the Window" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic)	November 20, 2021
3	Chris Brown	"Freaky Friday" (Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown)	April 21, 2018
		"No Guidance" (featuring Drake)	September 7, 2019
		"Go Crazy" (with Young Thug)	December 26, 2020
	Doja Cat	"Say So"	May 16, 2020
		"You Right" (with The Weeknd)	September 4, 2021
		"Woman"	March 12, 2022
	Khalid	"Young Dumb & Broke"	November 4, 2017
		"Better"	January 19, 2019
		"Talk"	May 4, 2019
	Beyoncé	"Drunk in Love (featuring Jay-Z)	January 4, 2014
		"7/11"	December 20, 2014
		"Break My Soul"	August 4, 2022

Most number-one debuts

Number	Artist	Song	Date
6	The Weeknd	"Can't Feel My Face"	July 18, 2015
		"Call Out My Name"	April 14, 2018
		"Sacrifice"	January 22, 2022
		"Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage)	December 17, 2022
		"Die for You" (with Ariana Grande)	March 11, 2023
		"Timeless" (with Playboi Carti)	October 12, 2024
4	Drake	"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)	February 13, 2016
		"Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson)	July 14, 2018
		"Race My Mind"	September 18, 2021
		"Slime You Out" (featuring SZA)	September 20, 2023
3	Justin Bieber	"No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo)	August 11, 2018
		"Intentions" (featuring Quavo)	February 22, 2020
		"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)	April 3, 2021
	Rihanna	"Diamonds"	October 20, 2012
		"Work" (featuring Drake)	February 13, 2016
		"Lift Me Up"	November 12, 2022
2	Quavo	"No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo)	August 11, 2018
		"Intentions" (Justin Bieber featuring Quavo)	February 22, 2020

Artists with most weeks at number one on the chart

Weeks	Artist	Ref.
111	The Weeknd	[13]
67	Drake	[14]
65	SZA	[4]
55	Bruno Mars	[15]
	Rihanna	[16]
44	Khalid	[17]
31	Justin Bieber	[18]
	Pharrell Williams	[19]
29	Wizkid	[20]
27	Ella Mai	[21]
23	Anderson .Paak	[22]
21	DJ Khaled	[23]
20	Daft Punk	[24]
	Jay-Z	[25]
	Kyla	[26]

Most top ten hits

Number of singles	Artist	Ref.
54	Drake	[27]
51	Chris Brown	[28]
49	The Weeknd	[29]
31	Beyoncé	[30]
26	SZA	[4]

Most chart entries

Entries	Artist	Source
96	Chris Brown	[31]
77	The Weeknd	[32]
64	Drake	[33]
57	Beyoncé	[34]
52	Summer Walker	[35]
	Bryson Tiller	[36]
48	Khalid	[37]
45	SZA	[4]
37	Jhené Aiko	[38]
34	H.E.R.	[39]
29	Rihanna	[40]

Album achievements

Most number-one songs from one album

Number	Artist	Album	Year
3	The Weeknd	Beauty Behind the Madness	2015
	SZA	SOS	2022
2	Rihanna	Anti	2016
	Bruno Mars	24K Magic
	Justin Bieber	Changes	2020
	The Weeknd	After Hours
	Silk Sonic	An Evening with Silk Sonic	2021
	Doja Cat	Planet Her	2021

Most top ten songs from one album

Number	Artist	Album	Year
10	SZA	SOS	2022
9	The Weeknd	Beauty Behind the Madness	2015
8	The Weeknd	Starboy	2016
	The Weeknd	After Hours	2020
	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	2022
	Beyoncé	Renaissance	2022
7	Drake	Scorpion	2018
	Khalid	Free Spirit	2019
	Summer Walker	Over It
	Summer Walker	Still Over It	2021
6	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	2022
5	Beyoncé	BEYONCÉ	2013
	Rihanna	Anti	2016
	Drake	More Life	2017
	The Weeknd	My Dear Melancholy	2019
	Bryson Tiller	Anniversary	2020

Selected additional R&B Songs chart achievements

• Khalid is the first and only artist to occupy the entire top 5 of the R&B Songs chart. He achieved this on the chart dated April 20, 2019 with the songs "Better" and "Talk" staying steady at positions 1 and 2, respectively, while "My Bad" and "Saturday Nights" climbed up to numbers 3 and 4, and "Outta My Head" entered the chart at number 5.^[41][42]
• Khalid, The Weeknd, and Drake all hold the record for charting the most songs within the top 10 simultaneously – eight songs. Summer Walker holds the female record, with six, on the October 19, 2019 chart. ^[43]