21 Savage Bank places seventh set – and second non-collaborative – No. 1 Advertising sign“Redrum”'s Rhythmic Airplay chart climbs from No. 4 to lead the April 27-dated list. The single dominates thanks to a 13% increase in plays that made “Redrum” the most played song on US rhythm radio stations. tracking week of April 12-18, according to Luminate.
“Redrum” — mentioned in the film THE SHINING — takes the top spot from Jack Harlow's “Lovin on Me.” The previous champion crowned the chart for 10 weeks in three separate periods: He first ruled for six consecutive weeks in January-February, another two-week extension in March and the final pair of weeks in April.
WHZT-FM, in Greenville, SC, leads the charge among all reporting stations for the most “Redrum” games during the week, while WKHT-FM in Knoxville, Tenn., ranks second. The biggest weekly increase, meanwhile, belongs to Modesto, Calif.-based KHTN-FM.
As “Redrum” rolls along, 21 Savage earns his seventh Rhythmic Airplay No. 1 and second of 2024, after he and Baby Tate appeared on JID's “Surround Sound,” a one-week champ in March. Here is a summary of its seven leaders:
Song Title, Artist (if not 21 Savage), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
- “Rock star,” Post Malone with 21 Savagesix, November 11, 2017
- “Many”, two, 20 April 2019
- “Jimmy Cooks”, Drake with 21 Savageone, October 8, 2022
- “Rich Flex,” featuring Drake, age two, January 28, 2023
- “Creepin',” featuring Metro Boomin & The Weeknd, three, February 11, 2023
- “Surround Sound”, JID with 21 Savage & Baby Tateone, March 9, 2024
- “Redrum,” one (to date), April 27, 2024
With the Rhythmic Airplay crown secured, “Redrum” next looks to conquer Rap Airplay, where it climbs 3-2 and adds 3% to audience impressions. It also makes progress on Pop Airplay, remaining at No. 37 for a second week in a row, but with a 9% improvement in plays for the week on mainstream top-40 stations. Gains in the rhythm and pop charts led it to climb 28-27 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, where it added 3% to the total audience to reach 20.7 million in the week.
“Redrum” appears on 21 Savage's latest studio album, American Dream. The set, released in January, topped the all-genre Billboard 200 for two weeks and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming the rapper's fourth consecutive leader on each chart.
