The heated rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake is spilling over the top of the latest Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, which is leaning in favor of the former. Lamar's “Not Like Us” is at No. 1, while his “Euphoria” soars 11-3 in its second week on the survey. Additionally, Future, Metro Boomin and Lamar's former three-week leader “Like That” rekindles 8-6. Meanwhile, Drake debuts at No. 7 with his clashing chart-topper, “Family Matters.”
Lamar lands his fourth Hot 100 No. 1 and brings his career tally to 15 top 10s. Drake adds record-extending 78th Hot 100 top 10.
As previously discussed, the rappers' feud dates back at least a decade, with the latest chapter cemented in March with the release of “Like That,” in which Lamar's verse serves up alleged feuds with Drake and J. Cole. Since then, Lamar, Drake, J. Cole and other hip-hop luminaries, including A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross, The Weeknd and Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), have all been involved, either as targets or firing theirs. he disagrees.
The Hot 100 combines all-genre US streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, with the latter metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers. Digital single sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) websites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated May 18, 2024) will be updated on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 14. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Below is a summary of the Hot 100's most recent top 10s.
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“Not Like Us” No. 1
“Not Like Us,” on pgLang/Interscope Records/ICLG, debuts on the Hot 100 with 70.9 million official streams, 5 million public radio impressions and 15,000 US sales in the week ending May 9, despite the scathing track , which namechecks Drake and his 2021 album Certified Boy Loverhaving been released late on Sunday, May 5 (after the last chart-watching week began on May 3).
Here's a recap of Lamar's four Hot 100 No. 1s, the two most recent of which debuted at the summit:
- “Not Like Us”, one week at No. 1 to date, May 18, 2024
- “Like That” (Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar), three weeks, beginning April 6, 2024
- “Humble.”, week one, 6 May 2017
- “Bad Blood” (Taylor Swift feat. Lamar), one week, June 6, 2015
“Not Like Us” becomes the 1,171st No. 1 in the Hot 100's 65-year history and the 79th to debut at No. 1.
The track also debuts at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, where it is Lamar's fifth chart-topper. Its 70.9 million streams are the top weekly total among hip-hop titles (defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Advertising signon the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart) after the song's YouTube user-generated content was removed from the chart's calculations in 2020. It surpasses the 67.3 million earned by Drake's “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, in its first week , as reflected in the rankings as of September 18, 2021.
“Not Like Us” also opens atop the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, as Lamar registers his fourth leader on each chart.
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“Euphoria” roars to No. 3
Meanwhile, Lamar's “Euphoria” closes 11-3 in its second week on the Hot 100. Released on April 30 (amidst the chart tracking week of April 26-May 2), it has amassed 49 million streams (up from 28.9 million in its first frames) and 1.9 million in airplay audience (down from 2.5 million) and sold 7,000 (down from 6,000) May 3-9.
Thanks to “Not Like Us” and “Euphoria,” Lamar brings his career total to 15 Hot 100 top 10s. He first reached the territory in February 2013 when he appeared — with Drake, as well as 2 Chainz — on A$AP Rocky's “F**kin Problems.”
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'Like That' 22% Increase in Streams
Completing Lamar's trio of Hot 100 hits, his and Future and Metro Boomin's “Like That” goes 8-6. It debuted at the top of the chart dated April 6 and spent its first three weeks at No. 1. It gained 22% to 34.2 million streams from May 3-9, as well as 13% to 29.4 million on radio response and 76% to 3,000 sold.
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Drake's record-breaking 78th Top 10
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Drake's “Family Matters,” released May 4 and focusing on Lamar (and Metro Boomin) lyrically, debuts on the Hot 100 at No. 7 with 38 million streams, 646,000 audience impressions and 5,000 sales through the 9 May.
With the entry, Drake adds to his record 78th Hot 100 top 10, dating back to his first, “Best I Ever Had,” in 2009. “Family Matters” is also his record-extending 331st entry overall .
Most Billboard Hot 100 Top 10s:
- 78, Drake
- 59, Taylor Swift
- 38, Madonna
- 35, The Beatles
- 32, Rihanna
- 30, Michael Jackson
- 29, Elton John
- 28, Mariah Carey
- 28, Stevie Wonder
- 27, Janet Jackson
- 26, Justin Bieber
- 25, Lil Wayne
- 25, Elvis Presley (whose career began before the start of the Hot 100)
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Richman leads the rest of the Top 10
Tommy Richman's first Hot 100 hit, “Million Dollar Baby,” is at No. 2 in its second week on the chart, up 54% to 58.3 million streams, 518% to 1.9 million airplay audiences and 58% on 6,000 sales. Topped the Hot R&B Songs polymetric chart for a second week.
Taylor Swift's “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, falls to No. 4 on the Hot 100 after spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1. It's the best-selling song of the week, up 1,192 % on 77,000 sales (fueled by 73,000 CD singles shipped during the tracking week).
Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” dips to No. 5 from its No. 3 Hot 100 high as it spends a third week atop the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart.
Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Sabrina Carpenter's “Espresso” slips to No. 8 from a No. 4 best. Benson Boone's No. 2 “Beautiful Things” falls 5-9 and Teddy Swims' former one-week No. 1 “Lose Control” falls 6-10 as it tops the Radio Songs chart for a fifth week (73 million in audience, up 4%).
