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Hot Rap Songs

American rap record chart published by Billboard

Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. Streaming data, digital downloads and All-Format radio stations were added to the methodology of determining chart rankings in 2012. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single sold in that given week.

01Chart statistics and other facts

Artists with the most number-one singles

Artists with the most top-ten singles

Artists with the most entries

NumberArtistref
280 Drake
191 Future
137 Kanye West
126 Lil Baby
125 Lil Wayne
102 Travis Scott
98 Jay-Z
96 Nicki Minaj
95 21 Savage
86 Eminem

Artists with the most consecutive weeks at number one

Note: Above chart only considers songs that charted in 2004 or later

Artists simultaneously occupying the top three positions

  1. "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia) (No. 1 April 2, 2005)
  2. "Hate It or Love It" (with The Game) (No. 2 April 2, 2005)
  3. "How We Do" (with The Game) (No. 3 April 2, 2005)
  • Drake: October 8, 22, 2011
  1. "I'm On One" (with DJ Khaled, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne) (No. 1 October 8, No. 2 October 15, and No. 3 October 22, 2011)
  2. "Headlines" (No. 2 October 8 and No. 1 October 15, and October 22, 2011)
  3. "She Will" (with Lil Wayne) (No. 3 October 8 and October 15, and No. 2 October 22, 2011)

Songs with the most weeks at number one

WeeksSongArtistYear(s)Source
47 "Luther"Kendrick Lamar and SZA2024-25
26 "Not Like Us"Kendrick Lamar
20 "Old Town Road"Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus2019
19 "Industry Baby"Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow2021-22
18"Hot Boyz"Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Lil' Mo, Nas, Eve and Q-Tip1999-2000
"Fancy"Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX2014
"Hotline Bling"Drake2015-16
17"Panda"Desiigner2016
"Mood"24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior2020-21
"Janice STFU"Drake2026

Self-replacement at number one

Lead artist

Featured artist

  • T-Pain, "Good Life" (Kanye West feat. T-Pain) (9 weeks) (November 3, 2007) → "Low" (Flo Rida feat. T-Pain) (11 weeks) (January 5, 2008)
  • Kanye West, "Run This Town" (Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) (7 weeks) → "Forever" (Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem) (1 week) (November 14, 2009)

Combined (lead and featured artist)

Total weeks at number one per decade

2000s

Total number weeks at number one as a lead or featured artist

  1. Missy Elliott, 56 weeks
  2. T.I, 49 weeks
  3. Bow Wow, 40 weeks
  4. Kanye West, 32 weeks
  5. T-Pain, 29 weeks
  6. Ludacris, 29 weeks
  7. Lil Wayne, 28 weeks
  8. Nelly, 25 weeks
  9. Snoop Dogg, 20 weeks
  10. Rihanna, 17 weeks

2010s

Total number weeks at number one as a lead or featured artist

  1. Drake, 125 weeks
  2. Lil Wayne, 53 weeks
  3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, 29 weeks
  4. Post Malone, 28 weeks
  5. Jay-Z, 25 weeks
  6. Nicki Minaj, 25 weeks
  7. Iggy Azalea, 24 weeks
  8. Pitbull, 21 weeks
  9. Rihanna, 20 weeks
  10. Lil Nas X, 20 weeks
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