# List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2016 (U.S.)

This page lists the songs that reached number-one on the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the R&B Songs chart (which was created in 2012), and the Hot Rap Songs chart in 2016. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

## List of number ones

Key :
| † | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap and Airplay singles of 2016 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | Artist | R&B Songs | Artist | Rap Songs | Artist | R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | Artist |
| January 2 | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "The Hills" | The Weeknd | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Hotline Bling" | Drake |
| January 9 | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Here" | Alessia Cara | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Hotline Bling" | Drake |
| January 16 | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Here" | Alessia Cara | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Hotline Bling" | Drake |
| January 23 | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Here" | Alessia Cara | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Hotline Bling" | Drake |
| January 30 | "Here" | Alessia Cara | "Here" | Alessia Cara | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Hotline Bling" | Drake |
| February 6 | "Here" | Alessia Cara | "Here" | Alessia Cara | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Say It" | Tory Lanez |
| February 13 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Say It" | Tory Lanez |
| February 20 | "Summer Sixteen" | Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Summer Sixteen" | Drake | "Say It" | Tory Lanez |
| February 27 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Say It" | Tory Lanez |
| March 5 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Don't" | Bryson Tiller |
| March 12 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Don't" | Bryson Tiller |
| March 19 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| March 26 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| April 2 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| April 9 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| April 16 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| April 23 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| April 30 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| May 7 | "Panda" | Desiigner | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| May 14 | "Panda" | Desiigner | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| May 21 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| May 28 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
| June 4 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Panda" | Desiigner |
| June 11 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Panda" | Desiigner |
| June 18 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| June 25 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| July 2 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| July 9 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| July 16 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| July 23 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| July 30 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| August 6 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Don't Mind" | Kent Jones | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| August 13 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla |
| August 20 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Panda" † | Desiigner | "Controlla" | Drake |
| August 27 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Sucker for Pain" | Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla Sign featuring X Ambassadors | "Controlla" | Drake |
| September 3 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Too Good" | Drake featuring Rihanna | "Controlla" | Drake |
| September 10 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Too Good" | Drake featuring Rihanna | "Controlla" | Drake |
| September 17 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | "Too Good" | Drake featuring Rihanna | "Controlla" | Drake |
| September 24 | "Needed Me" | Rihanna | "Needed Me" | Rihanna | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Controlla" | Drake |
| October 1 | "Needed Me" | Rihanna | "Needed Me" | Rihanna | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Controlla" | Drake |
| October 8 | "Broccoli" | D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty | "Needed Me" | Rihanna | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Needed Me" † | Rihanna |
| October 15 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "No Limit" | Usher featuring Young Thug |
| October 22 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Needed Me" † | Rihanna |
| October 29 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Broccoli" | D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty |
| November 5 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Broccoli" | D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty |
| November 12 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Broccoli" | D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty |
| November 19 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "No Problem" | Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz |
| November 26 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "No Problem" | Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz |
| December 3 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane |
| December 10 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane |
| December 17 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane |
| December 24 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane |
| December 31 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane |