# Hot R&B 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. 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.

## Song achievements
### Most weeks at number one

| Weeks | Artist(s) | Song | Year(s) |
| 48 | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | 2020–21 |
| 32 | SZA | "Snooze" | 2023–24 |
| 30 | SZA | "Kill Bill" | 2022–23 |
| 22 | Tommy Richman | "Million Dollar Baby" | 2024 |
| 20 | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | "One Dance" | 2016 |
| 20 | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | 2016–17 |
| 20 | Bruno Mars | "That's What I Like" | 2017 |
| 19 | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | "Blurred Lines" | 2013 |
| 18 | Khalid | "Talk" | 2019 |
| 17 | Rihanna | "Diamonds" | 2012–13 |
| 17 | The Weeknd and Playboi Carti | "Timeless" | 2024–25 |
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## Artist achievements
### Most number-one songs

| Number | Artist | Song | Date |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Earned It" | April 11, 2015 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" | July 18, 2015 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "The Hills" | October 3, 2015 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk) | October 15, 2016 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Call Out My Name" | April 14, 2018 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Heartless" | December 14, 2019 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | March 7, 2020 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "You Right" (with Doja Cat) | September 4, 2021 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Sacrifice" | January 22, 2022 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage) | December 17, 2022 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Die for You" (with Ariana Grande) | March 11, 2023 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | "Timeless" (with Playboi Carti) | October 12, 2024 |
| 9 | Drake | "Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan) | October 12, 2013 |
| 9 | Drake | "Tuesday" (ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake) | November 29, 2014 |
| 9 | Drake | "Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake) | February 13, 2016 |
| 9 | Drake | "One Dance" (featuring Wizkid & Kyla) | May 7, 2016 |
| 9 | Drake | "Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson) | July 14, 2018 |
| 9 | Drake | "No Guidance" (Chris Brown featuring Drake) | September 7, 2019 |
| 9 | Drake | "Race My Mind" | September 18, 2021 |
| 9 | Drake | "Slime You Out" (featuring SZA) | September 20, 2023 |
| 9 | Drake | "Act II: Date @ 8" (4Batz featuring Drake) | March 23, 2024 |
| 7 | SZA | "The Weekend" | July 1, 2017 |
| 7 | SZA | "I Hate U" | December 18, 2021 |
| 7 | SZA | "Kill Bill" | December 24, 2022 |
| 7 | SZA | "Snooze" | July 29, 2023 |
| 7 | SZA | "Slime You Out" (Drake featuring SZA) | September 20, 2023 |
| 7 | SZA | "Saturn" | March 9, 2024 |
| 7 | SZA | "30 for 30" (with Kendrick Lamar) | January 4, 2025 |
| 6 | Rihanna | "Diamonds" | October 20, 2012 |
| 6 | Rihanna | "FourFiveSeconds" (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney) | February 21, 2015 |
| 6 | Rihanna | "Work" (featuring Drake) | February 13, 2016 |
| 6 | Rihanna | "Needed Me" | September 24, 2016 |
| 6 | Rihanna | "Wild Thoughts" (DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) | July 15, 2017 |
| 6 | Rihanna | "Lift Me Up" | November 12, 2022 |
| 5 | Justin Bieber | "No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo) | August 11, 2018 |
| 5 | Justin Bieber | "Yummy" | January 18, 2020 |
| 5 | Justin Bieber | "Intentions" (featuring Quavo) | February 22, 2020 |
| 5 | Justin Bieber | "Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) | April 3, 2021 |
| 5 | Justin Bieber | "Essence" (Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber & Tems) | September 11, 2021 |
| 4 | Bruno Mars | "That's What I Like" | March 4, 2017 |
| 4 | Bruno Mars | "Finesse" (featuring Cardi B) | January 20, 2018 |
| 4 | Bruno Mars | "Leave the Door Open" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | March 20, 2021 |
| 4 | Bruno Mars | "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 |
| 3 | Chris Brown | "No Guidance" (featuring Drake) | September 7, 2019 |
| 3 | Chris Brown | "Go Crazy" (with Young Thug) | December 26, 2020 |
| 3 | Doja Cat | "Say So" | May 16, 2020 |
| 3 | Doja Cat | "You Right" (with The Weeknd) | September 4, 2021 |
| 3 | Doja Cat | "Woman" | March 12, 2022 |
| 3 | Khalid | "Young Dumb & Broke" | November 4, 2017 |
| 3 | Khalid | "Better" | January 19, 2019 |
| 3 | Khalid | "Talk" | May 4, 2019 |
| 3 | Beyoncé | "Drunk in Love (featuring Jay-Z) | January 4, 2014 |
| 3 | Beyoncé | "7/11" | December 20, 2014 |
| 3 | Beyoncé | "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 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | "Call Out My Name" | April 14, 2018 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | "Sacrifice" | January 22, 2022 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | "Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage) | December 17, 2022 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | "Die for You" (with Ariana Grande) | March 11, 2023 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | "Timeless" (with Playboi Carti) | October 12, 2024 |
| 4 | Drake | "Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake) | February 13, 2016 |
| 4 | Drake | "Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson) | July 14, 2018 |
| 4 | Drake | "Race My Mind" | September 18, 2021 |
| 4 | Drake | "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 |
| 3 | Justin Bieber | "Intentions" (featuring Quavo) | February 22, 2020 |
| 3 | Justin Bieber | "Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) | April 3, 2021 |
| 3 | Rihanna | "Diamonds" | October 20, 2012 |
| 3 | Rihanna | "Work" (featuring Drake) | February 13, 2016 |
| 3 | Rihanna | "Lift Me Up" | November 12, 2022 |
| 2 | Quavo | "No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo) | August 11, 2018 |
| 2 | Quavo | "Intentions" (Justin Bieber featuring Quavo) | February 22, 2020 |

### Artists with most weeks at number one on the chart

| Weeks | Artist |
| 111 | The Weeknd |
| 67 | Drake |
| 65 | SZA |
| 55 | Bruno Mars |
| 55 | Rihanna |
| 44 | Khalid |
| 31 | Justin Bieber |
| 31 | Pharrell Williams |
| 29 | Wizkid |
| 27 | Ella Mai |
| 23 | Anderson .Paak |
| 21 | DJ Khaled |
| 20 | Daft Punk |
| 20 | Jay-Z |
| 20 | Kyla |

### Most top ten hits

| Number of singles | Artist |
| 54 | Drake |
| 51 | Chris Brown |
| 49 | The Weeknd |
| 31 | Beyoncé |
| 26 | SZA |

### Most chart entries

| Entries | Artist |
| 96 | Chris Brown |
| 77 | The Weeknd |
| 64 | Drake |
| 57 | Beyoncé |
| 52 | Summer Walker |
| 52 | Bryson Tiller |
| 48 | Khalid |
| 45 | SZA |
| 37 | Jhené Aiko |
| 34 | H.E.R. |
| 29 | Rihanna |

## Album achievements
### Most number-one songs from one album

| Number | Artist | Album | Year |
| 3 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness | 2015 |
| 3 | SZA | SOS | 2022 |
| 2 | Rihanna | Anti | 2016 |
| 2 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 2016 |
| 2 | Justin Bieber | Changes | 2020 |
| 2 | The Weeknd | After Hours | 2020 |
| 2 | Silk Sonic | An Evening with Silk Sonic | 2021 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 8 | The Weeknd | After Hours | 2020 |
| 8 | Drake | Honestly, Nevermind | 2022 |
| 8 | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 2022 |
| 7 | Drake | Scorpion | 2018 |
| 7 | Khalid | Free Spirit | 2019 |
| 7 | Summer Walker | Over It | 2019 |
| 7 | Summer Walker | Still Over It | 2021 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | 2022 |
| 5 | Beyoncé | BEYONCÉ | 2013 |
| 5 | Rihanna | Anti | 2016 |
| 5 | Drake | More Life | 2017 |
| 5 | The Weeknd | My Dear Melancholy | 2019 |
| 5 | 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.
* 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.