# List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2022 (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 2022. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing song of 2022 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | Artist | R&B Songs | Artist | Rap Songs | Artist | R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | Artist |
| January 1 | "Broadway Girls" | Lil Durk featuring Morgan Wallen | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) | "Broadway Girls" | Lil Durk featuring Morgan Wallen | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| January 8 | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| January 15 | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| January 22 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Sacrifice" | The Weeknd | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| January 29 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| February 5 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| February 12 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| February 19 | "Do We Have a Problem?" | Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long | "Do We Have a Problem?" | Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| February 26 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| March 5 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Essence" † | Wizkid featuring Tems |
| March 12 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black |
| March 19 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black |
| March 26 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black |
| April 2 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | "I Hate U" | SZA |
| April 9 | "Big Energy" | Latto | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "Big Energy" | Latto | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| April 16 | "Big Energy" | Latto | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "Big Energy" | Latto | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| April 23 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| April 30 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| May 7 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| May 14 | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems | "Woman" | Doja Cat | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| May 21 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| May 28 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Die Hard" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long |
| June 4 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "I Hate U" | SZA |
| June 11 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "I Hate U" | SZA |
| June 18 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "I Hate U" | SZA |
| June 25 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "First Class" | Jack Harlow |
| July 2 | "Jimmy Cooks" | Drake featuring 21 Savage | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "Jimmy Cooks" | Drake featuring 21 Savage | "First Class" | Jack Harlow |
| July 9 | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| July 16 | "About Damn Time" | Lizzo | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| July 23 | "About Damn Time" | Lizzo | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| July 30 | "About Damn Time" | Lizzo | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| August 6 | "About Damn Time" | Lizzo | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "First Class" † | Jack Harlow | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé |
| August 13 | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé |
| August 20 | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé | "Staying Alive" | DJ Khaled featuring Drake and Lil Baby | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé |
| August 27 | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé |
| September 3 | "About Damn Time" | Lizzo | "About Damn Time" † | Lizzo | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé |
| September 10 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| September 17 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| September 24 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| October 1 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| October 8 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| October 15 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| October 22 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| October 29 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "California Breeze" | Lil Baby | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| November 5 | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Wait For U" | Future featuring Drake and Tems |
| November 12 | "Lift Me Up" | Rihanna | "Lift Me Up" | Rihanna | "Super Freaky Girl" | Nicki Minaj | "Free Mind" | Tems |
| November 19 | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Free Mind" | Tems |
| November 26 | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Free Mind" | Tems |
| December 3 | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Free Mind" | Tems |
| December 10 | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Cuff It" | Beyoncé |
| December 17 | "Creepin'" | Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage | "Creepin'" | Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage | "Superhero (Heroes and Villains)" | Metro Boomin, Future and Chris Brown | "Cuff It" | Beyoncé |
| December 24 | "Kill Bill" | SZA | "Kill Bill" | SZA | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Tomorrow 2" | GloRilla and Cardi B |
| December 31 | "Kill Bill" | SZA | "Kill Bill" | SZA | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Tomorrow 2" | GloRilla and Cardi B |