Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s ‘Luther’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

The stars up their career counts to six and three leaders, respectively. Plus, with two debuts, Drake now boasts a record-extending 80 top 10s.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” lifts a spot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The single – whose title is an ode to late R&B legend Luther Vandross, who is sampled on the track — becomes Lamar’s sixth leader and SZA’s third.

“Luther” supplants Lamar’s Drake diss track “Not Like Us” atop the Hot 100, a week after the latter returned to No. 1, sparked by his performance of the song during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show Feb. 9. “Luther” was also a part of the halftime set, as Lamar and SZA performed it as the eighth of his 11 songs featured.

Meanwhile, Drake debuts two tracks in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Gimme a Hug” at No. 6, and “Nokia” at No. 10. He ups his career total to a milestone 80 top 10s, extending his record for the most in the chart’s 66-year history. Both tracks (billed solely to Drake) are from his new album with PartyNextDoor, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Drake adds his 14th No. 1 set, tying for the most among soloists.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated March 1, 2025) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Feb. 25. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.

Source: billboard.com