{"id":4540,"date":"2025-03-31T18:08:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4540"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:08:55","slug":"kendrick-lamar-szas-luther-no-1-on-hot-100-for-sixth-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4540","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar &amp; SZA\u2019s \u2018Luther\u2019 No. 1 on Hot 100 for Sixth\u00a0Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<p>Plus, Morgan Wallen&#8217;s &#8220;Just in Case&#8221; debuts at No. 4 and Chappell Roan&#8217;s &#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; hits the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLuther\u201d rules the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart for a sixth total and consecutive week. The single, whose title f\u00eates late R&amp;B icon&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luther-vandross\/\">Luther Vandross<\/a>, who is sampled on the track, became Lamar\u2019s sixth No. 1 and SZA\u2019s third. Lamar and SZA each extend their longest career Hot 100 reigns with the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, \u201cLuther\u201d ties Jack Harlow\u2019s \u201cLovin on Me,\u201d in 2023-24, for the longest Hot 100 command for a rap hit since 24kGoldn\u2019s \u201cMood,\u201d featuring iann dior, led for eight weeks in 2020-21. The only longer domination for a rap hit this decade: 11 weeks, for Roddy Ricch\u2019s \u201cThe Box\u201d in 2020. (Rap titles are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HfWLgELllZs?si=pJKi5Nd1dBvEYwwI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s \u201cJust in Case\u201d launches at No. 4 on the Hot 100, marking the country star\u2019s 14th top 10 \u2013 and record fifth from an album prior to its release; his\u00a0<em>I\u2019m the Problem<\/em>\u00a0is due May 16 \u2013 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/chappell-roan\/\">Chappell Roan<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPink Pony Club\u201d trots to No. 5, becoming her third top five hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 April 5, 2025) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow, April 1. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4540\" data-postid=\"4540\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4540 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Morgan Wallen&#8217;s &#8220;Just in Case&#8221; debuts at No. 4 and Chappell Roan&#8217;s &#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; hits the top five. Kendrick Lamar&nbsp;and&nbsp;SZA\u2019s \u201cLuther\u201d rules the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart for a sixth total and consecutive week. 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