{"id":4548,"date":"2025-04-07T17:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2025-04-07T17:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:51:33","slug":"kendrick-lamar-szas-luther-leads-hot-100-for-seventh-week-tops-radio-songs-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4548","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar &amp; SZA\u2019s \u2018Luther\u2019 Leads Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Tops Radio Songs\u00a0Chart"},"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, Drake&#8217;s &#8220;Nokia&#8221; bounds to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after the premiere of its official video.<\/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 tops the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart for a seventh total and consecutive week. The single, whose title shouts out late R&amp;B crooner&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luther-vandross\/\">Luther Vandross<\/a>, who is sampled on the track,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/kendrick-lamar-sza-luther-number-1-hot-100\/\">became<\/a>&nbsp;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 links the longest Hot 100 command for a rap hit in more than four years, 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<p>Additionally, \u201cLuther\u201d ascends to the top of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart, becoming Lamar\u2019s third No. 1 \u2013 and first in a lead role \u2013 and SZA\u2019s second on the all-format airplay ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HfWLgELllZs?si=7QLowJOOK7Z7Xjvk\" 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,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s \u201cNokia\u201d bounds 7-3 on the Hot 100 following the March 31&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/drake-nokia-music-video-1235936497\/\">premiere<\/a>&nbsp;of its official video. He rings up his record-extending 42nd top five hit (and record-padding 31st top three hit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Browse the full rundown of this week\u2019s top 10 below.<\/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 12, 2025) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow, April 8. 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-4548\" data-postid=\"4548\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4548 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Drake&#8217;s &#8220;Nokia&#8221; bounds to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after the premiere of its official video. Kendrick Lamar&nbsp;and&nbsp;SZA\u2019s \u201cLuther\u201d tops the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart for a seventh total and consecutive week. The single, whose title shouts out late R&amp;B crooner&nbsp;Luther Vandross, who is sampled on the track,&nbsp;became&nbsp;Lamar\u2019s sixth No. 1 and SZA\u2019s third. 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