{"id":4578,"date":"2025-05-14T03:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4578"},"modified":"2025-05-14T03:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:43:18","slug":"kendrick-lamar-szas-luther-leads-billboard-hot-100-for-12th-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4578","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar &amp; SZA\u2019s \u2018Luther\u2019 Leads Billboard Hot 100 for 12th\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>The song solely claims the most weeks at No. 1 ever among duets by co-billed lead solo men and women.<\/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 12th total and consecutive week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating to the Hot 100\u2019s Aug. 4, 1958, start, \u201cLuther\u201d now solely boasts the most weeks spent at No. 1 among duets by co-billed lead solo men and women. It breaks out of a tie with Puff Daddy and Faith Evans\u2019 \u201cI\u2019ll Be Missing You\u201d (featuring vocal group 112), which led for 11 weeks in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLuther\u201d is also now solely the longest-leading R&amp;B\/hip-hop No. 1 on the Hot 100 this decade, surpassing the 11 weeks on top for Roddy Ricch\u2019s \u201cThe Box\u201d in 2020. (R&amp;B\/hip-hop songs are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLuther,\u201d whose title is a tribute late R&amp;B luminary&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luther-vandross\/\">Luther Vandross<\/a>&nbsp;(who is sampled on the song),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/kendrick-lamar-sza-luther-number-1-hot-100\/\">became<\/a>&nbsp;Lamar\u2019s sixth Hot 100 No. 1 and SZA\u2019s third. Lamar and SZA each extend their longest career commands on the chart with the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNY_2TEmzho?si=MUweAnHM6vZsQbIt\" 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\/shaboozey\/\">Shaboozey<\/a>\u2019s \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d spends a record-breaking 44th week in the Hot 100\u2019s top five and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/teddy-swims\/\">Teddy Swims<\/a>\u2019 \u201cLose Control\u201d adds a 90th week in the chart overall, moving to within a week of potentially tying for the longest run all-time.<\/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 May 17, 2025) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow, May 13. 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-4578\" data-postid=\"4578\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4578 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The song solely claims the most weeks at No. 1 ever among duets by co-billed lead solo men and women. Kendrick Lamar&nbsp;and&nbsp;SZA\u2019s \u201cLuther\u201d rules the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart for a 12th total and consecutive week. 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