Hot R&B Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular contemporary R&B songs, calculated weekly by airplay on All-Format radio stations, digital download sales and streaming data. It was established on October 11, 2012, as a way to highlight "the differences between pure R&B and rap titles in the overall, wide-ranging R&B/hip-hop field" and serves, along with the Hot Rap Songs chart, as a distillation of the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Song achievements Most weeks at number one
WeeksArtist(s)SongYear(s)Ref.48 The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" 2020–21 38 Bruno Mars "I Just Might" 2026 34 Leon Thomas "Mutt" 2025 32 SZA "Snooze" 2023–24 30 "Kill Bill" 2022–2322 Tommy Richman "Million Dollar Baby" 2024 20 Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "One Dance" 2016 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk "Starboy" 2016–17 Bruno Mars "That's What I Like" 2017 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti "Timeless" 2024–25
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Artist achievements Most number-one songs NumberArtistSongDate12 The Weeknd "Earned It" April 11, 2015 "Can't Feel My Face" July 18, 2015 "The Hills" October 3, 2015 "Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk) October 15, 2016 "Call Out My Name" April 14, 2018 "Heartless" December 14, 2019 "Blinding Lights" March 7, 2020 "You Right" (with Doja Cat) September 4, 2021 "Sacrifice" January 22, 2022 "Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage) December 17, 2022 "Die for You" (with Ariana Grande) March 11, 2023 "Timeless" (with Playboi Carti) October 12, 20249 Drake "Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan) October 12, 2013 "Tuesday" (ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake) November 29, 2014 "Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake) February 13, 2016 "One Dance" (featuring Wizkid & Kyla) May 7, 2016 "Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson) July 14, 2018 "No Guidance" (Chris Brown featuring Drake) September 7, 2019 "Race My Mind" September 18, 2021 "Slime You Out" (featuring SZA) September 20, 2023 "Act II: Date @ 8" (4Batz featuring Drake) March 23, 20247SZA "The Weekend" July 1, 2017 "I Hate U" December 18, 2021 "Kill Bill" December 24, 2022 "Snooze" July 29, 2023 "Slime You Out" (Drake featuring SZA) September 20, 2023 "Saturn" March 9, 2024 "30 for 30" (with Kendrick Lamar) January 4, 20256 Rihanna "Diamonds" October 20, 2012 "FourFiveSeconds" (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney) February 21, 2015 "Work" (featuring Drake) February 13, 2016 "Needed Me" September 24, 2016 "Wild Thoughts" (DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) July 15, 2017 "Lift Me Up" November 12, 2022 Justin Bieber "No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo) August 11, 2018 "Yummy" January 18, 2020 "Intentions" (featuring Quavo) February 22, 2020 "Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) April 3, 2021 "Essence" (Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber & Tems) September 11, 2021 "Yukon" July 26, 20255 Bruno Mars "That's What I Like" March 4, 2017 "Finesse" (featuring Cardi B) January 20, 2018 "Leave the Door Open" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) March 20, 2021 "Smokin Out the Window" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) November 20, 2021 "I Just Might" January 24, 20263 Chris Brown "Freaky Friday" (Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown) April 21, 2018 "No Guidance" (featuring Drake) September 7, 2019 "Go Crazy" (with Young Thug) December 26, 2020 Doja Cat "Say So" May 16, 2020 "You Right" (with The Weeknd) September 4, 2021 "Woman" March 12, 2022 Khalid "Young Dumb & Broke" November 4, 2017 "Better" January 19, 2019 "Talk" May 4, 2019 Beyoncé "Drunk in Love (featuring Jay-Z) January 4, 2014 "7/11" December 20, 2014 "Break My Soul" August 4, 2022
Most number-one debuts NumberArtistSongDate6 The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face" July 18, 2015 "Call Out My Name" April 14, 2018 "Sacrifice" January 22, 2022 "Creepin'" (with Metro Boomin & 21 Savage) December 17, 2022 "Die for You" (with Ariana Grande) March 11, 2023 "Timeless" (with Playboi Carti) October 12, 20244 Drake "Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake) February 13, 2016 "Don't Matter to Me" (with Michael Jackson) July 14, 2018 "Race My Mind" September 18, 2021"Slime You Out" (featuring SZA)September 20, 2023 Justin Bieber "No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo) August 11, 2018 "Intentions" (featuring Quavo) February 22, 2020 "Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) April 3, 2021 "Yukon" July 26, 20253 Rihanna "Diamonds" October 20, 2012 "Work" (featuring Drake) February 13, 2016 "Lift Me Up" November 12, 20222 Quavo "No Brainer" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo) August 11, 2018 "Intentions" (Justin Bieber featuring Quavo) February 22, 2020
Artists with most weeks at number one on the chart WeeksArtistRef.133 The Weeknd 92 Bruno Mars 67 Drake 65 SZA 55 Rihanna 44 Khalid 32 Justin Bieber Pharrell Williams 29 Wizkid 27 Ella Mai
Most top ten hits Number of singlesArtistRef.65 Drake 55 Chris Brown 54 The Weeknd 36 SZA 32 Beyoncé 27 Summer Walker 22 Khalid 21 Bryson Tiller 19 Justin Bieber 17 Rihanna
Most chart entries
Entries Artist Source112 Chris Brown 87 Drake 86 The Weeknd 69 Summer Walker 62 Bryson Tiller 60 Kehlani 60 Beyoncé 60 SZA 56 Jhené Aiko 50 Khalid
Album achievements Most number-one songs from one album NumberArtistAlbumYear3 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness 2015 SZA SOS 20222 Rihanna Anti2016 Bruno Mars 24K Magic Justin Bieber Changes2020 The Weeknd After Hours Silk Sonic An Evening with Silk Sonic 2021Doja CatPlanet Her2021
Most top ten songs from one album NumberArtistAlbumYear10 SZA SOS 20229 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness 20158 The Weeknd Starboy 2016 The Weeknd After Hours 2020 Drake Honestly, Nevermind 2022 Beyoncé Renaissance 20227 Drake Scorpion 2018 Khalid Free Spirit2019 Summer Walker Over It Summer Walker Still Over It 20216 The Weeknd Dawn FM 2022 Justin Bieber Swag 20255 Beyoncé BEYONCÉ 2013 Rihanna Anti 2016 Drake More Life 2017 The Weeknd My Dear Melancholy 2019 Bryson Tiller Anniversary 2020
Selected additional R&B Songs chart achievements Khalid is the first and only artist to occupy the entire top 5 of the R&B Songs chart. He achieved this on the chart dated April 20, 2019 with the songs "Better" and "Talk" staying steady at positions 1 and 2, respectively, while "My Bad" and "Saturday Nights" climbed up to numbers 3 and 4, and "Outta My Head" entered the chart at number 5. Khalid, The Weeknd, and Drake all hold the record for charting the most songs within the top 10 simultaneously – eight songs. Summer Walker holds the female record, with six, on the October 19, 2019 chart.
References
External links Billboard R&B Songs Chart – online version.