Hot Rap Songs
Hot Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. Streaming data, digital downloads and All-Format radio stations were added to the methodology of determining chart rankings in 2012. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single sold in that given week.
Chart statistics and other facts
Artists with the most consecutive weeks at number one
- 29 weeks - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
- 21 weeks – Lil Wayne
- 20 weeks - T-Pain ; T.I. ; Drake "I'm on One", "Headlines", Lil Nas X
- 19 weeks – 50 Cent
Artists simultaneously occupying the top three positions
- "Candy Shop"
- "Hate It or Love It"
- "How We Do"
- "I'm On One"
- "Headlines"
- "She Will"
Self-replacement at number one
Lead artist
- Bow Wow — "Let Me Hold You" → "Like You"
- Lil Wayne — "Lollipop" → "A Milli"
- T.I. — "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life"
- Drake — "Make Me Proud" → "The Motto"
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — "Thrift Shop" → "Can't Hold Us"
- Drake — "God's Plan" → "Nice For What"
- Drake — "Nice For What" → "In My Feelings"
- Post Malone — "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse)" → "Wow."
Featured artist
- T-Pain — "Good Life" → "Low"
- Kanye West — "Run This Town" → "Forever"
Combined (lead and featured artist)
- 50 Cent — "Candy Shop" → "Hate It or Love It" → "Just a Lil Bit"
- Drake — "Fancy" → "Right Above It"
- Chris Brown — "Look at Me Now" → "My Last"
- 2 Chainz — "Mercy" → "No Lie"
- Travis Scott — "Zeze" → "SICKO MODE"
Total weeks at number one per decade
2000s
Total number weeks at number one as a lead or featured artist- Missy Elliott – 56 weeks
- T.I – 49 weeks
- Bow Wow – 40 weeks
- Kanye West – 32 weeks
- T-Pain – 29 weeks
- Ludacris – 29 weeks
- Lil Wayne – 28 weeks
- Nelly – 25 weeks
- Snoop Dogg – 20 weeks
2010s
Total number weeks at number one as a lead or featured artist- Drake – 125 weeks
- Lil Wayne – 53 weeks
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – 29 weeks
- Post Malone – 28 weeks
- Jay-Z – 25 weeks
- Nicki Minaj – 25 weeks
- Iggy Azalea – 24 weeks
- Pitbull – 21 weeks
- Rihanna – 20 weeks
- Kanye West, Lil Nas X – 19 weeks
- Eminem, Charli XCX – 18 weeks