Billboard

Videos
Photos
Articles
Artists

Search form

Hot 100
Billboard 200
Genres
International
All Charts
BBMAs 2013

Last week
September 28, 1996
Next week

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week's most popular current R&B/hip-hop ... more songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen BDS. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time

Next chart

Play entire chart

Myspace
Spotify
Rdio

Sort By:

Biggest Fall

Chart position
Weeks on chart
Biggest Jump

100

Illegal Life

Capone -N- Noreaga
The Best of Capone-N-Noreaga: Thugged da F*@# Out

84Peak position
84Last week's position
5Weeks on chart

Listen
- Myspace
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

Where Do We Go From Here

Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox

28Peak position
47Last week's position
20Weeks on chart

Listen
- Myspace
- Spotify
- Rdio
Watch
Buy
Send Ringtone

Chart Highlights: Van Halen Jumps Onto Rock Songs With 'Tattoo'

Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts every Monday. Find out the top songs, Greatest Gainers and debuts on the surveys listed below.

All our charts are refreshed on billboard.com every Thursday.

Love & Happiness

Smooth
Love & Happiness [CD]

66Peak position
73Last week's position
7Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

Pete Rock 'Surprised' to Hear Kanye & Jay-Z Will Use His Beat

Just a couple of days after Kanye West revealed on Twitter that Pete Rock would be one of the producers on the new joint album between himself and Jay-Z, "Watch The Throne," Pete Rock says he was just as surprised to hear the news.

Touch Myself (From "Fled")

T-Boz
Seasoned Veteran

23Peak position
35Last week's position
20Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

Body Snatchers

Rare Essence
Body Snatchers

73Peak position
82Last week's position
8Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

Gloria

Jesse Powell

51Peak position
70Last week's position
14Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy

With You

Somethin' For The People
Somethin' for the People [Japan Bonus Track]

34Peak position
46Last week's position
20Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

You Said

Mona Lisa
11-20-79

33Peak position
88Last week's position
15Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

Home

4U
Home [CD Single]

57Peak position
67Last week's position
17Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

Elevators (Me & You)

OutKast
Big Boi and Dre Present...Outkast

5Peak position
14Last week's position
20Weeks on chart

Listen
- Spotify
- Rdio
Buy
Send Ringtone

Mashup Mondays: The Maine Reels In OutKast

Chart Legend

Peak Position
Last Weeks Position
Weeks on Chart
Greatest Gainer
Airplay Gainer
Digital Sales Gainer
Streaming Gainer
Pace Setter
Heatseeker Graduate
Position has dropped relative to last week
Position has increased relative to last week
Position has stayed relative to last week
Hot shot debut
Titles with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week
New
Re-Entry

Browse the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Archives

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Next
Prev
January, 2013

Jan 5th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Greatest Gainer Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Jan 5th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 15 Pace Setter Ball T.I. Featuring Lil Wayne
Jan 5th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 28 Hot Shot Debut King Wizard Kid Cudi
Jan 12th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Digital Sales Gainer Diamonds Rihanna
Jan 12th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3 Airplay Gainer Girl On Fire Alicia Keys Featuring Nicki Minaj
Jan 12th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 37 Pace Setter Hate Bein' Sober Chief Keef Featuring 50 Cent & Wiz Khalifa
Jan 19th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Pace Setter Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Jan 26th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Pace Setter Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Jan 26th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 27 Hot Shot Debut Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Feb 2nd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Digital Sales Gainer Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Feb 2nd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Airplay Gainer Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Feb 2nd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 5 Pace Setter F**kin Problems A$AP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
Feb 2nd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 14 Hot Shot Debut Love Me Lil Wayne Featuring Drake & Future
Feb 9th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Pace Setter Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Feb 9th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 6 Digital Sales Gainer Love Me Lil Wayne Featuring Drake & Future
Feb 9th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 19 Hot Shot Debut Dope Tyga Featuring Rick Ross
Feb 16th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Pace Setter Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Feb 16th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 42 Hot Shot Debut Bugatti Ace Hood Featuring Future & Rick Ross
Feb 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Airplay Gainer Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Feb 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 9 Digital Sales Gainer Adorn Miguel
Feb 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 19 Hot Shot Debut Started From The Bottom Drake
Feb 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 36 Pace Setter Bugatti Ace Hood Featuring Future & Rick Ross
Mar 2nd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Digital Sales Gainer Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Mar 2nd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3 Pace Setter Started From The Bottom Drake
Mar 2nd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 29 Hot Shot Debut Power Trip J. Cole Featuring Miguel
Mar 9th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3 Airplay Gainer Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Mar 9th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 4 Pace Setter Love Me Lil Wayne Featuring Drake & Future
Mar 9th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 33 Digital Sales Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
Mar 9th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 36 Hot Shot Debut Karate Chop (Remix) Future Featuring Lil Wayne
Mar 16th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3 Airplay Gainer Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Mar 16th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 8 Pace Setter Poetic Justice Kendrick Lamar Featuring Drake
Mar 16th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 20 Digital Sales Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
Mar 16th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 34 Hot Shot Debut Show Out Juicy J Featuring Big Sean And Young Jeezy
Mar 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Airplay Gainer Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Mar 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 10 Digital Sales Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
Mar 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 13 Pace Setter Bad Wale Featuring Tiara Thomas
Mar 23rd R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 39 Hot Shot Debut Right Here Justin Bieber Featuring Drake
Mar 30th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Pace Setter Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Mar 30th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 30 Hot Shot Debut So Many Girls DJ Drama Featuring Wale, Tyga & Roscoe Dash
Apr 6th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Pace Setter Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Apr 6th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 6 Digital Sales Gainer Pour It Up Rihanna
Apr 6th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 7 Airplay Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
Apr 6th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 21 Hot Shot Debut Pusher Love Girl Justin Timberlake
Apr 13th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Airplay Gainer Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Apr 13th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 5 Digital Sales Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
Apr 13th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 8 Pace Setter Bad Wale Featuring Tiara Thomas
Apr 13th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 37 Hot Shot Debut Days And Days Lil Wayne Featuring 2 Chainz
Apr 20th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3 Greatest Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
Apr 20th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 13 Hot Shot Debut Fine China Chris Brown
Apr 20th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 15 Pace Setter Rich As F**k Lil Wayne Featuring 2 Chainz
Apr 27th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2 Greatest Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
Apr 27th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 6 Pace Setter Power Trip J. Cole Featuring Miguel
Apr 27th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 11 Hot Shot Debut I Hit It First Ray J Featuring Bobby Brackins
May 4th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Pace Setter Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
May 4th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 35 Hot Shot Debut Beat It Sean Kingston Featuring Chris Brown & Wiz Khalifa
May 11th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Airplay Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
May 11th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 8 Pace Setter Body Party Ciara
May 11th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 16 Digital Sales Gainer No New Friends DJ Khaled Featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
May 11th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 30 Hot Shot Debut Memories Back Then Hustle Gang Featuring T.I., B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar & Kris Stephens
May 18th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1 Airplay Gainer Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
May 18th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 21 Digital Sales Gainer Blurred Lines Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell
May 18th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 26 Pace Setter I Hit It First Ray J Featuring Bobby Brackins
May 18th R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 39 Hot Shot Debut #Beautiful Mariah Carey Featuring Miguel

20130105,20130112,20130119,20130126,20130202,20130209,20130216,20130223,20130302,20130309,20130316,20130323,20130330,20130406,20130413,20130420,20130427,20130504,20130511,20130518

2013,2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998,1997,1996,1995,1994,1993,1992,1991,1990,1989,1988,1987,1986,1985

2013

bbcom

BSI

News and Features

News

Taylor Swift, Gotye and Rihanna Win Big at Billboard Music Awards

BBMA 2013

Billboard Music Awards: The Show and Performances

News

Madonna Humbly Accepts Top Touring Artist Trophy at Billboard Music Awards

Features

Music Photos of the Week

Magazine

Subscribe
Buy this issue

Billboard biz

The online extension of Billboard magazine, Billboard.biz is the essential online destination for the music business.

Learn more

Explore Billboard

About Billboard
Shop
Lyrics
News Archive
Photos Archive
Videos Archive

Information

Mobile
Contact Us
Sitemap
FAQ
Feedback

Sharing Billboard

Facebook
Twitter
Google+
YouTube
Instagram
Tumblr
Pinterest
Spotify
Newsletter

Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Advertising