Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” leads the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a second week. A week earlier, the single – whose title is an ode to late R&B legend Luther Vandross, who is sampled on the track — became Lamar’s sixth No. 1 and SZA’s third.
“Luther” is also making unprecedented moves on Billboard’s radio airplay charts. Reflecting its mass-appeal mix of R&B and rap, it becomes the first song to have topped both the Adult R&B Airplay and Rap Airplay charts in the quarter century-plus that the surveys have both been publishing.
Further in the Hot 100’s top 10, Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” reenters the region at a new No. 8 high and Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” at No. 9, spends an 80th week on the chart overall, becoming just the fourth song to reach the milestone in the list’s history.
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 March 8, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 4. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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‘Luther’ Airplay, Streams & Sales
“Luther,” on pgLang/Interscope/ICLG, totaled 51 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 9% week-over-week), 38.7 million official streams (down 14%) and 4,000 sold (down 30%) in the U.S. Feb. 21-27.
The track tallies a second week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; rises 6-3 for a new high on Radio Songs; and falls from its No. 4 best to No. 12 on Digital Song Sales.
“Luther” becomes the first song to have ruled both the Adult R&B Airplay and Rap Airplay rankings (which began in 1993 and 1999, respectively), jumping 6-1 on the former, a week after it hit No. 1 on the latter. It also lifts to No. 1 on both the genre’s overall R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. Plus, a week earlier, it crowned Rhythmic Airplay. It additionally holds in the top 15 on Pop Airplay. (Adult R&B Airplay reflects plays on a panel of adult R&B-formatted radio stations; Rap Airplay reflects audience reach of rap titles on R&B/hip-hop and rhythmic stations.)
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No. 1 R&B/Hip-Hop & Rap
“Luther” concurrently claims a 10th week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100. The song became Lamar’s seventh No. 1 on each genre chart and SZA’s fourth and first on the respective lists.
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‘Pony’ Up to New High
Image Credit: Christopher Polk Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10 at a new No. 8 best, from No. 11; it previously reached No. 9. The song is her second top 10 hit, after “Good Luck, Babe!” reached No. 4 last September.
“Pink Pony Club” – originally released in 2020 – concurrently becomes the singer-songwriter’s third top 10, in as many tries, on Pop Airplay, following “Good Luck, Babe!” (No. 1 for one week in September) and “Hot To Go!” (No. 9, October). She is the first artist to send at least three initial entries to the chart’s top 10 since Olivia Rodrigo went five-for-five from the start in 2021-23.
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‘Lose Control’ Hits 80 Weeks
Image Credit: Christopher Polk Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024 – and became the year’s top song – renters the top 10 (12-9). It logs an 80th week on the chart overall, becoming only the fourth title ever to reach the milestone since the survey began (on Aug. 4, 1958). Upon its 78th week, it surpassed Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” for the most time spent on the chart for a song by a soloist (and a release on Warner Records).
Most Weeks Spent on Hot 100:
- 91 weeks, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, No. 1 peak (five weeks), beginning March 12, 2022
- 90, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 (four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
- 87, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
- 80, “Lose Control,” Teddy Swims, No. 1 (one week), March 30, 2024
- 79, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
- 77, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021
- 76, “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008
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‘Die With a Smile’ & Rest of Top 10
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” rises 3-2 on the Hot 100, following five nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in January. It adds a fourth week atop Radio Songs (63.3 million, up nearly 1%).
Below “Luther,” Lamar logs three other songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Not Like Us,” which two weeks earlier rebounded for its third week at No. 1, drops 2-3; “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay, holds at No. 4, after reaching No. 2; and “Squabble Up” falls 5-10, following a week at No. 1 upon its debut in December.
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” jumps 9-5 on the Hot 100, following its record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 beginning last July. It rules the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a 36th week.
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” pushes 7-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3.
Plus, Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” glides 8-7 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It tops the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 30th week each. On the former, it’s the first song by a woman artist to lead for at least 30 weeks; on the latter, it’s the second – and first by a woman in a lead role – after Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, reigned for 30 weeks in 2023-24.
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