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Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” tops the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for an 11th total and consecutive week.
Dating to the Hot 100’s Aug. 4, 1958, start “Luther” matches Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’ “I’ll Be Missing You” (featuring vocal group 112), in 1997, for the most weeks spent at No. 1 among duets by co-billed lead solo men and women.
“Luther,” whose title honors late R&B great Luther Vandross (who is also sampled on the song), became Lamar’s sixth Hot 100 No. 1 and SZA’s third. Lamar and SZA each extend their longest career commands on the chart with the song.
Also in the Hot 100’s top 10, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” rises a spot to a new high (3-2) and Doechii’s “Anxiety” returns to the region at its No. 10 best.
Browse the full rundown of this week’s top 10 below.
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 10, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 6. 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 67.9 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 1% week-over-week), 20.5 million official streams (down 6%) and 2,000 sold (up 4%) in the U.S. April 25-May 1.
“Luther” leads Radio Songs for a fifth week; holds at No. 3 following seven weeks atop Streaming Songs; and reenters Digital Song Sales at No. 24, after reaching No. 4.
“Luther” concurrently collects a 19th week at No. 1 on both the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.
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Longest-Leading Male-Female No. 1s
Image Credit: Andre D. Wagner “Luther” ties Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’ “I’ll Be Missing You” (featuring vocal group 112), in 1997, for the most weeks spent at No. 1 on the Hot 100 among duets by co-billed lead solo men and women. Among all collaborations by co-billed lead male and female artists (not counting acts that have regularly recorded as duos), only one has ruled longer: Mariah Carey and then-quartet Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” (16 weeks, in 1995-96.)
Here’s a recap of the 10 longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 duets by co-billed lead solo male and female acts – with two having reigned in 2025:
- 16 weeks at No. 1, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, beginning Dec. 2, 1995
- 11, “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar & SZA, March 1, 2025
- 11, “I’ll Be Missing You,” Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (feat. 112), June 14, 1997
- 9, “Endless Love,” Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, Aug. 15, 1981
- 6, “My Boo,” Usher & Alicia Keys, Oct. 30, 2004
- 6, “I’m Your Angel,” R. Kelly & Celine Dion, Dec. 5, 1998
- 5, “Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, Jan. 11, 2025
- 5, “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z + Alicia Keys, Nov. 28, 2009
- 4, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” Elton John & Kiki Dee, Aug. 7, 1976
- 4, “Somethin’ Stupid,” Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra, April 15, 1967
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Rest of Top 10: ‘Ordinary’ & More
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” ascends 3-2 for a new Hot 100 high. It tops Streaming Songs (21.5 million streams, up 2%) and Digital Song Sales (7,000 sold, up 6%) for a second week each, while boasting a 17% surge to 19.7 million in radio audience.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” dips 2-3, following five nonconsecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 beginning in January, and Drake’s “Nokia” holds at No. 4, after reaching No. 2.
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” keeps at No. 5 on the Hot 100, following its record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 beginning last July. It notches a 43rd week in the top five – matching The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” in 2020-21, for the most weeks spent in the tier all-time. (Fittingly, it ties the top-five weeks record, at No. 5, and in its 55th week on the chart overall, on Cinco de Mayo.) “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” also adds a 43rd week at No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart.
Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100 after hitting No. 4.
Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024, and became the year’s No. 1 song, lifts 9-7, as it logs a record-extending 60th week in the top 10; two weeks earlier, it surpassed the 57-week run in the region of “Blinding Lights” for the most such frames in the chart’s history. “Lose Control” notches an 89th week on the Hot 100 overall, the third-longest stay in the chart’s history. The only hits with longer runs: Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” (91 weeks, in 2021-22) and “Blinding Lights” (90, in 2019-22).
Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” slips 7-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2; Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” rises 10-9, also after peaking at No. 2; and, rounding out the top 10, Doechii’s “Anxiety” returns to the tier, up two spots back to its No. 10 best.
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