Topline
Kendrick Lamar dominates this week’s Billboard Hot 100, incomes the highest 5 spots with songs from his shock album “GNX,” becoming a member of rap rival Drake as one among few acts to have ever claimed your entire prime 5 on the chart.
Kendrick Lamar surprise-released his album “GNX” on Nov. 22. (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP through Getty … [+]
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Lamar’s “Squabble Up” debuts at No. 1 on this week’s Hot 100 chart, dated Dec. 7, as 4 different tracks from his new album spherical out the highest 5 and extra songs from “GNX” rank Nos. 8 and 9.
Lamar ties a file with Drake, whom he’s extensively perceived to have bested in a extremely publicized rap feud earlier this 12 months, in addition to Taylor Swift and The Beatles as the one artists to have occupied the Hot 100’s whole prime 5 directly.
Lamar is now the artist with probably the most No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 this 12 months as “Squabble Up” turns into his third, following his tune “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin and his massively well-liked, five-time Grammy-nominated diss monitor aimed toward Drake, “Not Like Us.”
Billboard introduced yesterday Lamar’s album “GNX,” which he launched with no advance discover on Nov. 22, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 319,000 album items, composed of gross sales and streams.
Key Background
Lamar launched “GNX” to cap off a profitable 12 months largely outlined by his feud with Drake, of which many followers and media shops declared Lamar to be the winner. Lamar made slight references to Drake on his new album, rapping on “wacced out murals,” the opening monitor: “Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made,’ I prayed it was the edibles/ I could not imagine it, it was solely proper for me to let it go,” referencing how rapper Snoop Dogg shared Drake’s diss monitor aimed toward Lamar, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” to his Instagram story earlier this 12 months, although Snoop Dogg clarified he didn’t help one rapper over the opposite. “GNX” tune “coronary heart pt. 6,” the newest installment in Lamar’s “coronary heart” tune sequence, additionally bears the title of a diss monitor Drake launched focusing on Lamar. Days after Lamar launched the album, Drake’s firm Frozen Moments LLC filed two petitions in court docket alleging label Universal Music Group—which represents each Lamar and Drake—allowed Lamar to launch his chart-topping diss “Not Like Us” regardless of figuring out it contained allegations about Drake that he says are false. On “Not Like Us,” Lamar accuses Drake of being a “licensed pedophile,” an allegation he has denied. Drake additionally accused UMG of paying Spotify and iHeartRadio to spice up the chart efficiency of “Not Like Us.” UMG denied Drake’s allegations in an announcement, calling it “offensive and unfaithful” that the label would sabotage any of its artists.
Big Number
3. That’s what number of No. 1 hits Lamar earned on the Hot 100 in 2024, probably the most of any artist. “Squabble Up” follows “Not Like Us” and “Like That” as his chart-topping songs this 12 months.
Surprising Fact
Lamar’s shock launch successfully blocked Shaboozey from breaking the all-time file for the longest reign at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Shaboozey’s hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has ranked No 1 for 19 weeks, tying him with Lil Nas X’s smash “Old Town Road” because the chart’s longest chief. “A Bar Song” dips to No. 6 this week from No. 1, rating behind solely songs by Lamar.
Tangent
Mariah Carey’s perennial vacation chart-topper “All I Want For Christmas Is You” charts at No. 10 on the Hot 100 this week, the primary look within the prime 10 for a vacation tune this season. Though vacation songs sometimes rule the Hot 100 each December, Lamar’s chart dominance might have delayed their return this 12 months. At this time final 12 months, 4 of the 5 songs within the chart’s prime 5 had been vacation songs.
Further Reading
‘Squabble Up’ Debuts Atop Hot 100, as Kendrick Lamar Lands Entire Top Five (Billboard)
Kendrick Lamar Drops Surprise Album ‘GNX’ To Cap Off Huge Year—References Drake Feud And Lil Wayne Super Bowl Controversy (Forbes)
