List of Billboard Hot Rap Songs number-one songs of the 2010s

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Drake currently holds the record for the most number-one hits on the Billboard rap chart.

Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. The first song to top the chart in the 2010s was "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, which spent nine weeks at number one from November 2009 to January 2010.[1][2] With his 2012 single "Make Me Proud"—his eleventh single to top the chart—Drake broke the record for the most Hot Rap Songs number-one hits, previously held by Diddy.[3] As of July 2018, Drake has attained 21 chart-toppers in total; he also holds the record for the longest time spent at number one and the most number-one singles attained within the 2010s, with 19 chart-toppers spanning 106 weeks.[4] For the former record, he is followed by Lil Wayne, with 43 weeks; Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, with 29; Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj, with 25 each; and Eminem and Kanye West, with 19 each. As of the issue for the week ending July 28th, 2018, 65 songs have topped the Hot Rap Songs chart during the 2010s. "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX and "Hotline Bling" by Drake jointly hold the title for the longest time at the top spot within the decade, with 18 weeks each.[5][6][7]

At the start of the decade the chart was airplay-based, with rankings based on each track's estimated audience, as monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from a panel of 134 radio stations.[8] In October 2012, Billboard altered the chart's methodology to include digital download sales and streaming data.[9] Under the new methodology, the Rap Songs chart became a distillation of the main Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, which according to the magazine "highlight[s] the differences between pure R&B and rap titles in the overall, wide-ranging R&B/hip-hop field."[9] "Gangnam Style" by South Korean rapper Psy was the first number-one song to benefit from these changes, ascending from number 20 to the top spot on the chart dated October 20, 2012.[9]

The changes were met with controversy, with critics arguing that the new chart failed to take into account R&B and rap music's traditionally African-American demographic.[10][11] Psy's climb to number one in particular was also criticized, with Ebro Darden, program director of New York City radio station WQHT, arguing: "Trust me when I tell you hip-hop does not consider Psy rap. Billboard has pull, but they cannot make people who live hip-hop believe Psy is rap."[12] In response, Billboard chart director Bill Werde defended the changes as a necessary means of reflecting consumer tastes on genre charts.[12] In a 25th anniversary listing of the top 100 songs in the history of Hot Rap Songs based on chart performance, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' 2013 15-week number-one single "Thrift Shop" was ranked at number one,[13][14] thanks in part to the new methodology.[15]

Number-one songs

Key
Year-end number-one song Billboard year-end number-one song
↑ Return of a song to number one
Contents
← 2000s • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018
Song Artist Reached number one Weeks at
number one		 Ref.
"Empire State of Mind" Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys November 21, 2009 9 [1][2]
"BedRock" Young Money featuring Lloyd January 23, 2010 9 [2]
"Say Something" Timbaland featuring Drake March 27, 2010 4 [2]
"Nothin' on You" dagger[16] B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars April 24, 2010 7 [2]
"Over" Drake June 12, 2010 4 [2]
"Your Love" Nicki Minaj July 10, 2010 8 [2]
"Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna September 4, 2010 8 [2]
"Fancy" Drake featuring T.I. and Swizz Beatz October 30, 2010 1 [2]
"Right Above It" Lil Wayne featuring Drake November 6, 2010 5 [2]
"No Hands" Waka Flocka Flame featuring Wale and Roscoe Dash December 11, 2010 2 [2]
"Aston Martin Music" Rick Ross featuring Drake and Chrisette Michele December 25, 2010 3 [2][17]
"No Hands" ↑ Waka Flocka Flame featuring Wale and Roscoe Dash January 15, 2011 3 [17]
"Black and Yellow" Wiz Khalifa February 5, 2011 2 [17]
"Moment 4 Life" Nicki Minaj featuring Drake February 19, 2011 9 [17]
"Look at Me Now" dagger[18] Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes April 23, 2011 10 [17]
"My Last" Big Sean featuring Chris Brown July 2, 2011 2 [17]
"I'm on One" DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne July 16, 2011 13 [17]
"Headlines" Drake October 15, 2011 7 [17]
"Niggas in Paris" Jay-Z and Kanye West December 3, 2011 10 [4][17]
"Make Me Proud" Drake featuring Nicki Minaj February 11, 2012 1 [4]
"The Motto" dagger[19] Drake featuring Lil Wayne February 18, 2012 14 [4]
"Drank in My Cup" Kirko Bangz May 26, 2012 4 [4]
"Cashin' Out" Cash Out June 23, 2012 2 [4]
"Mercy" Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz July 7, 2012 9 [4]
"No Lie" 2 Chainz featuring Drake September 8, 2012 6 [4]
"Gangnam Style" Psy October 20, 2012 8 [4]
"I Cry" Flo Rida December 15, 2012 3 [4]
"Gangnam Style" ↑ Psy January 12, 2013 1 [20]
"Thrift Shop" dagger[21] Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz January 19, 2013 15 [20]
"Can't Hold Us" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton May 4, 2013 14 [20]
"Holy Grail" Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake August 10, 2013 5 [20]
"Berzerk" Eminem September 14, 2013 1 [20]
"Holy Grail" ↑ Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake September 21, 2013 6 [20]
"Rap God" Eminem November 2, 2013 1 [20]
"Holy Grail" ↑ Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake November 9, 2013 1 [20]
"The Monster" Eminem featuring Rihanna November 16, 2013 9 [6][20]
"Timber" Pitbull featuring Kesha January 18, 2014 15 [6]
"Fancy" dagger[22] Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX May 4, 2014 18 [6]
"Anaconda" Nicki Minaj September 6, 2014 6 [6]
"Black Widow" Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora October 18, 2014 5 [6]
"Hot Boy" Bobby Shmurda November 22, 2014 2 [6]
"I Don't Fuck with You" Big Sean featuring E-40 December 6, 2014 3 [6]
"Only" Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown December 27, 2014 1 [6]
"I Don't Fuck with You" ↑ Big Sean featuring E-40 January 3, 2015 6 [5]
"Time of Our Lives" Pitbull and Ne-Yo February 14, 2015 7 [5]
"Trap Queen" Fetty Wap April 4, 2015 3 [5]
"See You Again" dagger[23] Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth April 25, 2015 15 [5]
"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" Silentó August 8, 2015 9 [5]
"Hotline Bling" Drake October 10, 2015 18 [7][5]
"Me, Myself & I" G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha February 13, 2016 1 [7]
"Summer Sixteen" Drake February 20, 2016 1 [7]
"Me, Myself & I" ↑ G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha February 27, 2016 8 [7]
"Panda" dagger[24] Desiigner April 23, 2016 15 [7]
"Don't Mind" Kent Jones August 6, 2016 1 [7]
"Panda" dagger[24] ↑ Desiigner August 13, 2016 2 [7]
"Sucker for Pain" Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla Sign featuring X Ambassadors August 27, 2016 1 [7]
"Too Good" Drake featuring Rihanna September 3, 2016 3 [7]
"Broccoli" DRAM featuring Lil Yachty September 24, 2016 9 [7]
"Black Beatles" Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane November 26, 2016 15 [7][25]
"Bad and Boujee" Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert January 21, 2017 12 [25]
"iSpy" Kyle featuring Lil Yachty April 15, 2017 1 [25]
"Humble" dagger[26] Kendrick Lamar April 22, 2017 4 [25]
"I'm the One" DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne May 20, 2017 13 [25]
"Unforgettable" French Montana featuring Swae Lee August 19, 2017 2 [25]
"Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" Cardi B September 2, 2017 8 [25]
"Rockstar" Post Malone featuring 21 Savage October 28, 2017 15 [25][27]
"God's Plan" Drake February 3, 2018 9 [27]
"Nice For What" Drake April 28, 2018 4 [27]
"This Is America" Childish Gambino May 19, 2018 2 [27]
"Nice For What" ↑ Drake June 2, 2018 2 [27]
"Psycho" Post Malone June 16, 2018 1 [27]
"Nice For What" ↑ Drake June 23, 2018 1 [27]
"Sad!" XXXTentacion June 30, 2018 1 [27]
"I Like It" Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin July 7, 2018 1 [27]
"Nice For What" ↑ Drake July 14, 2018 1 [27]
"In My Feelings" Drake July 21, 2018 11 [27]
"Lucid Dreams" Juice Wrld October 6, 2018 1

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