It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Fans called the shots in 2025. Discover the top genres and what their choices mean for the future of music in 2026.

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YouTube will no longer share its data with Billboard's charts. What does that mean for hip-hop, where huge young audiences use the platform?

Drake claimed the top spot on the Hip-Hop charts as his 2011 album “Take Care” outsold new releases. Drake topped the Hip-Hop album sales chart for the week ending December 6 as his 2011 classic Take ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 — after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski — check out three R&B/hip-hop top 10s. By Keith Caulfield The full list of Billboard’s 2025 year-end ...

Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving eyes third non-consecutive week at Number 1 ...

Wed, November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM UTC Ten of the album’s tracks reach the 50-position Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, led by the No. 23 debut of “Who Knows.” The entrance gives Caesar his best result as a ...

The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 chart has reignited the heated debate of rap’s decline in 2025. The conversations are unsurprising when this is the first ...

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week’s Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

For the first time since 1990, the Top 40 of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart is completely devoid of any hip-hop and/or rap songs. “No rap songs appear in the top 40 on the Hot 100 for the first time since ...