For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appeared in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This came after “ Luther,” ...

Megan Thee Stallion's 'Lover Girl' debuts at Number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, bringing rap back to the Top 40 after its 35 ...

The last rap song in the top 40 was Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “ Luther ,” which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, and became both artists’ highest-charting, longest-running hit at 46 total weeks. But Billboard ...

For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...

This marks the first rap song to reach the top 40 since Kendrick Lamar and SZA ’s “Luther” on the October 18 listing, a ...

and on Friday morning (Oct. 31), the legendary producer shared his thoughts on X. “No rap in top 40 has nothing to do with the music being bad or good,” he wrote without any further elaboration.

The Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) has announced its 2026 dates, Billboard can exclusively announce.

The 2026 Grammys have revealed the Best Alternative Album nominees, with The Cure, Tyler, the Creator, Hayley Williams, Bon ...