BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: Rapper Kendrick Lamar speaks onstage during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on April 9, 2016 in Burbank, California. MTV Movie Awards airs April 10, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for MTV)
Kendrick Lamar has created yet more chart history as “Luther” remains at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a twelfth consecutive week.
The SZA collaboration now holds the record for most weeks at number one for a song with co-billed solo men and women, surpassing Diddy and Faith Evans’ 1994 Biggie tribute “I’ll Be Missing You”.
Only one collaborative song – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” – has spent longer at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
“Luther” is also the biggest Hip Hop single of the decade, surpassing the 11 weeks Roddy Ricch spent at number one with “The Box” in 2020.
Lamar and SZA each extend their longest stay at the summit of the chart as the success of “Luther” shows no signs of slowing down despite being released last November.
For its twelfth week at the top of the chart, “Luther” tallied 65.4 million radio airplay audience impressions plus 19.1 million streams and 2,000 actual sales.
It is still the most played song on radio in the US.
