As Ella Mai’s “Boo’d Up” secures a 13th week atop the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart (dated Sept. 15), it surpasses the 12-week command of Alicia Keys’ “Unthinkable” in 2010 to turn into the longest-running No. 1 by a feminine artist of the 2010s decade to this point.
Among songs by ladies, “Boo’d” secures the longest keep at No. 1 on the chart since Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” reigned for 15 weeks in 2006 — nonetheless the benchmark for many weeks at No. 1 amongst feminine acts because the chart started in 1992.
With a 13th body in command of R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Mai’s “Boo’d” ties Toni Braxton’s 1996 smash “You’re Makin’ Me High” for third place amongst songs by ladies with essentially the most weeks at No. 1. The pair path solely Blige’s “You” and Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together,” a 14-week champ in 2005. Among all songs, Miguel’s “Adorn” tops the all-time leaderboard, with a 23-week domination in 2012-13.
Here’s an up to date have a look at the longest-running No. 1s by on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which started Oct. 3, 1992.
Weeks at No. 1, Song, Artist, Year(s) at No. 1
23, “Adorn,” Miguel, 2012-13
15, “Hotline Bling,” Drake, 2015-16
15, “Be Without You,” Mary J. Blige, 2006
14, “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” Drake, 2013-14
14, “Pretty Wings,” Maxwell, 2009
14, “Blame It,” Jamie Foxx that includes T-Pain, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, 2005
13, “Boo’d Up,” Ella Mai, 2018
13, “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey),” The Weeknd, 2015
13, “Can’t Be Friends,” Trey Songz, 2010-11
13, “You’re Makin’ Me High,” Toni Braxton, 1996
“Boo’d” appears in a good place to problem for Carey and Blige’s marks within the coming weeks, because the track continues to indicate progress even this deep into its chart life. The single posts a four % achieve to 37 million in viewers within the week ending Sept. 9, based on Nielsen Music.
