Kendrick Lamar’s Winning Streak Broken Up Only By Drake

Kendrick Lamar dominates Billboard’s Rap Airplay chart with four GNX singles, including the No. 1 ... More “Luther” with SZA and three more inside the top five. Kendrick Lamar at Life Is Beautiful 2023 on September 23, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images) Kendrick Lamar’s latest album GNX is proving to be even more successful than he may have imagined when he dropped it. At this point, the full-length has been out for months, and while the project itself is still performing well, multiple singles from the release are not just holding on — they’re either dominating charts, or sitting very close to the summit on many lists. It’s not odd that Lamar has produced multiple hits from his album, but what is noteworthy is that he is pushing several tunes from GNX as radio singles at the same time – and they’re all smashes. Lamar demonstrates his near-unparalleled popularity most vividly on Billboard’s Rap Airplay chart, where he claims most of the top-performing tunes in the U.S. this frame. He occupies all but one of the highest five spaces on the radio ranking – an incredible showing that very few artists in history have managed on any airplay list. Kendrick Lamar and SZA Hold at No. 1 with “Luther” Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” remains at No. 1 on the Rap Airplay tally again this frame. Out of the 22 weeks that the track has spent on the ranking, half a dozen have been spent at the summit. “Squabble Up” Returns to Its Peak Back at its all-time peak of No. 3 is “Squabble Up,” which lifts from No. 4 this frame. It trades places with previous champion “TV Off,” a collaboration with Lefty Gunplay. Kendrick Lamar’s “Peekaboo” is on the Rise Yet another GNX smash, “Peekaboo,” which features AZChike, is on the rise. This time around, it jumps from No. 7 to No. 5. As it soars, the catchy collaboration reaches a new high point on the Rap Airplay list. Most of Lamar’s current hits on the Rap Airplay tally have spent about the same amount of time on the list. Both “Luther” and “TV Off” have racked up 22 stays, while “Squabble Up” arrived just one week earlier. “Peekaboo” is the newest of the bunch, and it reaches its milestone tenth period on the list this frame as it jumps to its new peak. The only musician who breaks up Lamar’s streak is his frequent rival, Drake. The Canadian hip-hop star’s “Nokia” holds at its No. 2 high, as Lamar has blocked him from scoring another champion. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/05/08/kendrick-lamars-winning-streak-broken-up-only-by-drake/