Kendrick Lamar continues to score titan-sized touchdowns following his performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2025.
For, the rapper’s latest hit ‘luther’ with SZA has leaped to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The track, which is housed on K. Dot’s surprise album ‘GNX,’ jumped one spot to pole position.
In doing so, ‘luther’ – which samples Luther Vandross‘ ‘If This World Were Mine’ – becomes the MC’s sixth chart-topper on the coveted count. It’s SZA’s third.
The song pulled off the feat with (this tracking week):
- 45.2 million official streams
- 46.7 million in all-format radio play
- 6,000 digital downloads
Most impressively, though, ‘luther’ serves as Lamar’s fourth #1 in the span of less than a year.
Let’s get into the tally…
Kendrick Lamar’s Hot 100 #1’s
- ‘Luther,’ with SZA; one week at #1 to date, March 1, 2025
- ‘Squabble Up,’ one week, Dec. 7, 2024
- ‘Not Like Us’ three weeks, beginning May 18, 2024
- ‘Like That,’ with Future & Metro Boomin; three, beginning April 6, 2024
- ‘Humble.,’ one week, May 6, 2017
- ‘Bad Blood,’ Taylor Swift feat. Lamar; one week, June 6, 2015
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Winning
Y’all broke asses cannot contest
Like That was just okay at best,
surprising to know it went #1
No one gives a f
All hail the king K DOT get em and TURN THE TV OFF is climbing so who knows….You can’t stop greatness!!!!!
I absolutely adore this song! Congratulations!
Charting higher than Trump’s ratings!! 👏
Kendrick Lamar is the Taylor Swift of rap