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'''R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay''' (previously known as '''Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay''') is a chart published by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine that ranks the top [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] songs in the United States, based on audience impressions from a panel of radio stations monitored by [[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems]]. It was also used in sister publication ''[[R&R (magazine)|R&R]]'', which listed the chart as Urban National Airplay. The chart is not the R&B/hip-hop subset of the [[Hot 100 Airplay]] chart, but rather uses a separate panel of R&B stations in [[urban contemporary|urban]] and [[urban adult contemporary|urban adult]] contemporary markets. It was the primary airplay component chart of the US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart until the issue dated October 20, 2012, when Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs was revamped to include digital sales, streaming, and airplay from all radio formats.<ref name="Pietroluongo">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474704/taylor-swift-rihanna-psy-buoyed-by-billboard-chart-changes |title=Taylor Swift, Rihanna & PSY Buoyed by Billboard Chart Changes |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |author=Pietroluongo, Silvio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921182546/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474704/taylor-swift-rihanna-psy-buoyed-by-billboard-chart-changes |archive-date=September 21, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart encompasses two separate airplay charts, both of which are based on radio spins rather than audience impressions: [[Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop]] and [[Adult R&B Songs|Adult R&B Airplay]], which measure airplay on urban contemporary and urban adult contemporary stations respectively.

==Chart criteria==
There are fifty positions on the chart, which is solely based on radio airplay. 77 R&B and hip-hop radio stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week by [[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems]].  Songs are ranked by a calculation of the total number of spins per week with its audience impression, which is based upon exact times of airplay and each station's [[Arbitron]] listener data.

Songs receiving the greatest growth will receive a "bullet", although there are tracks that will also get bullets if the loss in detections does not exceed the percentage of downtime from a monitored station. "Airpower" awards are issued to songs that appear on the top 20 of both the airplay and audience chart for the first time, while the "greatest gainer" award is given to song with the largest increase in detections. A song with six or more spins in its first week is awarded an "airplay add". If a song is tied for the most spins in the same week, the one with the biggest increase that previous week will rank higher, but if both songs show the same amount of spins regardless of detection the song that is being played at more stations is ranked higher. Songs that fall below the top 20 and have been on the chart after 26 weeks are removed and go to recurrent status.

==Artist achievements==
===Most number-ones===
[[File:Drake Bluesfest.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|alt=A man wearing a blue sweater|[[Drake (musician)|Drake]] holds the record for the most number-one songs on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart since its inception in 1992 with a total of 27.]]
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Seven number-ones or more
!scope="col" style="width:4em;" class="unsortable"| Position
!scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Artist name
!scope="col" style="width:11em;" class="unsortable"| Tally of number-ones
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| 1
| [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
| 27
| <ref name="DrakeTop10">{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Trevor|title=Drake Extends R&B/Hip-Hop and Rhythmic Radio Records With New No. 1|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/drake-lil-durk-laugh-now-cry-later-number-1-hip-hop-radio|access-date=8 Oct 2020|work=billboard.com|publisher=Billboard Music|date=30 Sep 2020}} </ref>
|-
| 2
| [[Usher (singer)|Usher]]
| 16
| <ref name="DrakeTop10"/>
|-
| 3
| [[Chris Brown]]
| 11
| <ref name="ChrisBrownBillboard">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-brown/chart-history/rbm/|title=Chris Brown Chart History|website=Billboard.com|access-date=February 9, 2025}} </ref>
|-
| 4
| [[Beyoncé]]
|10
| <ref name="BeyonceBillboard">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay/|work=Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay|title=December 6, 2022}} </ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"| 5
| [[R. Kelly]]
|rowspan="3"| 8
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="Chart Highlights">{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5755455/chart-highlights-katy-perry-drake-bastille-score-new-no-1s|title=Chart Highlights: Katy Perry, Drake, Bastille Score New No. 1s|magazine=Billboard|date=October 14, 2013|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720050740/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5755455/chart-highlights-katy-perry-drake-bastille-score-new-no-1s|archive-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><br><ref name="Beyonce Earns Highest">{{cite magazine|last=Mendizabal|first=Amaya|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6882412/beyonce-formation-rbhip-hop-charts|title=Beyonce Earns Highest R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart Debut With 'Formation'|magazine=Billboard|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013050418/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6882412/beyonce-formation-rbhip-hop-charts|archive-date=October 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alicia Keys]]
|-
| [[Lil Wayne]]
|}

=== Artists with the most consecutive weeks at number one ===
* 29 weeks: [[Chris Brown]] and [[Young Thug]] ''– "''[[Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song)|Go Crazy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |date=2021-04-07 |title=Chris Brown’s ‘Go Crazy’ Breaks ‘No Guidance’ No. 1 Record on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/chris-brown-record-number-1-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart/ |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 27 weeks: [[Chris Brown]] and [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – "[[No Guidance]]"
* 27 weeks: [[Wizkid]], [[Tems (singer)|Tems]] and [[Justin Bieber]] — "[[Essence (Wizkid song)|Essence]]"
* 22 weeks: [[Miguel (singer)|Miguel]] — "[[Adorn (song)|Adorn]]"
* 20 weeks: [[Cardi B]] — "[[Money (Cardi B song)|Money]]" (9 weeks) → "[[Please Me]]" (Cardi B and [[Bruno Mars]]) (11 weeks)
* 18 weeks: [[Lil Wayne]] — "[[Motivation (Kelly Rowland song)|Motivation]]" ([[Kelly Rowland]] featuring Lil Wayne) (7 weeks) → "[[I'm on One|I'm On One]]" ([[DJ Khaled]] featuring Drake, [[Rick Ross]] and Lil Wayne) (11 weeks)
* 17 weeks: [[Alicia Keys]] — "[[No One (Alicia Keys song)|No One]]" (10 weeks) → [[Like You'll Never See Me Again]]" (7 weeks)

Source:<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8513996/cardi-b-number-1-record-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart-please-me-money|title=Cardi B Earns 18th Straight Week Atop R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart, A Record Among Women|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601013412/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8513996/cardi-b-number-1-record-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart-please-me-money|archive-date=2019-06-01|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Most top-ten hits ===
*76, [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
*57, [[Chris Brown]]
*48, [[Lil Wayne]]
*35, [[Jay-Z]]
*34, [[Beyoncé]]
*32, [[R. Kelly]]
*36, [[Nicki Minaj]]
*30, [[Usher (musician)|Usher]]
*30, [[Mary J. Blige]]
*28, [[Ludacris]]
Source:<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8516048/beyonce-before-i-let-go-30th-top-10-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart|title=Beyonce's 'Before I Let Go' Becomes Her 30th Top 10 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart|date=2019-06-14|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617085905/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8516048/beyonce-before-i-let-go-30th-top-10-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart|archive-date=2019-06-17|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Song achievements==
===Most weeks at number one===
*'''37 weeks'''
:"[[Snooze (SZA song)|Snooze]]" – [[SZA]] (2023-24)
*'''29 weeks'''
:"[[Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song)|Go Crazy]]" – [[Chris Brown]] and [[Young Thug]] (2020-21)
*'''27 weeks'''
:"[[No Guidance]]" – [[Chris Brown]] featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] (2019-20)
:"[[Essence (Wizkid song)|Essence]]" – [[Wizkid]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]] and [[Tems (singer)|Tems]] (2021-22)
*'''23 weeks'''
:"[[Adorn (song)|Adorn]]" – [[Miguel (singer)|Miguel]] (2012–13)<ref name="Adorn 23 weeks">{{cite magazine|last=Mendizabal|first=Amaya|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851831/drake-hotline-bling-ties-hot-rap-songs-chart-record|title=Drake's 'Hotline Bling' Ties Hot Rap Songs Chart Record|magazine=Billboard|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=October 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018211022/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851831/drake-hotline-bling-ties-hot-rap-songs-chart-record|archive-date=October 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''22 weeks'''
: "[[Free Mind]]" – [[Tems]] (2022-23)
*'''18 weeks'''
: "[[Leave the Door Open]]" – [[Silk Sonic]] ([[Bruno Mars]] and [[Anderson .Paak]]) (2021)
*'''16 weeks'''
:"[[Boo'd Up]]" – [[Ella Mai]]  (2018)
:"[[TGIF (song)|TGIF]]" – [[GloRilla]] (2024-25)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2025-01-18 |title=Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: Week of January 18, 2025 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay/2025-01-18/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-01-15 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
:"[[Luther (song)|Luther]]" – [[Kendrick Lamar]] and SZA (2025)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2025-06-28 |title=Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: Week of June 28, 2025 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay/2025-06-28/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-06-24 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*'''15 weeks'''
:"[[Be Without You]]" – [[Mary J. Blige]] (2005-06)<ref name="Adorn 23 weeks"/>
:"[[Hotline Bling]]" – [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] (2015)<ref name="Adorn 23 weeks"/>
:"[[Not Like Us]]" – Kendrick Lamar (2024)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2024-09-28 |title=Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: Week of September 28, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay/2024-09-28/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-09-25 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*'''14 weeks''' 
:"[[We Belong Together]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (2005)
:"[[Blame It]]" – [[Jamie Foxx]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (2009)
:"[[Pretty Wings]]" – [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]] (2009)
:"[[Hold On, We're Going Home]]" – Drake featuring [[Majid Jordan]] (2013)
*'''13 weeks'''
:"[[You're Makin' Me High]]" – [[Toni Braxton]] (1996)
:"[[Can't Be Friends]]" – [[Trey Songz]] (2010)
:"[[Earned It]]" – [[The Weeknd]] (2015)
:"[[Trip (Ella Mai song)|Trip]]" – [[Ella Mai]] (2018)
:”[[Wait for U]]” – [[Future (rapper)|Future]] featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[Tems]] (2022)
*'''12 weeks'''
:"[[End of the Road (Boyz II Men song)|End of the Road]]" – [[Boyz II Men]] (1992)
:"[[You Make Me Wanna...]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] (1997)<ref name="Ushers No Limi' Rises - Oct 2016 total tally">{{cite magazine|last=Mendizabal|first=Amaya|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7533466/usher-no-limit-tops-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart|title=Usher's 'No Limit' Rises to No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007185536/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7533466/usher-no-limit-tops-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart|archive-date=October 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
:"[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" – [[Beyoncé]]<ref name="Beyonce Earns Highest"/> (2008)
:"[[Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)]]" – [[Alicia Keys]] (2010)
:"[[Blurred Lines]]" – [[Robin Thicke]] featuring [[T.I.]] and [[Pharrell Williams]] (2013)
:"[[That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)|That's What I Like]]" – Bruno Mars (2017)
:"[[The Box (Roddy Ricch song)|The Box]]" – [[Roddy Ricch]] (2020)
*'''11 weeks'''
:"[[Lost Without U]]" – Robin Thicke (2006-07)
:"[[I'm On One]]" – [[DJ Khaled]] featuring Drake, [[Rick Ross]] and [[Lil Wayne]] (2011)
:"[[Climax (Usher song)|Climax]]" – Usher (2012)
:"[[Please Me]]" – [[Cardi B]] and Bruno Mars (2019)

===Shortest climbs to number one===
*'''5th week'''
:"[[Untitled (How Does It Feel)]]" – [[D'Angelo]] (2000)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart February 5 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
:"[[Irreplaceable]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (2006)<ref name="Beyonce Scores Sixth No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart">{{cite magazine|last=Ramirez|first=Rauly|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5885149/beyonce-scores-sixth-no-1-on-rbhip-hop-airplay-chart|title=Beyonce Scores Sixth No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=January 23, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212028/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5885149/beyonce-scores-sixth-no-1-on-rbhip-hop-airplay-chart|archive-date=October 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
:"[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]" – [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] (2018)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart March 3 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>

*'''6th week'''
:"[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (2008)<ref name="Beyonce Scores Sixth No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart"/>
:"[[Blame It]]" – [[Jamie Foxx]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (2009)<ref name="Beyonce Scores Sixth No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart"/>
:"[[Drunk in Love]]" – Beyoncé featuring [[Jay-Z]] (2014)<ref name="Beyonce Scores Sixth No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart"/>
:"[[Work (Rihanna song)|Work]]" – [[Rihanna]] featuring Drake (2016)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart March 19 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
:"[[Black Beatles]]" – [[Rae Sremmurd]] featuring [[Gucci Mane]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart December 3 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
:"[[Nice for What|Nice For What]]" – Drake (2018)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart May 19 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
:"[[Break My Soul]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (2022)<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay/ | title=R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>

===Longest climbs to number one===
*'''35th week''' "[[Step in the Name of Love]]" – [[R. Kelly]] (2003)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart December 6 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''33rd week''' "[[Free Mind]]" - [[Tems]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title = Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart November 12 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2022-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''31st week''' "[[You (Lloyd song)|You]]" – [[Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (2007)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart February 17 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''29th week''' "[[Snap Yo Fingers]]" – [[Lil Jon]] (2005)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart July 29 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref> & "[[There Goes My Baby (Usher song)|There Goes My Baby]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] (2010)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart August 14 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''23rd week''' "[[If I Ain't Got You]]" – [[Alicia Keys]] (2004)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart July 3 2004|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''25th week''' "[[Needed Me]]" – [[Rihanna]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart October 8 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''24th week''' "[[Planez]]" – [[Jeremih]] featuring [[J. Cole]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart Septemener 12 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''21st week''' "[[Spotlight (Jennifer Hudson song)|Spotlight]]" – [[Jennifer Hudson]] (2008)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart October 25 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''20th week''' "[[Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)]]" – [[Erykah Badu]] featuring [[Common (rapper)|Common]] (2002)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart December 28 2002|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref> & "[[Love On Top]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (2012)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|title=Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart March 10 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603000455/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay|archive-date=2019-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref>

Note: Above two lists only considers songs that charted from the year 2000 onwards.

==Other records and notable achievements==
*"[[Adorn (song)|Adorn]]" by [[Miguel (singer)|Miguel]] was the first song to spend at least 20 weeks atop the chart. ''Billboard'' reported that the track was able to do so because the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart reporting panel is composed of a variety of mainstream and adult R&B radio stations. Skip Dillard, the operations manager at adult R&B [[WBLS]] New York, stated that Miguel appeals to listeners in both the 25-34 and 35-54 age groups, thus maximizing the reach of his audience.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1531803/miguel-adorns-no-1-on-rbhip-hop-airplay-for-20th-week-weekly|title=Miguel 'Adorn's No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay For 20th Week: Weekly Chart Notes|magazine=Billboard|date=January 25, 2013|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022074707/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1531803/miguel-adorns-no-1-on-rbhip-hop-airplay-for-20th-week-weekly|archive-date=October 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> "Adorn" went on to spend a total of 23 weeks at number-one, which was, at that point, a record.<ref name="Adorn 23 weeks"/>
*[[Beyoncé]] holds the record for the most number-ones among female acts, with ten. [[Alicia Keys]] follows with eight, [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] follows with five, and [[Aaliyah]], [[Erykah Badu]] and [[Mariah Carey]], all three of whom have attained four.<ref name="Beyonce Scores Sixth No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart"/>
*The 1993 [[Single (music)|single]] "[[That's the Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson song)|That's the Way Love Goes]]" by American singer [[Janet Jackson]] holds the record for being the only song in the history of the chart to debut at number one, which did so in May 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Mendizabal|first=Amaya|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6613041/janet-jackson-no-sleeep-debuts-airplay-charts|title=Janet Jackson's 'No Sleeep' Debuts on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Charts|magazine=Billboard|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514024954/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6613041/janet-jackson-no-sleeep-debuts-airplay-charts|archive-date=May 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay] at ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
* [http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=5 BDS R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart (updated weekly)]

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