Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” Returns to No. 1 “Luther” ...

This year, Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s "Luther" spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned Grammy nominations for song and record of the year, but according to its producer, the track ...

The baton that has passed from one hip-hop hit to another for more than three decades has been dropped. Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit single "Luther" departed the Billboard Hot 100 following rule ...

More than 300 songs have peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and despite not hitting No. 1 or even the top 10, many remain memorable years or even decades later. The Beatles, Bee Gees, Rolling ...

The song’s removal wasn’t due to fading popularity. Billboard’s updated chart policy now classifies songs as “recurrent” if they fall below No. 25 after spending more than 26 weeks on the chart.

Kendrick Lamar has been on a long winning streak. When the West Coast MC decided to step out of the frame and diss Drake on Metro Boomin’s “Like That” track, it shifted the whole industry. People ...

For the first time since February 1990 — over 35 years — the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 contained zero rap songs on the chart dated October 25, 2025 The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther,” ...

Cardi B Plans To Drop Another Album Next Year, Won't Do Deluxe Version of 'Am I The Drama?' The Grammy winner plans to release her third album next year, which will be "different" from 'Am I the Drama ...

For the first time since 1990, there are no rap songs in the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit "luther," which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, left this week's most recent ...

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...