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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs''', formerly the '''Black Singles Chart , is a chart released weekly by ''Billboard'' in the United States. The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, doo wop, soul, and funk, it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. It lists the most popular R&B and hip hop titled as follows: _ Between 1948 and 1955, there were separate charts published for Best Sellers and Juke Box plays, and in 1955 a third chart was added, the Jockeys chart based on radio airplay. These three charts were consolidated into a single R&B chart in October 1958. From November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965 there was no Billboard R&B singles charts. The chart was discontinued in late 1963 when ''Billboard'' determined it unnecessary because that there was so much crossover of titles between the R&B and pop charts in the light of the rise of Motown. The chart was reinstated in early 1965 when differences in musical tastes of the two audiences, caused in part by the British Invasion in 1964, were deemed sufficient to revive it. On December 11, 1999, ''Billboard'' modified the chart's title to Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks,''' and changed it again in 2005 to '''Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.''' In 2009, the chart was again modified to its current title, '''R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Chart statistics and other facts

Artists with the most number-one ''Hot R&B'' hits: :1. Aretha Franklin - 20 (tie) :1. Stevie Wonder - 20 (tie) :3. Louis Jordan - 18 :4. James Brown - 17 :5. Janet Jackson - 16 :6. The Temptations - 14 :7. Michael Jackson - 13 (tie) :8. Marvin Gaye - 13 (tie) :9. R. Kelly - 11 :10. Gladys Knight & the Pips - 10 (tie) :10. Kool & the Gang - 10 (tie) :10. Mariah Carey - 10 (tie) :10. The O'Jays - 10 (tie) :10. Usher- 10 (tie)
Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder have the most #1 hits on the R&B charts with 20.
Joe Liggins' "The Honeydripper" (1945) and Louis Jordan's "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (1946) all hold the record for the longest stay at the top of the charts: eighteen weeks.
Among more recent releases, Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" (2006) has spent the longest time at number one: fifteen weeks. Billboard considered it the most successful song in the charts history staying on the chart from 2005–07, longer than any other song in the history of the 70 year old chart.
Michael Jackson holds the record of most Top 5 entries from one album with seven singles: (''I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, Another Part of Me, and Smooth Criminal''). He also had seven entries from his albums Thriller and Dangerous.
Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson hold the record for the most #1 singles from one album with both having five singles: (''What Have You Done For Me Lately, Nasty, Control, Let's Wait Awhile, and The Pleasure Principle'') all from her groundbreaking third studio album Control and (''I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, and Another Part Of Me'') from his Bad album.

Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles

The Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles is a chart composed of 25 positions that represent songs that are making progress to chart on the main R&B/hip-hop chart, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Many times, singles halt their progress at this chart and never debut on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart can also be seen as a 25 position addenum to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, but the chart only represents the 25 songs below position #100 that have not yet appeared on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.

See also

List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
Rhythm and blues
Hip-hop music
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
List of ''Billboard'' charts

References

External links

"R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" Current Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks — Top 50 positions, 10 to a page