Kendrick Lamar has just etched his name even deeper into hip hop history, officially breaking the all-time record for most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. His latest smash hit, “Luther”, a soulful collaboration with longtime TDE labelmate SZA, has now spent 23 weeks atop the chart, surpassing his previous record set by “Not Like Us.”
Between the two powerhouse artists, they now occupy all three top spots on the all-time leaderboard. SZA’s “Kill Bill” held the No. 1 spot for 21 weeks between 2022 and 2023, making this yet another monumental achievement in both artists’ already dominant runs.
Though “Luther” recently slipped from the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after an impressive 13-week reign, it shows no signs of losing steam on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and is expected to continue its historic run.
On the touring front, Lamar is breaking records just as rapidly. During the Grand National Tour with SZA, their recent stop in Seattle grossed a staggering $14.8 million, making Kendrick the first rapper ever to surpass the $14 million mark in a single concert. With nearly 61,000 fans in attendance, it became the highest-grossing show of the tour so far.
The Seattle performance shattered Lamar’s own previous record, set at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, where he grossed $11.822 million in a single night. That event earned him the title of the highest-grossing Black male artist for a single performance, breaking a record previously held by The Weeknd, whose 2022 SoFi Stadium show grossed $9.8 million.
Kendrick originally kicked off the Grand National Tour in Minneapolis by breaking yet another record, the highest-grossing rap concert in history, raking in over $9.1 million from more than 47,000 fans.
On the charts, the domination continues. “Not Like Us,” the pointed diss record that made headlines for much of 2024, recently became the first rap song to ever spend a full year, 52 consecutive weeks, on the Billboard Hot 100 before finally falling off.
With his unmatched run on both the charts and the stage, Kendrick Lamar isn’t just setting records—he’s redefining the boundaries of what a hip hop artist can achieve.