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In February 2016, Future became the fastest artist (less than seven months) to chart three number-one albums on the Billboard 200 since Glee soundtrack albums in 2010. [3]On February 3, American Hip Hop DJ Big Kap who was part of New York city DJ Group The Flip Squad died due to a fatal heart attack at the age of 45.
This page lists the songs that reached number-one on the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the R&B Songs chart (which was created in 2012), and the Hot Rap Songs chart in 2016. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart (which was re-created in 2013), and the Rap Albums chart in 2016. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. 77 songs topped Hot Rap Songs in the 2010s. The first number-one song of the decade was "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys. [1]
For 2016, the list was published on December 8, calculated with data from December 5, 2015 to November 26, 2016. The 2016 list was dominated by Justin Bieber and Drake , who shared the top four spots, marking the first time two artists took up the top four spots since 2009 with Lady Gaga and The Black Eyed Peas .
In November 2016, "Love on the Brain" entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 30. In the same week, the song was the most added track on contemporary hit radio, causing it to rise to number 24 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart; [42] to date it has reached number 6 on both charts.
Justin Bieber (pictured) scored two number-one singles with "Sorry" and "Love Yourself". The latter song became the number-one song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 of 2016. With "Work", Rihanna (pictured) earned her 14th number-one single on the chart, allowing her to surpass Michael Jackson for third most in the Hot 100 era.
Indicates best-charting streaming song of 2016 [1] Issue date Song Artist(s) Weekly streams January 2 "Sorry" Justin Bieber: 23.7 million [2] January 9 24.4 million [3]