Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s ‘Luther’ Leads Billboard Hot 100 for 12th Week

The song solely claims the most weeks at No. 1 ever among duets by co-billed lead solo men and women.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” rules the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a 12th total and consecutive week.

Dating to the Hot 100’s Aug. 4, 1958, start, “Luther” now solely boasts the most weeks spent at No. 1 among duets by co-billed lead solo men and women. It breaks out of a tie with Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’ “I’ll Be Missing You” (featuring vocal group 112), which led for 11 weeks in 1997.

“Luther” is also now solely the longest-leading R&B/hip-hop No. 1 on the Hot 100 this decade, surpassing the 11 weeks on top for Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” in 2020. (R&B/hip-hop songs are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.)

“Luther,” whose title is a tribute late R&B luminary Luther Vandross (who is sampled on the song), became Lamar’s sixth Hot 100 No. 1 and SZA’s third. Lamar and SZA each extend their longest career commands on the chart with the song.

Plus, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” spends a record-breaking 44th week in the Hot 100’s top five and Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” adds a 90th week in the chart overall, moving to within a week of potentially tying for the longest run all-time.