SZA Spends Record-Extending 50th Week at No. 1 on R&B Songwriters Chart

SZA adds a record-furthering 50th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B Songwriters chart (dated Oct. 28), thanks to her song “Snooze” and Drake’s “Slime You Out,” on which she’s featured.

The tracks rank at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the latest Hot R&B Songs chart. SZA co-wrote “Snooze” with Babyface, BLK Beats, Leon G. Thomas III and Khristopher van Riddick-Tynes. She’s also a co-writer on “Slime You Out,” with Drake, 40, BNYX, Noel Cadastre, Grant Lapointe, Chris Powell and Dalton Tennant.

A week earlier, SZA broke the record for the most weeks notched at No. 1 on R&B Songwriters, as her 49th frame at the summit lifted her past The Weeknd, with 48. Along the way over her record run, her smash “Kill Bill” spent 30 weeks at No. 1 on Hot R&B Songs.

Across Billboard’s 13 weekly songwriter charts, SZA joins a select number of talents who have reached the milestone of 50-or-more weeks at No. 1. Here’s a recap.

Weeks Spent at No. 1, Chart Name, Artist:
121, Gospel Songwriters, Kirk Franklin
96, Latin Songwriters, Bad Bunny
62, Dance/Electronic Songwriters, f a l l e n
62, Dance/Electronic Songwriters, SAINt JHN
57, Alternative Songwriters, Dave Bayley
56, Rock & Alternative Songwriters, Zach Bryan
56, Rock Songwriters, Zach Bryan
53, Dance/Electronic Songwriters, Elton John
53, Dance/Electronic Songwriters, Bernie Taupin
50, Rock & Alternative Songwriters, Dave Bayley
50, R&B Songwriters, SZA

In March, Kirk Franklin became the first and, to date, only creative to have led a songwriters survey for 100 weeks.

Spending 50 weeks atop one of Billboard’s 13 producers charts is even more rare. Only five producers have achieved the feat: Joey Moi, with 122 weeks spent at No. 1 on Country Producers; Tainy (119, Latin Producers); Jonathan Lindsey Smith (84, Christian Producers); Kanye West (59, Gospel Producers); and Jeff Pardo (54, Christian Producers).

Billboard launched the Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts, as well as genre-specific rankings for country, rock & alternative, R&B/hip-hop, R&B, rap, Latin, Christian, gospel and dance/electronic, in June 2019, while alternative and hard rock joined in 2020, along with seasonal holiday rankings in 2022. The charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Billboard Hot 100. The genre-based songwriter and producer charts follow the same methodology based on corresponding “Hot”-named genre charts. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).

The full Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts and full genre rankings can be found on Billboard.com.

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