GloRilla, Kirk Franklin & Maverick City Music Debut Atop Hot Gospel Songs With ‘Rain Down on Me’
Written by djfrosty on October 22, 2024
GloRilla, Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music’s “Rain Down on Me,” featuring Kierra Sheard & Chandler Moore, roars in at No. 1 on Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Gospel Songs chart (dated Oct. 26).
The collaboration concurrently begins at No. 2 on the multimetric Hot Christian Songs chart.
The track marks rapper GloRilla’s rookie appearances on Billboard’s faith-based charts. It’s from her LP Glorious, which bows at No. 5 on the all-genre Billboard 200 with 69,000 equivalent album units, awarding the 25-year-old from Memphis the biggest week of her career, by units, and her first top 10 on the tally. The set also starts at No. 2 on both Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums.
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Meanwhile, “Rain” is the first song to debut at the Hot Gospel Songs summit in 2024. The last No. 1 launch also involved a prominent female rapper: Nicki Minaj’s “Blessings” (featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard), in December 2023.
“Rain” drew 3.7 million official U.S. streams Oct. 11-17, according to Luminate, also sending it to No. 1 on Gospel Streaming Songs. Plus, it drew 2.3 million all-format in airplay audience.
Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin earns his record-extending ninth Hot Gospel Songs No. 1. Maverick City Music adds its sixth leader, the second-best sum. Sheard scores her third No. 1 and Moore, his fourth.
On Hot Christian Songs, “Rain” marks Maverick City Music’s sixth top 10, Moore’s fifth, Franklin’s third and Sheard’s first.
On the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, five songs from Glorious chart, led by “TGIF,” up 32-22 for a new high. The other four: “Whatchu Know About Me,” with Sexyy Red (No. 31 debut); “Hollon” (85-48); “How I Look,” with Megan Thee Stallion (No. 90 debut); and “I Luv Her,” with T-Pain (No. 92 debut).