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The Kendrick Lamar parade atop Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart extends for another week, as “30 for 30,” the rapper’s collaboration with SZA, rallies 5-1 to crown the list dated March 29. The track replaces Lamar’s two-week leader “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay, which itself captured the summit from Lamar and SZA’s other active radio-promoted single, “Luther.” By linking three successive No. 1s, Lamar becomes only the fourth artist to achieve the feat in the 31-year history of the radio ranking.
“30 for 30” surges to No. 1 as the most played song on U.S. panel-contributing mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations in the tracking week of March 14-20, according to Luminate. The song added 14% more plays in the latest tracking window compared to the prior week; the swell gives “30 for 30” the chart’s weekly Greatest Gainer honor, awarded to the song with the largest play increase. Southern stations led the final push, with four of the five stations that recorded the most “30 for 30” plays this week — WQBT-FM (Savannah, Ga.), WHXT-FM (Columbia, S.C.) WHZT-FM (Montgomery, Ala.) and WZGB-FM (Louisville, Ky.) — from the region.
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The Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on more than 70 mainstream R&B/hip-hop (also known as urban) radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.
With “30 for 30,” SZA banks her fourth No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. She previously ruled twice in 2023, with “Shirt” and “Snooze,” and added her third, “Luther,” another Lamar collaboration, earlier this month.
For Lamar, “30 for 30” gives the rapper his ninth career No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. To rundown his collection:
“Swimming Pools (Drank),” nine weeks at No. 1, beginning Dec. 8, 2012
“F–kin Problems,” A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar; two, Feb. 9, 2013
“Humble.,” nine, June 3, 2017
“Love.,” feat. Zacari; six, Dec. 30, 2017
“Like That,” with Future and Metro Boomin; three, June 1, 2024
“Not Like Us,” 12, June 22, 2024
“Luther,” with SZA; one, March 8, 2025
“TV Off,” feat. Lefty Gunplay; two, March 15, 2025
“30 for 30,” with SZA; one (to date), March 29, 2025
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Further, by linking three successive No. 1s without interruption on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, Lamar is only the fourth artist — and first entirely in lead or co-lead capacities — to achieve the feat since the chart launched in 1993. On the overall list, he joins:
50 Cent in 2005, through one lead role (“Candy Shop,” feat. Olivia) and two featured roles, both on tracks by The Game (“How We Do” and “Hate It or Love It”)
Lil Wayne in 2011, through one lead role (“How to Love”) and two featured roles (Kelly Rowland’s “Motivation” and DJ Khaled’s “I’m on One,” also with features from Drake and Rick Ross)
Drake in 2018, through two lead roles (“God’s Plan” and “Nice for What”) and one featured role (BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive”)
Elsewhere, “30 for 30” repeats at its No. 5 high on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop stations. Despite no change in rank, the song improved 9% to 13.2 million in weekly audience at the format.
All charts dated March 29 will update on Billboard.com on Tuesday, March 25.
This week in dance music: Beatport cited a 25% revenue increase in Mexico over the past year, along with plans to expand in the country, Zeds Dead, David Guetta and GT_Ofice made moves on the dance charts, The Dare tried to crowdsurf at a gig in Bristol and it did not go well, FKA told the story of how North West ended up making a cameo on Eusexua and we caught up with Flying Lotus on the occasion of his new film and the score he made for it.
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And these, of course, are the best new dance tracks of the week.
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Fisher, “Stay”
The Australian star drops his first release of 2025 with “Stay,” a bright, warm gospel house/meets tech house singalong apt for these first few days of spring. The track samples Exile’s 1978 classic “Kiss You All Over” (a song that fans of Happy Gilmore will quickly recognize) and bumps along brightly before an abrupt end. Fans of the Fish can get more all summer long, with the producer playing fests including EDC Las Vegas and Electric Forest along with his residency at the new club [UNVRS] in Ibiza. His own event, Fisher’s Out 2 Lunch, happens for the second time this May in his native Gold Coast of Australia.
Above & Beyond with Zoe Johnston, “Quicksand (Don’t Go)”
The gentlemen of Above & Beyond, along with frequent and longtime collaborator Zoe Johnston, have always specialized in a style of music that makes you dance as it also makes you cry. Their latest “Quicksand (Don’t Go)” is more of the same in the best way, with the gently propulsive, highly emotive anthem and slowly building anthem contemplating concepts of love, loss and longing over nearly six minutes. The song is the lead single from A&B’s newly announced sixth studio album Bigger Than All of Us, coming July 18 on their own Anjunabeats label. Ahead of that, the trio will play major festivals including Ultra in Miami next week and Coachella next month.
DK Holographic, “Aries”
Detroit’s DJ Holographic drops her debut album House In the Dark, with each of the 12 songs named for each of the 12 zodiac signs. Given that Aries season starts today, it’s apt that “Aries” opens the album, with the song encapsulating a driving and kaleidoscopic electro production that the producer occasionally strips down to just the kick drum and a glowing bells before building it all back up. “Through healing practices like shadow work, astrology, and more, I’ve found a profound sense of arrival while writing House in the Dark,” the producer says in a statement. “I’ve stepped into who I’ve always wanted to be as a creative and so much more.” Whatever your sign, there’s something for you on this dazzling LP.
Loco Dice & The Martinez Brothers, “Juice”
It’s a meeting of the minds on “Juice,” with Loco Dice partnering with fellow club kings The Martinez Brothers for the tight, hypnotic and predictably cool tech house track. The collaboration, from Dice’s forthcoming album Purple Jam, is one of myriad upcoming get-togethers for producers, with the three guys closing out Space together at the tail end of Miami Music Week on March 27 and then going b2b at Coachella next month as part of the festival’s freshly announced Quasar Stage lineup.
Dom Dolla feat. Daya, “Dreamin (Anyma Remix)”
Dom Dolla’s slinky February release “Dreamin” gets the Anyma treatment via a new remix from the latter producer. Under his watch, the song becomes bigger, darker and tougher, with the producer’s melodic techno fingerprints all over the edit and the approach altogether creating an eerie juxtaposition against the “sunny days/ it’s such a pretty place/ I see your smiling face” lyrics.
Booka Shade, “Broken Glass”
German mainstays Booka Shade release the latest in the duo’s long list of studio albums today, with For Real opening with the sumptuous “Broken Glass.” Containing none of the harshness its title might indicate, the track is laden with bongos, strings and bird calls, altogether falling squarely into the deep, vibey and contemplative realm where so much Booka Shade music has existed for more than 20 years now.
Jae Tips never saw himself as making a “transition” from rapper to sneaker designer. For him, music and fashion have always been intertwined — parallel worlds where influence is currency. “I feel like if you’re big in music, you’ll be big in fashion just because of how influential the voices are,” he explains. “Musicians, from the beginning of time, have always had a way of dictating trends.”
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The Bronx native started pouring more energy into fashion when he realized his brand was gaining traction — perhaps even more than his music at the time. “What if I stop putting all my finances into just music for a moment?” he recalls thinking. “Let me see what happens if, for six months, I invest in clothes, fashion, and style — see where it takes me.” That decision led him to this moment: sitting with Billboard, reflecting on the journey that brought him to a major sneaker collaboration with Saucony.
Still, music remains part of his DNA. “I think you never really retire from music — it’s always a part of you,” he says. Every move he makes, from sneaker drops to brand-building, is part of a broader plan. “It’s all just a big rollout for new music eventually. So, I think it’s always a possibility that you’ll see some new Jae Tips pop up on your timeline, on your little streaming services.”
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For his upcoming Saucony Jazz sneaker, Jae Tips introduces the theme: “I Love You But I’m Busy.” The phrase, he says, speaks to the delicate balance between ambition and personal relationships. “To me, it represents the entrepreneurial and creative lifestyle — constantly trying to figure out a work-life balance,” he explains. “Sometimes, intentions don’t always align with actions. You want to acknowledge the shoe’s place as another notch in your resume and design history, but it also marks a real turning point— one that involves making difficult decisions about the people you love and the things you love.”
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The inspiration behind the sneaker taps into this idea of emotional distance in the pursuit of success. “The soundtrack for this shoe, to me, is ‘Welcome to Heartbreak’ by Kanye West,” he says. “It reflects how you can become out of touch with reality while everyone else remains in the same place you left them.”
Jae Tips’ approach to sneaker design is deeply rooted in his past work in headwear. “The design process began a few years ago when I made a hat inspired by a Mickey Mouse, Disney and Ralph Lauren collaboration with the NFL,” he recalls. “I remade a Yankee hat using those same colorways. Many people who have followed my journey know I’ve done so much in the headwear space, but you can’t always tell the full story with hats because of licensing restrictions. With shoes, there are so many different panels, hidden features, and details — it’s been like a wonderland for expanding on stories I initially started with hats.”
This new sneaker embraces those past influences, featuring thoughtful color placement, rich materials, and subtle details that elevate the design. “We have an orange hit in the toe box, but in the mid, there’s an orange that almost looks like a faded yellow. It’s one of those things you appreciate more the closer you get to the shoe — you can really see the contrast,” he notes.
The sneaker also includes hidden gems, such as a “Savior S” logo on the tongue for Savior Sport, the phrase “Made by Jae Tips” — a staple in all his collaborations — and an insole that reads “Coming Soon.” Retail pairs will come with a flower keychain, and the box includes an extra set of white laces. Jae wanted to create a trendy runner shoe that people would wear in a sporty way. “I thought, ‘If you make it a sports shoe, maybe people will pair it with track suits, sweatpants, and really get busy with it.’”
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For Jae Tips, the connection between music and sneaker culture has always been undeniable. “Rappers always want to be designers, and designers often want to be in the limelight like rappers,” he says. “For as long as I can remember, a rapper wearing a certain designer’s piece or outfit could make or break a brand. Now, as trends shift, we’re seeing more musicians launch their own clothing brands because they realize the power they have to change an entire trajectory.” He points to examples like Dapper Dan’s influence on Gucci, Rihanna’s success with Fenty, Kanye West’s Yeezy empire, and Travis Scott’s massive impact on sneaker culture. “His brand is so big that when you say his name, you might not even know if you’re talking about a shoe or a song. That’s pretty dope.”
While Jae Tips’ designs carry echoes of his musical background, he sees his creative identity as something people are still discovering. “I would say yes, and I’d say no,” he reflects when asked if his music shaped how people view his aesthetic. “I apply a lot of the principles I learned navigating the underground music scene to my work ethic — the way I put things together, prepare emails and documents, and communicate all stem from that experience. And the way I promote myself is similar to how an artist drops a single.”
To celebrate the release of the Saucony Jazz “I Love You But I’m Busy,” dropping on March 28th for $165, Jae Tips has curated an exclusive playlist for Billboard — tracks that embody the spirit of his latest creation. Mark your calendars for the drop, and in the meantime, press play on the soundtrack to his latest masterpiece.
Jae Tips’ “I Love You, But I’m Busy” Playlist
1. Kanye West, “Welcome to Heartbreak”
2. Nipsey Hussle, “Forever on Some Fly S–t”
3. Jae Tips, “ Remember Who Fronted”
4. Leon Thomas, “YES IT IS”
5. Nipsey Hussle, “ That’s How I Knew”
6. Bonus: Frank Ocean, “Lens”
Spring has officially sprung, and what better way to welcome the warmer weather than with some hot new music releases? Kicking things off is Selena Gomez’s new joint album with fiancé Benny Blanco, I Said I Love You First. The project features previously released singles “Scared of Loving You,” “Sunset Blvd,” “Younger and Hotter Than […]
Playboi Carti has landed his first-ever No. 1 album in the U.K. with Music (March 21).
It marks Carti’s first LP in just more than four years, following December 2020’s Whole Lotta Red, which peaked at No. 17. The Atlanta rapper, born Jordan Terrell Carter, also previously saw success on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with 2018’s Die Lit (No. 27).
The sprawling 30-track effort features cameos from an all-star guestlist, including Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert and Jhené Aiko. The record was announced less than a week prior to its release, following years of development purgatory — from its title changing multiple times to a protracted recording process.
Two songs from Music also appear in the top 10 — “Evil J0rdan” (No. 7) and “Rather Lie” with The Weeknd (No. 10), taking Carti’s all-time Top 10 tally to four. Upon release, it became Spotify‘s most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far.
As the Short n’ Sweet Tour continues to roll through the U.K. and Europe, Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth LP lands at No. 2 this week. The 2025 BRITs Global Success award winner first topped the Official U.K. Albums Chart in September 2024, with Short n’ Sweet going on to become the third-biggest album of last year in the country.Songwriter and Porcupine Tree founder Steven Wilson follows at No. 3, matching his previous solo career-best with eighth studio collection The Overview. Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM slips three spots to No. 4, while Tate McRae rounds out the Top 5 with So Close To What.
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Following its release on Blood Records white powder-filled vinyl, Charli XCX’s Brat remix LP makes its Top 40 debut this week (No. 40). Titled Brat & It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat, the collection’s initial streaming release in November 2024 pushed its parent album to No.1 in the U.K. for the first time.
After taking this week’s No. 1 single with “Ordinary,” breakout U.S. singer-songwriter Alex Warren is on the cusp of his first-ever Top 40 album with You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1). Initially released in September, the record has jumped 13 spots to a new No. 41 peak.
Influencer-turned-musician Alex Warren has secured his first No. 1 single in the U.K. with the viral hit “Ordinary” (March 21). The song ends the week as the most-streamed track in the country (5.6 million streams).
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It knocks Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” from the summit, which hit No. 1 on March 7, almost five years after its initial release in 2020. The track gave Roan her first-ever chart-topper in the U.K., besting her previous high of No. 2 with “Good Luck, Babe!” in 2024.
Warren, meanwhile, is on something of a hot streak in his musical journey. Having started his career in the mid 2010s as a YouTuber before becoming a co-founder of the collaborative TikTok group The Hype House during lockdown, the 24-year-old made his debut on the Official U.K. Singles Chart last year with “Before You Leave Me” (No. 80), and by the close of 2024, he’d netted two top 40 hits — “Carry You Home” (No. 23) and “Burning Down” (No. 33).
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“Ordinary,” his first release of 2025, began its ascent at the start of March after catching fire on TikTok. “Thank you to the U.K. for the No. 1 single of the week. I promise I won’t let you down — I’ll make you proud,” Warren said in a statement issued via the Official Charts Company.
Warren also appears twice more further down the chart. The aforementioned “Carry You Home” climbs to No. 20, while “Burning Down” finishes at No. 28.
Elsewhere, Roan scores this week’s highest new entry with “The Giver” landing at No. 2. The country-pop bop becomes her fourth U.K. top 10 single, and her first to debut inside the top 10 upon release.
Doechii’s “Anxiety” scales a new peak at No. 3, marking the rapper’s highest charting single in the U.K. to date. Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” follows at No. 4, while Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” rounds out the top five. Other notable appearances include alt-metal group Sleep Token, who celebrates its first-ever entry into the chart as “Emergence” hits No. 17. Following her first BRIT Awards win as a solo act, JADE’s “FUFN (F–k You for Now)” debuts at No. 25, while Ravyn Lenae’s breakout hit “Love Me Not’ earns a new peak of No. 26.
Most people would be floored to be in a room filled with celebrities such as Matt Damon, John Mayer and PinkPantheress, but in their loved-up music video for “Just Us,” Jack Harlow and Doja Cat are far too infatuated with each other to even notice the star power in their company. The visual takes place […]
Balu Brigada’s first song on a Billboard chart is a No. 1, as “So Cold” rises to the top of the March 29-dated Alternative Airplay survey.
“So Cold” debuted on the list in October, marking the New Zealand act’s first appearance on any Billboard ranking.
Balu Brigada is signed to ARRO, an imprint co-founded by Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph and the Ohio duo’s manager, Chris Woltman, through a joint venture with Atlantic Records. Balu Brigada is currently opening for Twenty One Pilots on tour.
“So Cold” marks the third song to top Alternative Airplay in 2025 by an act scoring a first No. 1 on the chart. It follows Justice and Tame Impala’s “Neverender” (the first ruler for both) earlier in March and Almost Monday’s “Can’t Slow Down” in February. Of those, Justice also led with its first Alternative Airplay entry, like Balu Brigada.
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That said, since Justice had made multiple Billboard lists prior to the success of “Neverender,” Balu Brigada is the first act to hit No. 1 on Alternative Airplay with a first charted song overall since Dexter and the Moonrocks, whose “Sad in Carolina” led for eight weeks beginning in December.
Concurrently, “So Cold” bullets at No. 9, after reaching No. 7, on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 3.2 million audience impressions earned in the week ending March 20, according to Luminate.
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“So Cold” is currently a stand-alone single. Balu Brigada released another track, “The Question,” earlier this year.
All Billboard charts dated March 29 will update Tuesday, March 25, on Billboard.com.
Lizzo has long been a loud and proud advocate for embracing your body, no matter what size or shape it is. And after sharing earlier this year that she had reached her “weight release” goals and encouraging her fans that her journey is a reminder that “you can do anything you put your mind to,” the “Juice” singer told Andy Cohen on Thursday (March 20) that, frankly, she doesn’t think anyone really even understands what “body positivity” means anymore.
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“I think people don’t know what body positivity is because the body positivity movement was very political and it got taken and kind of commercialized and now body positivity to people is code word for ‘fat,’” Lizzo told Cohen on his SiriusXM show. “Like DEI is code word for Black… so they’re like, ‘Oh she’s not body positive anymore, I’m not fat anymore,’ but I’m still body positive because the body positive movement was actually created by a subgroup of people who were not put in the media, who were not praised, who were told we shouldn’t exist and we were not good enough because our bodies were bigger, or disabled, or even queer and trans.”
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Lizzo said all those traditionally marginalized communities were the latest wave of body positivity she said has been happening for “decades.” But she times her own engagement with the idea to 2016 when she began “bucking against society telling me I shouldn’t exist. I shouldn’t wear leotards and I shouldn’t like how I look.”
At that time she began speaking out about body positivity, hiring a group of plus-size dancers she named the Big Grrrls and, in 2020, telling Vogue magazine that, “I wan to normalize my body. And not just be like, ‘Ooh, look at this cool movement. Being fat is body positive.’ No, being fat is normal.”
Last year, Lizzo leaned into jokes she’d heard from people speculating that she was using one of the current popular weight-loss drugs as a helper in her health journey. She further tweaked haters by dressing up as “LizzOzempic” for Halloween in a costume inspired by a South Park episode from last May that parodied Lizzo’s well-known body positivity with a new medication: “Ask about the power of not giving a f— — with Lizzo,” the animated show joked in a commercial parody that claimed: “FDA-approved Lizzo makes you feel good about your weight, and it costs 90% less than Ozempic.”
She had a laugh about the episode, reacting by saying, “I just feel like, damn, I’m really that b—-. I showed the world how to love yourself, and now these men in Colorado know who the f— I am, and put it in their cartoon that’s been around for 25 years.” She promised, “I’m gonna keep on showing you how to not give a f—.”
You can (likely) hear all about it on the singer’s upcoming Love in Real Life album, which she announced this week is officially complete. Lizzo’s already released two songs from the upcoming LP, “Still Bad” and the title track and she’s slated to make her fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest alongside host Jon Hamm on April 12.
Watch Lizzo on Cohen’s show below.
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
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This week, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco hoist up their love, Jack Harlow and Doja Cat have a blast collaborating, and J-Hope keeps pushing forward. Check out all of this week’s picks below:
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco, I Said I Love You First
I Said I Love You First is a creative collaboration between two halves of a shared heart, and Benny Blanco’s sonic influence exists in direct conversation with Selena Gomez’s lyrical delivery. There’s a reason why the album artwork is a glimpse of Gomez and Blanco through a keyhole — I Said I Love You First is presented as an intimate glimpse, not big-budget spectacle. Read the full review here.
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Jack Harlow feat. Doja Cat, “Just Us”
Part of the reason why Jack Harlow and Doja Cat were able to corral top talent like Matt Damon, John Mayer and PinkPantheress for the music video to “Just Us” is because they’re both top talent themselves; their new collaboration crackles with the energy of A-listers who can toss out hooks and sexual innuendos with ease, because they’ve done so plenty of times before.
J-Hope, “Mona Lisa”
J-Hope is getting more adept at finding the intersection between pop, hip-hop and R&B: new solo single “Mona Lisa” finds the BTS star melding genres with ease, dipping into his falsetto, tossing out some whoa-oa-oa’s to punctuate his passion and offering a breezy check-in that will fit right in on summer playlists.
Morgan Wallen, “I’m a Little Crazy” & “Just in Case”
To cap off the week in which he unveiled the May release date of his album I’m the Problem, Morgan Wallen released a pair of new songs that will make its 37-song (!) track list: “I’m a Little Crazy” allows the country superstar to waxing poetic about his place in the world, “Just in Case” grows into an earnest anthem, and both tracks feature Wallen’s voice dominating the mix.
Jonas Brothers, “Love Me to Heaven”
With the Jonas Brothers kicking off their 20th anniversary tour in North America, the boys decided to cook up something new to commemorate the occasion, and “Love Me to Heaven” sounds tailor-made for the stage, a zippy pop-rock sing-along complete with falsetto runs and backing vocals that will sound even better when sung by a crowd of thousands.
Editor’s Pick: Japanese Breakfast, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
If 2021’s Jubilee turned Michelle Zauner into an indie-pop star, the long-awaited follow-up For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) is the sound of the singer-songwriter settling in to the spotlight without sacrificing any of her songwriting nuance. The new album explores moodier territory, but refracts the melancholy through Zauner’s ever-engaging lens, her voice more self-assured and trustworthy than ever.
