Chris Brown Breaks The Weeknd’s Record for Most Hot R&B Songs Hits – Billboard

Chris Brown overtakes The Weeknd as the artist with the most charted songs on Billboard’s nearly 10-year-old Hot R&B Songs chart. The feat comes after Brown sends nine new entries onto the chart dated July 9 to improve his career total to 79. The Weeknd, now in second place, owns 71 entries on the list, which began with the Oct. 20, 2012-dated chart.

All nine of Brown’s debuts are from his album, Breezy, which starts at No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard 200. The set earned 72,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 30, according to Luminate.

Here’s the full rundown of Brown’s nine debuts on Hot R&B Songs:

• No. 5, “Psychic,” featuring Jack Harlow
• No. 7, “Addicted” featuring Lil Baby
• No. 9, “Possessive,” featuring Lil Wayne & BLEU
• No. 11, “C.A.B. (Catch a Body),” featuring Fivio Foreign
• No. 12, “Till The Wheels Fall Off,” featuring Lil Durk & Capella Grey
• No. 21, “Closure,” featuring H.E.R.
• No. 22, “Sex Memories,” featuring Ella Mai
• No. 23, “Need You Right Here,” featuring Bryson Tiller
• No. 25, “Pitch Black”

“Psychic,” featuring Jack Harlow, was also the most-streamed Brown song in the tracking week, with 6.41 million official on-demand streams. It won a close contest with “Call Me Every Day,” featuring Wizkid, which registered 6.39 million clicks.

In addition to the nine new tunes, two more Breezy tracks continue their runs on Hot R&B Songs. “Day” surges 18-4 in its second week, and “WE (Warm Embrace)” rallies 21-6 in its 13th frame for a new peak position. A previous Breezy single, “Iffy,” also reached a No. 7 best in January.

With Brown now ruling the leaderboard, here’s a recap of artists with the most charted titles on Hot R&B Songs since the list began in 2012:

• 79, Chris Brown
• 71, The Weeknd
• 56, Drake
• 43, Khalid
• 41, Bryson Tiller
• 41, Summer Walker

Brown could soon extend his newfound record, as he released a deluxe version of Breezy with eight new tracks Friday (July 8).