This page lists the songs that reached number-one on the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the R&B Songs chart (which was created in 2012), and the Hot Rap Songs chart in 2021. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
† | Indicates best-performing song of 2021 [1] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | Artist | R&B Songs | Artist | Rap Songs | Artist | R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | Artist | Refs. | |||
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January 2 | "Go Crazy" | Chris Brown and Young Thug | "Go Crazy" | Chris Brown and Young Thug | "Mood" † | 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior | "Go Crazy" | Chris Brown and Young Thug | [2] | |||
January 9 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | [3] | |||||||
January 16 | [4] | |||||||||||
January 23 | [5] | |||||||||||
January 30 | [6] | |||||||||||
February 6 | [7] | |||||||||||
February 13 | [8] | |||||||||||
February 20 | "Up" | Cardi B | "Up" | Cardi B | [9] | |||||||
February 27 | "Calling My Phone" | Lil Tjay featuring 6Lack | "Calling My Phone" | Lil Tjay featuring 6Lack | [10] | |||||||
March 6 | "Up" | Cardi B | "Go Crazy" | Chris Brown and Young Thug | "Up" | Cardi B | [11] | |||||
March 13 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | [12] | |||||||||
March 20 | "What's Next" | Drake | "Leave the Door Open" † | Silk Sonic | "What's Next" | Drake | [13] | |||||
March 27 | "Up" | Cardi B | "Up" | Cardi B | [14] | |||||||
April 3 | "Peaches" | Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon | "Peaches" | Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon | [15] | |||||||
April 10 | [16] | |||||||||||
April 17 | "Leave the Door Open" † | Silk Sonic | "Leave the Door Open" † | Silk Sonic | [17] | |||||||
April 24 | "Rapstar" | Polo G | "Rapstar" | Polo G | "Leave the Door Open" | Silk Sonic | [18] | |||||
May 1 | [19] | |||||||||||
May 8 | “Leave the Door Open” † | Silk Sonic | [20] | |||||||||
May 15 | [21] | |||||||||||
May 22 | "Astronaut in the Ocean" | Masked Wolf | [22] | |||||||||
May 29 | "My Life" | J. Cole, 21 Savage and Morray | "My Life" | J. Cole, 21 Savage and Morray | [23] | |||||||
June 5 | "Leave the Door Open" † | Silk Sonic | "Astronaut in the Ocean" | Masked Wolf | [24] | |||||||
June 12 | [25] | |||||||||||
June 19 | “Peaches” | Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon | “Peaches” | Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon | [26] | |||||||
June 26 | [27] | |||||||||||
July 3 | [28] | |||||||||||
July 10 | "Leave the Door Open" † | Silk Sonic | "Leave the Door Open" † | Silk Sonic | [29] | |||||||
July 17 | [30] | |||||||||||
July 24 | "Peaches" | Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon | "Peaches" | Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon | "Motley Crew" | Post Malone | [31] | |||||
July 31 | "Rapstar" | Polo G | [32] | |||||||||
August 7 | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow | [33] | |||||||
August 14 | "Leave the Door Open" † | Silk Sonic | [34] | |||||||||
August 21 | "Peaches" | Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon | [35] | |||||||||
August 28 | "Rumors" | Lizzo featuring Cardi B | "Rumors" | Lizzo featuring Cardi B | "Wockesha" | Moneybagg Yo | [36] | |||||
September 4 | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow | "You Right" | Doja Cat and The Weeknd | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow | "Essence" | Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber and Tems | [37] | |||
September 11 | "Hurricane" | Kanye West | "Essence" | Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber and Tems | "Hurricane" | Kanye West | [38] | |||||
September 18 | "Way 2 Sexy" | Drake featuring Future and Young Thug | "Race My Mind" | Drake | "Way 2 Sexy" | Drake featuring Future and Young Thug | [39] | |||||
September 25 | "Essence" | Wizkid featuring Justin Bieber and Tems | [40] | |||||||||
October 2 | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow | [41] | |||||||
October 9 | [42] | |||||||||||
October 16 | [43] | |||||||||||
October 23 | [44] | |||||||||||
October 30 | [45] | |||||||||||
November 6 | [46] | |||||||||||
November 13 | [47] | |||||||||||
November 20 | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic | [48] | |||||||||
November 27 | [49] | |||||||||||
December 4 | [50] | |||||||||||
December 11 | [51] | |||||||||||
December 18 | "I Hate U" | SZA | "I Hate U" | SZA | [52] | |||||||
December 25 | "Industry Baby" | Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow | "Smokin Out the Window" | Silk Sonic | [53] |