Hip-Hop and R&B’s Top Artists

This week’s Artist 100 chart from Billboard has been released and so we’re going to take a look at where our favorites land! There’s nothing better than water cooler talk about the hottest artists in the business is there?

The highest ranked hip-hop or R&B artist is Kendrick Lamar at number four. He moved from nine to four this week, one spot higher than Post Malone and two ahead of Eminem. Bruno Mars made his way into the top 10 this week moving from 16 to eight.

It’s hard to deny Cardi B’s greatness recently and the chart recognizes that putting her at 11 this week. We see Beyonce at 16, Khalid at 17, G-Eazy at 18, and 21 Savage at 23.

Some of the bigger movers up or down the chart include The Weeknd going from 62 to 41, Lil Uzi Vert from 27 to 42, and Drake from 73 to 52.


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