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 2016. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
† | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap and Airplay singles of 2016 |
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 | " Hotline Bling" | Drake | " The Hills" | The Weeknd | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | [1] | |||
January 9 | " Here" | Alessia Cara | [2] | |||||||||
January 16 | [3] | |||||||||||
January 23 | [4] | |||||||||||
January 30 | "Here" | Alessia Cara | [5] | |||||||||
February 6 | " Say It" | Tory Lanez | [6] | |||||||||
February 13 | " Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | " Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | [7] | |||||
February 20 | " Summer Sixteen" | Drake | "Summer Sixteen" | Drake | [8] | |||||||
February 27 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha | [9] | |||||||
March 5 | " Don't" | Bryson Tiller | [10] | |||||||||
March 12 | [11] | |||||||||||
March 19 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | [12] | |||||||||
March 26 | [13] | |||||||||||
April 2 | [14] | |||||||||||
April 9 | [15] | |||||||||||
April 16 | [16] | |||||||||||
April 23 | " Panda" † | Desiigner | [17] | |||||||||
April 30 | [18] | |||||||||||
May 7 | "Panda" | Desiigner | " One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | [19] | |||||||
May 14 | [20] | |||||||||||
May 21 | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | [21] | |||||||||
May 28 | [22] | |||||||||||
June 4 | "Panda" | Desiigner | [23] | |||||||||
June 11 | [24] | |||||||||||
June 18 | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | [25] | |||||||||
June 25 | [26] | |||||||||||
July 2 | [27] | |||||||||||
July 9 | [28] | |||||||||||
July 16 | [29] | |||||||||||
July 23 | [30] | |||||||||||
July 30 | [31] | |||||||||||
August 6 | " Don't Mind" | Kent Jones | [32] | |||||||||
August 13 | "Panda" † | Desiigner | [33] | |||||||||
August 20 | " Controlla" | Drake | [34] | |||||||||
August 27 | " Sucker for Pain" |
Lil Wayne,
Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla Sign featuring X Ambassadors |
[35] | |||||||||
September 3 | " Too Good" | Drake featuring Rihanna | [36] | |||||||||
September 10 | [37] | |||||||||||
September 17 | [38] | |||||||||||
September 24 | " Needed Me" | Rihanna | "Needed Me" | Rihanna | " Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | [39] | |||||
October 1 | [40] | |||||||||||
October 8 | "Broccoli" | D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty | "Needed Me" † | Rihanna | [41] | |||||||
October 15 | " Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | " No Limit" | Usher featuring Young Thug | [42] | |||||
October 22 | "Needed Me" † | Rihanna | [43] | |||||||||
October 29 | "Broccoli" | D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty | [44] | |||||||||
November 5 | [45] | |||||||||||
November 12 | [46] | |||||||||||
November 19 | " No Problem" | Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz | [47] | |||||||||
November 26 | " Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | [48] | |||||||
December 3 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | [49] | |||||||||
December 10 | [50] | |||||||||||
December 17 | [51] | |||||||||||
December 24 | [52] | |||||||||||
December 31 | [53] |