On October 20, 2012, Billboard relaunched many of its charts by incorporating the same methodology used for determining the rankings on the Billboard Hot 100 by a combination of sales, airplay, and streaming activity. Included in those changes were the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Rap Songs, and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts, as well as the introduction of the R&B Songs chart. The R&B and Rap Songs charts serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and are aimed to highlight the differences between R&B and rap titles.[1]
† | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap and Airplay singles of 2013 |
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 5 | "Diamonds" | Rihanna | "Diamonds" | Rihanna | "I Cry" | Flo Rida | "Adorn" † | Miguel | [2] | |||
January 12 | "Gangnam Style" | PSY | [3] | |||||||||
January 19 | "Thrift Shop" † | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | [4] | |||||||||
January 26 | "Thrift Shop" † | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | [5] | |||||||||
February 2 | "Suit & Tie" | Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z | [6] | |||||||||
February 9 | "Diamonds" | Rihanna | [7] | |||||||||
February 16 | [8] | |||||||||||
February 23 | "Suit & Tie" | Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z | "Fuckin' Problems" | ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar | [9] | |||||||
March 2 | "Pour It Up" | Rihanna | [10] | |||||||||
March 9 | [11] | |||||||||||
March 16 | [12] | |||||||||||
March 23 | [13] | |||||||||||
March 30 | [14] | |||||||||||
April 6 | [15] | |||||||||||
April 13 | "Adorn" † | Miguel | [16] | |||||||||
April 20 | "Started from the Bottom" | Drake | [17] | |||||||||
April 27 | "Pour It Up" | Rihanna | [18] | |||||||||
May 4 | "Can't Hold Us" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton | "Can't Hold Us" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton | [19] | |||||||
May 11 | "Bad" | Wale featuring Tiara Thomas | [20] | |||||||||
May 18 | [21] | |||||||||||
May 25 | [22] | |||||||||||
June 1 | "Blurred Lines" † | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell | [23] | |||||||||
June 8 | [24] | |||||||||||
June 15 | [25] | |||||||||||
June 22 | "Blurred Lines" | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell | [26] | |||||||||
June 29 | [27] | |||||||||||
July 6 | "Power Trip" | J. Cole featuring Miguel | [28] | |||||||||
July 13 | [29] | |||||||||||
July 20 | [30] | |||||||||||
July 27 | [31] | |||||||||||
August 3 | "Blurred Lines" | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | [32] | |||||||||
August 10 | "Holy Grail" | Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake | [33] | |||||||||
August 17 | [34] | |||||||||||
August 24 | [35] | |||||||||||
August 31 | [36] | |||||||||||
September 7 | [37] | |||||||||||
September 14 | "Berzerk" | Eminem | [38] | |||||||||
September 21 | "Holy Grail" | Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake | [39] | |||||||||
September 28 | [40] | |||||||||||
October 5 | [41] | |||||||||||
October 12 | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | Drake featuring Majid Jordan | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | Drake featuring Majid Jordan | [42] | |||||||
October 19 | [43] | |||||||||||
October 26 | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | Drake featuring Majid Jordan | [44] | |||||||||
November 2 | "Rap God" | Eminem | [45] | |||||||||
November 9 | "Holy Grail" | Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake | [46] | |||||||||
November 16 | "The Monster" | Eminem featuring Rihanna | "The Monster" | Eminem featuring Rihanna | [47] | |||||||
November 23 | [48] | |||||||||||
November 30 | [49] | |||||||||||
December 7 | [50] | |||||||||||
December 14 | [51] | |||||||||||
December 21 | [52] | |||||||||||
December 28 | [53] |