It’s still likely that hip-hop will churn out a No. That dip, however marginal, is coupled with the rise in popularity of other genres such as “Afrobeats, regional Mexican and K-pop.” 1 projects.īillboard also had its own theories on the situation, one of which is that as a genre, hip-hop is “losing its dominance in terms of market share.” The publication reported that hip-hop accounts for 26% of the music market, compared to around 28% last year. With most of hip-hop’s superstars – Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Future, to name a few – having dropped their albums last year, the lack of new work from the genre’s heavyweights is one factor in the lapse of No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart by the same time last year. On the songs side, Jack Harlow’s “First Class” and Future and Drake’s “Wait For U” collaboration had also reached No. In one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Kendrick Lamar unveiled his first album in years, Mr. Tyler, The Creator put out his Call Me If You Get Lost, while Pusha T released It’s Almost Dry and Future dropped I Never Liked You.

There was Gunna’s DS4Ever and Lil Durk‘s 7220. By then, six rappers had released albums that went on to chart at the No.

The news is particularly jarring compared to the stats for June last year.

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