Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the 21st Century recap reflects performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The category ranks the best-performing acts in that span based on activity on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists).| Billboard
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THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY POP RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE.| Billboard
THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE AND SALES DATA AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.| Billboard
The concept of box sets has changed as Beyonce, Harry Styles and others now include T-shirts and other merch to boost chart performance.| Billboard