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
Bad Bunny's 'Debi Tirar Mas Fotos' is back at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after its vinyl release.| Billboard
Drake's "For All the Dogs" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking the superstar's 13th No. 1 album.| Billboard
SZA and Cesily Collette Taylor, who played young Nessarose in 'Wicked,' posed for a photo together at the Kids' Choice Awards on June 21.| Billboard
Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Ariana Grande and Jack Black won multiple awards at the 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards on June 21. Here's the full winners list.| Billboard
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