21 Savage banks his seventh total – and second non-collaborative – No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Redrum” charges from No. 4 to lead the list dated April 27. The single reigns thanks to a 13% surge in plays that made “Redrum” the most played song on U.S. monitored rhythmic radio stations in the tracking week of April 12-18, according to Luminate.
“Redrum” — which references the film The Shining — takes the summit from Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me.” The previous champ crowned the chart for 10 weeks in three separate stints: It first ruled for six consecutive weeks in January-February, another two-week stretch in March and the last pair of weeks in April.
WHZT-FM, in Greenville, S.C., leads the charge among all reporting stations for the most “Redrum” plays in the week, while WKHT-FM in Knoxville, Tenn., ranks second. The largest weekly increase, meanwhile, belongs to KHTN-FM, based in Modesto, Calif.
As “Redrum” advances, 21 Savage earns his seventh Rhythmic Airplay No. 1 and second of 2024, after he and Baby Tate featured on JID’s “Surround Sound,” a one-week champ in March. Here’s a summary of his seven leaders:
Song Title, Artist (if other than 21 Savage), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
- “Rockstar,” Post Malone featuring 21 Savage, six, Nov. 11, 2017
- “A Lot,” two, April 20, 2019
- “Jimmy Cooks,” Drake featuring 21 Savage, one, Oct. 8, 2022
- “Rich Flex,” with Drake, two, Jan. 28, 2023
- “Creepin’,” with Metro Boomin & The Weeknd, three, Feb. 11, 2023
- “Surround Sound,” JID featuring 21 Savage & Baby Tate, one, March 9, 2024
- “Redrum,” one (to date), April 27, 2024
With the Rhythmic Airplay crown secured, “Redrum” next looks to conquer Rap Airplay, where it ascends 3-2 and adds 3% in audience impressions. It also makes progress on Pop Airplay, holding at No. 37 for a second straight week, but with a 9% improvement in plays for the week at mainstream top-40 stations. Gains at the rhythmic and pop formats spur its 28-27 bump on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, where it added 3% in total audience to reach 20.7 million in the tracking week.
“Redrum” appears on 21 Savage’s latest studio album, American Dream. The set, released in January, topped the all-genre Billboard 200 for two weeks and posted three weeks at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming the rapper’s fourth consecutive leader on each list.
