Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” is the top dog on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart (dated April 12) as it leads the list with a 3-1 jump.
On the multimetric chart, which combines streaming, radio airplay and sales data, the single improves in the former two divisions, a week after reaching new milestones thanks partly to a remix with Chris Brown.
In the tracking week of March 28-April 3, “Mutt,” released on EZMNY/Motown/ICLG, registered 13.1 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, a 4% gain from the prior’s week total of 12.6 million. The increase keeps the track at No. 1 on the R&B Streaming Songs chart, for a second week at the summit, while it pushes 22-16 on the all-genre Streaming Songs list. It likewise wins a second term at No. 1 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart despite a 19% loss in digital downloads to 1,500 for the week.
Turning to the radio market, “Mutt” captured 14.7 million impressions in all-format airplay audience, up 18% from the previous week. (All radio airplay, regardless of format, contributes to a track’s rank on the Hot R&B Songs chart.) Three formats provide most of the single’s radio reach: “Mutt” steps 7-6 on Adult R&B Airplay with a 7% boost in plays for the latest tracking week compared with the week prior, climbs 15-13 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (up 16%) and rises 38-36 on Rhythmic Airplay (up 30%). Led by those improvements, the track debuts at No. 47 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart.
While “Mutt” is Thomas’ first entry as an artist on Hot R&B Songs, the multi-talent has appeared has co-written six previous hits on the chart, including Ella Mai’s “Not Another Love Song” (No. 9 in 2020), Bryson Tiller’s “Ciao” (No. 9, 2024) and SZA’s “Snooze,” which spent 32 weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24 and won Thomas his first Grammy Award, for best R&B song.
Now with his own material, Thomas, who wrote “Mutt” in 2022, is making inroads across several charts. In addition to conquering the Hot R&B Songs chart, his breakthrough single leaps 10-5 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and springs 28-21 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. Worldwide activity is up, too, with a 47-40 hop on the Billboard Global 200 and a 191-137 jump on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.
The song’s parent album of the same name, meanwhile, earns a fourth week on the Top R&B Albums chart, sliding 10-12 with 12,000 equivalent album units for the week (down less than 1%).
