Aaliyah Lands Her First Adult R&B Airplay No. 1 With ‘Gone,’ Featuring Tank

More than 30 years aft her philharmonic debut, and 2 decades aft her death, Aaliyah posthumously earns her archetypal No. 1 connected Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart. “Gone,” which features Tank, crowns the database dated Sept. 27 arsenic the most-played opus connected panel-contributing big R&B vigor stations successful the Sept. 12-18 tracking week.

“Gone,” released and promoted connected Blackground Records, rises from No. 2 with a 23% surge successful play plays, according to Luminate.

The opus becomes Aaliyah’s archetypal Adult R&B Airplay person among 14 appearances. Her erstwhile champion came via her screen of The Isley Brothers’ “At Your Best (You Are Love),” which reached No. 4 successful November 1994. That opus marked her 2nd visit, aft debut deed “Back and Forth,” which deed No. 6 that June. She logged 9 of her illustration entries during her lifetime, anterior to her decease successful a level clang successful August 2001 at property 22.

For Tank, his featured slot connected “Gone” gives him a milestone 10th Adult R&B Airplay champ. He ties Charlie Wilson and Usher for the astir leaders among antheral artists and is the sixth creator wide to interruption the double-digit people since the vigor ranking began successful September 1993. Alicia Keys ranks archetypal overall, with 14 No. 1s, with Toni Braxton (11) and Mary J. Blige (10) besides successful the club.

As Tank climbs the leaderboard, let’s reappraisal the singer-songwriter’s No. 1 postulation connected Adult R&B Airplay:

“Please Don’t Go,” No. 1 for 10 weeks, opening May 19, 2007
“Next Breath,” one, June 16, 2012
“When We,” 11, Nov. 18, 2017
“Dirty,” three, April 20, 2019
“Can’t Let It Show,” two, July 3, 2021
“I Deserve,” one, March 19, 2022
“Slow,” feat. J Valentine; two, Nov. 5, 2022
“See Through Love,” feat. Chris Brown; one, May 20, 2023
“Before We Get Started,” feat. Fabolous; two, June 1, 2024
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