Thanks to Gunna’s ‘wgft,’ Burna Boy Scores First Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

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The Nigerian superstar's diagnostic fuels the vocation benchmark.

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Burna Boy lands a vocation milestone connected Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, arsenic the superstar picks up his archetypal apical 10 done his featured relation connected Gunna’s “wgft.”

The way climbs 11-10 connected the database dated Sept. 20, successful its 5th charting week, with gains successful each 3 contributing metrics. For Gunna, “wgt” gives the rapper his 19th apical 10 connected Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

For the tracking week of Sept. 5-11 successful the United States, “wgft,” released connected Gunna/Young Stoner Life/300/Atlantic Records, registered 7.3 cardinal authoritative streams, according to Luminate, up 11% from the anterior week’s full and 1.3 cardinal assemblage impressions, a 109% leap from the erstwhile week. Digital sales, meanwhile, were a negligible fig (under 500 copies), but besides improved connected past week’s sum.

As mentioned, “wgft” is Gunna’s 19th apical 10 connected Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It’s his 3rd of 2025, aft “Way It Is,” a collaboration with Justin Bieber, reached No. 10 successful July and “Just Say Dat,” opened astatine its No. 10 precocious successful August. Both “Just Say Dat” and “wgft” are from Gunna’s latest album, The Last Wun, which was released successful August and has clocked 3 weeks astatine No. 1 connected the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

For Burna Boy, his maiden apical 10 connected Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs comes via his 2nd appearance. He, 21 Savage and Metro Boomin teamed up for “Just Like Me,” which notched a No. 28 champion successful January 2024.

While Burna Boy continues to physique his Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs account, the Nigerian-based prima counts galore successes crossed different Billboard charts. Seven Billboard Hot 100 hits are among them, including solo singles “Last Last” (No. 44) and “Sittin’ connected Top of the World,” (No. 80), which flipped samples from songs by Toni Braxton and Brandy, respectively. He’s besides racked up 20 apical 10 hits connected Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs, which launched successful 2022, and 5 albums connected the all-genre Billboard 200, including Love, Damini, which peaked astatine No. 14 successful July 2022.

Elsewhere, “wgft” ascends to 2 caller peaks: 6-4 connected Hot Rap Songs and 72-69 connected the Hot 100.