Kendrick Lamar’s track ‘Not Like Us,’ a direct hit at Drake, has climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This latest release from Kendrick Lamar, marking the end of his rap battle with Drake, has seen significant commercial success.
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On the chart dated May 17, ‘Not Like Us’ entered at number one, making it Kendrick Lamar’s second number one single in the US for the year 2024, following the success of ‘Like That’ by Metro Booming & Future.
‘Not Like Us’ has been a triumph for Lamar, who the public believes won the rap feud after he released ‘Meet The Grahams.’ This track outperformed Drake’s ‘Family Matters,’ which entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number seven.
Billboard Hot 100: #1(new) Not Like Us, @kendricklamar.
— chart data (@chartdata) May 13, 2024
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Produced by Mustard, ‘Not Like Us’ leads the charge of Drake disses in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, with ‘Euphoria’ jumping up to number three and ‘Like That’ rising to number two.
Setting a new record, ‘Not Like Us’ achieved the most Spotify single-day streams ever for a rap song in the US. It came very close, just 5,000 streams shy, to breaking Drake’s global Spotify single-day streaming record for a rap song, currently held by ‘Girls Want Girls’ featuring Lil Baby.
Biggest song debut sales weeks of 2024 so far (US units):
#1 Fortnight 560K
#2 Not Like Us 510K
#3 Like That 455K
#4 Down Bad 385K
#5 I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 340K
#6 The Tortured Poets Department 340K
#7 So Long, London 335K
#8 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys 325K…— chart data (@chartdata) May 13, 2024
Moreover, ‘Not Like Us’ boasted the largest debut week sales of any song in 2024, selling 510,000 units, second only to Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight,’ which sold 560,000 units.
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