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Lil Wayne & Drake’s “Believe Me” Single Is Now #1 On Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart

Lil Wayne Believe Me Single Featuring Drake Is Now Number 1 On The Billboard Mainstream R&B Hip Hop Chart

According to Billboard, Lil Wayne‘s “Believe Me” single featuring Drake has gone from #4 to #1 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, which tracks radio and Internet airplay of songs, says “Believe Me” saw a 6% rise in broadcasting time all the way up to 3,296 spins.

This now means that Weezy F Baby is in second place for the most No. 1s on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart, with his Young Money artist Drizzy in first place who has a total of 18 No. 1 records. Congratulations to them both!

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A Lil Wayne Single Was The Most Streamed Song With “Love” In Its Title This Valentine’s Day

A Lil Wayne Single Was The Most Streamed Song With Love In Its Title This Valentines Day

Here is something cool! Last Friday for Valentines Day, Nielsen did some research to see which are the 10 songs that were most streamed from February 2013 to February 2014 with the word “Love” in the title.

Lil Wayne came top place with his “Bitches Love Me” single featuring Drake and Future. The track had around 109 million plays, beating out Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s “I Need Your Love” with 49 million streams, Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj‘s “Love More” with 45 million streams, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love” with 44 million streams.

Some of the other songs that made top 10 were Beyonce and Jay-Z’s “Drunk In Love“, Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love The Way You Lie“, Justin Bieber and Big Sean’s “As Long As You Love Me“, Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ “We Found Love“, and Chief Keef’s “Love Sosa“.

I would never of expected that “Bitches Love Me” would come No. 1 and “How To Love” not even make the top 10!

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