‘Good’ News: Usher Earns 29th Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, His First Since 2016

12 October, 2023

Usher lands in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for the first time in seven years as “Good Good” with Summer Walker and 21 Savage advances 11-7 on the list dated Oct. 14. The ascent comes from the song’s sales gains and increased radio reach as it captures or nears the summit of multiple airplay charts.

In the latest tracking week (Sept. 29 – Oct. 5), “Good Good” generated 5.4 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, a 1% increase from the prior week, and 2,000 sales downloads (up 45%) that spark a 5-3 push for a new peak on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. For radio airplay, “Good Good” registered 38.7 million total audience impressions, a 9% improvement from the previous frame.

Diving further into the radio ranks, “Good Good” wins a second week at No. 1 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as the most heard song on U.S. monitored R&B/hip-hop radio stations, despite a 2% drop for the week in plays. It also cracks the top 10 on Adult R&B Airplay (11-9) through a 16% surge in weekly plays and repeats at its No. 2 high on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, which ranks songs by combined audience listenership on the adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop formats. There, “Good Good” climbed 2% in weekly impressions to 20.3 million at the format.

With “Good Good,” Usher achieves his 29th career top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and first since “No Limit” featuring Young Thug in 2016. Here’s a full rundown of his top 10 collection:

Song Title, Artist (if other than Usher), Peak Position, Peak Date

“Think of You,” No. 8, April 29, 1995
“You Make Me Wanna…,” No. 1 (11 weeks), Sept. 6, 1997
“Nice & Slow,” No. 1 (eight), Jan. 24, 1998
“My Way,” No. 4, July 4, 1998
“U Remind Me,” No. 1 (four), July 7, 2001
“U Got It Bad,” No. 1 (seven), Nov. 17, 2001
“U Don’t Have to Call,” No. 2, March 23, 2002
“I Need a Girl (Part One),” No. 2, May 25, 2002
“Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, No. 1 (eight), March 6, 2004
“Burn,” No. 1 (four), June 5, 2004
“Confessions Part II,” No. 1 (two), July 10, 2004
“My Boo,” with Alicia Keys, No. 1 (three), Oct. 23, 2004
“Lovers & Friends,” Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Usher & Ludacris, No. 2, Jan. 22, 2005
“Same Girl,” with R. Kelly, No. 4, July 28, 2007
“Love in This Club,” featuring Young Jeezy, No. 1 (four), April 12, 2008
“Love in This Club Part II,” featuring Beyoncé & Lil Wayne, No. 7, June 21, 2008
“Trading Places,” No. 4, Jan. 3, 2009
“Papers,” No. 1 (two), Dec. 12, 2009
“Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home),” featuring Plies, No. 2, April 10, 2010
“Lil Freak,” featuring Nicki Minaj, No. 8, May 1, 2010
“There Goes My Baby,” No. 1 (four), Aug. 14, 2010
“OMG,” featuring will.i.am, No. 3, June 26, 2010
“Hot Tottie,” featuring Jay-Z, No. 9, Oct. 23, 2010
“Climax,” No. 1 (11), April 28, 2012
“Lemme See,” featuring Rick Ross, No. 2, Aug. 4, 2012
“New Flame,” Chris Brown featuring Usher & Rick Ross, No. 6, Oct. 4, 2014
“I Don’t Mind,” featuring Juicy J, No. 1 (one), Feb. 14, 2015
“No Limit,” featuring Young Thug, No. 9, Oct. 8, 2016
“Good Good,” with Summer Walker & 21 Savage, No. 7, Oct. 14, 2023

Summer Walker nabs her fourth Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs top 10, after 2019’s “Playing Games” (No. 9) and 2021’s “No Love” with SZA (No. 5) and “Bitter” with Cardi B (No. 9). 21 Savage, meanwhile, secures his 30th top 10, and fourth this year.

Elsewhere, “Good Good” rises 4-3 on the Hot R&B Songs chart and jumps 36-28 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. The single will appear on Usher’s next album, Coming Home, which will be released on Feb. 11, the same day that the superstar will headline the halftime show of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.