Muni Long’s ‘Make Me Forget’ Is Her First No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart

“Make Me Forget” is one that Muni Long will always remember.

After two previous No. 2 singles, “Make Me Forget” becomes Muni Long’s first No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart. The track ascends from No. 3 to crown the list dated Aug. 17 after a 21% surge in week-over-week plays made it the most-played song on U.S. monitored adult R&B radio stations in the tracking week of Aug. 2-8, according to Luminate.

Before she secured her first champ this week, Long managed to earn a pair of No. 2 bests on Adult R&B Airplay. Her breakthrough cut, the Grammy-winning “Hrs and Hrs,” parked in the runner-up spot for six consecutive weeks in 2022, all behind Silk Sonic’s “Love Train.” The next time around, “Made for Me” registered seven nonconsecutive weeks in second place, from December 2023 through May 2024. The song’s unusual span between weeks in the upper region traces to two distinct runs: its initial success as an R&B radio hit in late 2023 before a TikTok-fueled viral moment lifted it to a second wind and renewed radio momentum in 2024.

With the two prior hits laying the groundwork, “Make Me Forget” races to the Adult R&B Airplay summit in nine weeks, the fastest of any track this year. The last leader to reach No. 1 in nine weeks or less was Mary J. Blige’s “Still Believe in Love,” featuring Vado, which captured the top spot in the final week of 2023.

Elsewhere, “Make Me Forget” drives 21-18 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop stations. There, the single reached 5.4 million in audience, up 19% from the prior tracking week.

“Make Me Forget” is likely to appear on Muni Long’s forthcoming album, Revenge, which will arrive on Aug. 30. The set is her first in nearly two years, since Public Displays of Affection dropped in September 2022.