Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Squabble Up’ Debuts at No. 1 on Streaming Songs Chart

Kendrick Lamar has his sixth No. 1 – and third of 2024 – on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart, as “Squabble Up” debuts atop the Dec. 7-dated ranking.

“Squabble Up” bows with 52 million official U.S. streams earned in the week ending Nov. 28, according to Luminate.

Each of Lamar’s No. 1s also debuted at the top of the list, third-most of any act behind Taylor Swift (seven) and Drake (15). Both acts are also the only artists ahead of him on the all-time No. 1s ranking since Streaming Songs’ 2013 inception (Swift with nine total rulers, Drake with 20); Lamar sits in a tie for third all time with Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber.

Lamar first reigned in 2017 with “Humble.,” followed by leads as a featured act on Lil Wayne’s “Mona Lisa” in 2018 and on “N95” in 2022. 2024 marks the first time he’s led more than once in a year, with “Squabble Up” joined by his own “Not Like Us” and Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” on which he’s also a lead artist.

In all, Lamar occupies the entire top nine of the Dec. 7-dated Streaming Songs and 12 of the top 17. That gives him 32 career top 10s, good for a tie for fourth all time with 21 Savage and The Weeknd (Drake leads all acts with 99).

Lamar becomes the first act not named Taylor Swift or Drake to make up the whole top nine of Streaming Songs; Swift (Nov. 5, 2022; Nov. 11, 2023; May 4, 2024) and Drake (Sept. 18, 2021; Nov. 19, 2022; Oct. 21, 2023) have done so three times apiece.

As for having nine songs in the top 10, Lamar joins a list that also includes 21 Savage and J. Cole in addition to Swift and Drake.

Concurrently, as previously reported, “Squabble Up” debuts at No. 1 on the multimetric Billboard Hot 100, one of seven songs from new album GNX in the top 10, while GNX itself bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.