kendricklamar is No. 2 on Billboard's Top Artists of 2025 chart 🥈⁠ ⁠ Lamar rewrote the record – twice – in 2025 for the longest-leading hit all-time on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. “Not Like Us” added its 22nd week at No. 1 in February and “Luther,” with SZA, ran up its reign to 31 weeks in August.⁠ ⁠ See the full year-end #Artist100 chart at the link in bio.