Beyoncé becomes fourth woman with 10 Number Ones on R&B/hip-hop charts

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Beyoncé has reached another milestone on the back of her seventh album, ‘Renaissance’, becoming the fourth woman in history to have 10 songs top the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart.As reported by Billboard themselves, the outlet established the chart in 1958, with only three other women having solo releases top that chart 10 or more times since then.Aretha Franklin reached the milestone twice in the peak of her 63-year tenure, racking up 20 Number Ones between 1967 and 1985.

Janet Jackson follows closely with 16 inclusions, while Mariah Carey ties with Bey at 10.Bey’s achievement comes from the success of  ‘Renaissance’ lead single ‘Break My Soul’, which reached Number One on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart this week.

It was bumped up from Number Four thanks to an influx in streams and sales of ‘Renaissance’, earning 18.9million US streams in the week ending August 4 (a 114 per cent boost from the week prior) and shifting 13,000 digital downloads (a boost of 113 per cent).Bey’s first Number One on the chart was 2003’s Jay Z-assisted ‘Crazy In Love’, which spent three weeks in top spot that July.

She chased it up just a few months later with the Sean Paul joint ‘Baby Boy’, usurping her record with five weeks at Number One.