Latto hit the jackpot with “Seven,” her new collab with BTS’ Jung Kook, which has risen to No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart, marking the primary time a rapper has had a No. 1 track on the chart in 2023.
On Monday (July 24), Billboard introduced the up to date prime 10 of the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart, which revealed Jung Kook’s new single “Seven” with Latto is within the prime spot. This marks the “Massive Power” rapper’s first No. 1. Jung is now the second member of the Ok-Pop boy band to have a No. 1 file after Jimin’s “Like Loopy” debuted No. 1 in April. Different rappers with songs on this week’s Billboard Sizzling 100 chart embrace Gunna (“F*kumean), which sits at No. 6., and Lil Durk and J. Cole (“All My Life”), which is No. 10.
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Hip-Hop on the Billboard Charts in 2023.
It has been tough sledding for hip-hop in 2023. The style has solely had one album to prime the Billboard 200 chart this yr, Lil Uzi Vert’s Pink Tape, which dropped on June 30. Final month, Coi Leray known as for unity amongst feminine rappers and urged them to come back collectively to make 2023’s first No. 1 hit. It appears like Latto hit the profitable quantity first.
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See the video for Jung Kook’s “Seven” with Latto beneath.