Maroon 5 & Cardi B Dethrone Drake

Maroon 5 & Cardi B Dethrone Drake

Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” (featuring Cardi B) has brought Drake’s Billboard Hot 100 reign to an end; “In My Feelings,” which spent 10 weeks at No. 1, has fallen to the No. 2 spot. “Girls Like You” is the band’s fourth No. 1 and Bardi’s third, which extends her lead as the female rapper with the most No. 1s in the history of the chart — every other female rapper with a No. 1 hit has accomplished that feat just once. Nicki Minaj has zero No. 1s. Lemme stop.

“Girls Like You” also brings an end to a 34-week stretch of hip-hop songs leading the chart — Drake, of course, accounts for 29 of those weeks. That being said, hip-hop is clearly present in “Girls Like You” as it was on the last No. 1 before the streak began, which was Camila Cabello’s “Havana” (featuring Young Thug). Basically, 2018 belongs hip-hop.