{"id":645936,"date":"2026-08-19T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/645936\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:00:11","slug":"drakes-shebang-is-no-1-on-rhythmic-airplay-his-4th-from-iceman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/645936\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s &#8216;Shebang&#8217; Is No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay, His 4th From &#8216;ICEMAN&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s ICEMAN scores a fourth No. 1 on Billboard\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rhythmic-40\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rhythmic Airplay<\/a> chart as the set\u2019s \u201cShabang\u201d crowns the list dated Aug. 22. With its ascent, the album becomes just the fifth project \u2014 including another by Drake \u2014 to launch at least four leaders on the radio ranking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cShabang,\u201d released and promoted on OVO Sound\/Republic Records, rules Rhythmic Airplay as the most played song on panel-contributing rhythm radio stations in the United States for the Aug. 7-13 tracking week, according to Luminate. The single\u2019s advance secures Drake a 46th No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay, extending his commanding lead among all artists in the chart\u2019s 33-year history. Rihanna ranks second with 17 champs, while Chris Brown and The Weeknd share third place at 16 each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe new leader switches places with Yung Miami\u2019s \u201cSpend Dat,\u201d as the latter cedes the summit after four weeks in charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBefore \u201cShabang,\u201d ICEMAN produced Rhythmic Airplay leaders in \u201cWhat Did I Miss,\u201d which topped the list for three weeks in August-September 2025, \u201cJanice STFU,\u201d a two-week champ in July and \u201c2 Hard 4 the Radio,\u201d a one-week No. 1, also in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThanks to its latest winner, ICEMAN joins four other albums that have yielded at least four No. 1s on Rhythmic Airplay since the list began in 1992. It joins the select club alongside:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drake\u2019s Views (2015-16): \u201cHotline Bling,\u201d \u201cOne Dance\u201d (feat. Wizkid &amp; Kyla) \u201cControlla,\u201d and \u201cToo Good\u201d (feat. Rihanna)<\/li>\n<li>Post Malone\u2019s Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding (2019): \u201cSunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)\u201d (with Swae Lee), \u201cWow.,\u201d \u201cGoodbyes\u201d (feat. Young Thug) and \u201cEnemies\u201d (feat. DaBaby)<\/li>\n<li>Doja Cat\u2019s Planet Her (2021-22): \u201cKiss Me More\u201d (feat. SZA); \u201cYou Right\u201d (feat. The Weeknd); \u201cNeed to Know\u201d and \u201cWoman\u201d<\/li>\n<li>SZA\u2019s SOS, including its LANA deluxe (2022-24): \u201cI Hate U,\u201d Kill Bill,\u201d \u201cSnooze,\u201d \u201cSaturn\u201d and \u201c30 for 30\u201d (with Kendrick Lamar)<\/li>\n<li>Kendrick Lamar\u2019s GNX (2025): \u201cSquabble Up,\u201d \u201cTV Off\u201d (feat. Lefty Gunplay) \u201cLuther\u201d (with SZA) and \u201cPeekaboo\u201d (feat. AzChike)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNotably, Drake has earned a fifth Rhythmic Airplay No. 1 in this era: \u201cWhich One,\u201d with Central Cee, reigned for one week in October 2025. The track appears on his album HABIBTI, which was released the same day as ICEMAN and a third LP, MAID OF HONOUR.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/preferences.mail.billboard.com\/preferences\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drake\u2019s ICEMAN scores a fourth No. 1 on Billboard\u2018s Rhythmic Airplay chart as the set\u2019s \u201cShabang\u201d crowns the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[4812,18,117,5266,19,17,337,2624],"class_list":["post-645936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-chart-beat","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-hiphop","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117123719271996686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}