Singer Khalid earned his first No. 1 spot on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts on the list dated Saturday, July 20 for his popular single Talk.
Before Talk, the 21-year-old reached a No. 2 high on the R&B/Hip-Hop airplay charts with Location back in 2017. He also appeared on Logic’s 1-800-273-8255, along with Alessia Cara. The song spent a week at No. 49 that same year.
The song appears on Khalid’s second studio album, Free Spirit, and has had tremendous success ever since its release. Talk has risen to 29.6 million in audience in the week ending July 14, according to Nielsen Music. This is a 14 percent rise compared with the previous week, helping Talk gain the chart’s weekly Greatest Gainer prize. Additionally, the album as a whole spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart on the Billboard 200.
This ranking on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts is definitely something new for Khalid, as he is mainly noticed in the pop market. As far as the pop charts, Talk logs its fourth term on the Pop Songs chart. With rankings in both the pop and R&B/Hip-Hop charts, it becomes the first song to lead both lists since Bruno Mars’ That’s What I Like in 2017. The strong airplay of the song across all genres also helps Talk to secure a fifth straight week on the all-genre Radio Songs chart.
The singer is currently on tour in America until his last show in Miami, Florida on August 17.
