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*Toni Braxton is back in familiar top 10 territory on Billboard’s Adult R&B Songs (dated April 14), with her latest single, “Long as I Live,” moving up 11-10 with an 18 percent surge in plays for the week ending April 8, according to Nielsen Music.
“Live” gives the R&B veteran her 17th top 10 on the radio ranking, which began on Sept. 18, 1993…ironically when Braxton’s first No. 1 – “Another Sad Love Song” – led for the first four weeks of the chart’s existence
Here’s where Braxton ranks on the most career top 10 hits on the Adult R&B Songs chart among women:
22, Gerald Levert
22, Mary J. Blige
21, R. Kelly
19, Alicia Keys
18, Joe
18, Luther Vandross
17, Toni Braxton
17, Brian McKnight
Meanwhile, Cardi B has just become the fifth female rapper to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums.
Cardi B’s debut studio album “Invasion of Privacy” entered the chart at No. 1, which puts her at in a category with just four other women to have reached the pinnacle: Nicki Minaj, Eve, Foxy Brown and Lauryn Hill.
Cardi B follows Nicki Minaj (with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded in 2012, and Pink Friday in 2011), Eve (Let There Be Eve… Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, 1999), Foxy Brown (Chyna Doll in 1999 and the collaborative album The Firm in 1997, with Nas, AZ and Nature) and Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998).
Cardi B is also the first female rapper to debut at No. 1 with her first studio set since Eve’s “Let There Be Eve.”
“Invasion of Privacy” was led by a trio of top 20-charting hits from the set on the Billboard Hot 100: “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” (No. 1 for three weeks), “Bartier Cardi” (No. 14) and “Be Careful” (a debut at No. 16 on the most recently published Hot 100, dated April 14).
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