Alicia Keys’ ‘Trillions’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Adult R&B Airplay Chart –

Alicia Keys’ newest single “Trillions” that includes Brent Faiyaz reigns at No. 1 on Billboard’s Grownup R&B Airplay chart this week (Jan. 28). 

The music first appeared on the chart through the week of Sept. 3, 2022, and entered the highest 10 through the week of Oct. 8, 2022.

Keys maintains her place because the artist with probably the most No. 1s on the Grownup R&B Airplay chart with 13 No. 1s. R&B legend Toni Braxton is second with 11 No. 1s, whereas Charlie Wilson has the third most No. 1s (9). 

“Trillions” is Keys’ fifth music with a male R&B act to achieve the highest of the summit. Her earlier No. 1 was “So Achieved” with Khalid in March 2021. The music spent 30 weeks on the Grownup R&B Airplay chart.

Right here’s a rundown of all of Alicia Keys’ No. 1 singles on the Billboard Grownup R&B Airplay chart:

• “Fallin’,” 5 weeks at No. 1, starting Aug. 4, 2001
• “A Lady’s Value,” three weeks at No. 1, starting Jan. 26, 2002
• “You Don’t Know My Title,” 10 weeks at No. 1, starting Jan. 3, 2004
• “If I Ain’t Obtained You,” 10 weeks at No. 1, starting week of April 24, 2004
• “Diary” that includes Tony! Toni! Tone!, 12 weeks at No. 1, starting Sept. 25, 2004
• “Unbreakable,” 11 weeks at No. 1, starting Nov. 19, 2005
• “No One,” 11 weeks at No. 1, starting Nov. 10, 2007
• “Like You’ll By no means See Me Once more,” seven weeks at No. 1, starting Jan. 26, 2008
• “Un-Thinkable (I’m Prepared),” 10 weeks at No. 1, starting June 12, 2010
• “Hearth We Make” with Maxwell, seven weeks at No. 1, starting June 22, 2013 
• “Present Me Love” that includes Miguel, 5 weeks at No. 1, starting Dec. 14, 2019
• “So Achieved” that includes Khalid, one week at No. 1, March 13, 2021
• “Trillions” that includes Brent Faiyaz, one week at No. 1 to this point, starting week of Jan. 28, 2023

Circling again to “Trillions,” the bass-heavy banger is lifted from KEYS II, a deluxe version of her 2021 double album, KEYS. 

The 2-disc album consists of an Originals aspect that leans into Keys’ signature sound and an Unlocked aspect, which incorporates remixed variations of the tracks. 

“It speaks a lot to identical to there being no limits, which is what KEYS is all about,” Keys defined to Rated R&B in regards to the Unlocked aspect. “It was all about imagining and dreaming in a approach that simply opened up the probabilities.”

KEYS and KEYS II are the follow-ups to the 15-time Grammy winner’s 2020 album, ALICIA. The album received Greatest Immersive Audio Album on the 2022 Grammy Awards, the place Keys was additionally nominated for Track of the 12 months (“A Lovely Noise”).

In response to the Recording Academy, Greatest Immersive Audio Album goes “to the immersive combine engineer, immersive producer (if any) and immersive mastering engineer (if any).”

2022 was one other monumental yr for Keys: she launched her unbiased label (Alicia Keys Data); secured a model partnership take care of Athleta; launched a youngsters’s e-book (Woman On Hearth); launched into her first headlining tour in 9 years (ALICIA + KEYS World Tour); launched three tasks, together with her first Christmas album (Santa Child) and a reside album (Apple Music Dwell: Alicia Keys); and had her debut album, Songs In A Minor, added to the Nationwide Recording Registry.

Faiyaz additionally had a stable yr in 2022. His sophomore album, Wasteland, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the High R&B Albums charts.

Launched on July 8, Wasteland offered 88,00 equal models within the first week — the very best opening for Faiyaz to this point.

Wasteland, which features a function from Keys (“Ghetto Gatsby”), was licensed gold by the RIAA in December 2022 for promoting 500,000 equal models.

Earlier than that, in October, his single “All Mine” peaked at No. 1 at city radio. 

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