Overview
- The debut ends a two-week stretch on the Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 charts with no rap songs in the top 40, a first since 1990.
- Billboard lists “Lover Girl” at No. 38 for the week dated Nov. 8, restoring rap’s presence in the upper tier after the brief drought.
- The track becomes Megan Thee Stallion’s 21st top 40 hit, following prior No. 1s with “Savage,” “WAP,” and “Hiss.”
- Billboard notes the entry may be short-lived as typical second-week declines loom and few other rap titles are positioned to replace it.
- Other rap movers this week include declines for YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Shot Callin” (43–48) and BigXthaPlug’s “Hell at Night” (50–52), with modest gains for Gunna’s “wgft” (59–55) and Cardi B’s “Safe” (57–56), and at least one outlet erroneously reported a No. 8 debut.