Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "Luther" Sets New Record While Hitting One Billion Streams

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Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Recording artist SZA and recording artist Kendrick Lamar perform during halftime Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images
Kendrick Lamar and SZA's unprecedented success in 2025 doesn't appear to be showing any signs of stopping.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit song, "luther," has crossed one billion streams on Spotify, according to HipHopDX. Having been released in November on Lamar's album, GNX, it is the fastest song to do so on the platform. Lamar was already the previous record holder with his viral diss track,  “Not Like Us," which he dropped amid his Drake feud back in 2024.

In hitting one billion streams, it marks Lamar's eleventh song overall to reach the milestone. His other tracks include “All the Stars”, “Humble,” and “Money Trees.” Outside of just streams, "luther" also spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Lamar and SZA are currently capitalizing on the popularity of "luther" by co-headlining the Grand National Tour. The run of concerts has also been breaking plenty of records as the two have been performing across North America since April. They'll be heading abroad for even more shows, next month. The tour will wrap up in Sweden in August.

Kendrick Lamar & SZA Tour

While performing at the last stop in North America on the tour, SZA shared an emotional message for Lamar in front of the crowd. "He put me onto the biggest moment of my life," SZA told her fans. "This is also the biggest moment of my life… I’m so thankful, and I’m so thankful to y’all.”

Lamar also gave a shout-out to SZA while he accepted Album of the Year at the BET Awards, earlier this month. “To my folks in the building, to my LA natives in the back, I see you. God first and foremost, my company pgLang, SZA in the crowd, we on tour right now, please come to the show. We gonna keep this thing going, I appreciate y’all," he said on the stage. He also won Best Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration Video of the Year and Video Director of the Year.

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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.

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