Fall Out Boy Scores Their First Hit In The Rap World

Fall Out Boy have been racking up Billboard chart hits for more than two decades now. Throughout those years, the band has placed dozens of tracks onto a number of the rock and alternative-leaning lists, as well as plenty of wins on the more general, genre-agnostic tallies. The emo-pioneering outfit is back with another new tune, and it brings them to a ranking they’ve never seen before.

“Best Friend” credits Fall Out Boy alongside the musician who fronts it, Juice WRLD. The late rapper’s latest, and perhaps last, album, The Party Never Ends, impacts the Billboard charts this week, and many of the tracks featured on the project have become hits in their own right, if only minor and momentary ones.

The collaborative track debuts on five Billboard tallies this week, and it’s become a cross-genre hit. “Best Friend” starts its time on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the ranking of the most-consumed tunes in hip-hop, rap, and R&B, at No. 42.

Unsurprisingly, Fall Out Boy has never before placed on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The band earns their first win on the tally, which uses a methodology that combines sales, streams, and airplay to show which tracks in those styles Americans are listening to the most.

Juice is not new to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally, though. Thanks to his latest deluge of just-released tracks that debut on the chart, the late star has now passed 100 wins on the ranking, and he passes that landmark sum with quite a few new placements this time around.

The hip-hop musician earns a dozen new hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week. Two other Juice tunes also take up space on the list, with his Nicki Minaj collaboration “AGATS2 (Insecure)” jumping from No. 45 to No. 23, while his track with Eminem and Benny Blanco, “Lace It,” reappears at No. 32.

“Best Friend” earns Fall Out Boy their first hit on any of Billboard’s charts that focus on hip-hop, rap, or R&B. While they’re primarily known for rock music, and that’s where they’ve found the most success, the band has scored appearances on a variety of tallies that stick to one style. Fall Out Boy has previously reached rankings centered around pop, country, dance, and even holiday music.