Cardi B & Kehlani’s ‘Safe’ Locks Up No. 1 Spot on Rhythmic Airplay Chart

Cardi B punches her ticket into the double-digit No. 1 club on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Safe,” featuring Kehlani, becomes her 10th leader. The track climbs from the runner-up spot to rule the list dated Nov. 8. Thanks to its victory, “Safe” outdoes the peak of Cardi B and Kehlani’s previous collaboration, “Ring,” which achieved a No. 2 best in November 2018.

“Safe,” released on Atlantic Records, was the most-played song on panel-contributing rhythmic radio stations in the United States for the tracking week of Oct. 24-30, according to Luminate, and improved 17% in plays compared with the prior week. Due to its surge, the collaboration wins the Greatest Gainer honor, awarded weekly to the song with the largest increase in plays.

With the new champ, Cardi B adds her 10th No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay and is the 13th artist to reach the milestone since the radio ranking’s launch in October 1992. Drake leads all acts, with 43 champs, while Rihanna, at 17, places second overall and claims the best total among women.

Here’s a recap of the Cardi’s B No. 1s on Rhythmic Airplay:

Song Title, Artist (if other than Cardi B), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
“Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),” four, Oct. 7, 2017
“No Limit,” G-Eazy feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B, two, Dec. 16, 2017
“Finesse,” with Bruno Mars, two, Feb. 17, 2018
“Be Careful,” one, July 7, 2018
“I Like It,” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, four, July 14, 2018
“Please Me,” with Bruno Mars, one, April 13, 2019
“WAP,” feat. Megan Thee Stallion, one, Sept. 26, 2020
“Up,” three, March 20, 2021
“Outside,” one, Aug. 16, 2025
“Safe,” feat. Kehlani, one (to date), Nov. 8, 2025

Featured artist Kehlani captures a second Rhythmic Airplay No. 1, just a month after “Folded” topped the chart for one week. “Folded” continues to break personal milestones, becoming the singer-songwriter’s first No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and top 10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 this week.

Elsewhere, “Safe” wins a third term atop the Rap Airplay chart, where it improved 19% in week-over-week audience and pushes 8-6 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart through a 22% gain to 13.5 million in audience at the format for the tracking week. Gains from various sectors help the single rise 22-21 on the Radio Songs chart, reaching 24.2 million (up 20%) across all radio formats during the latest tracking week.