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\n\tKendrick Lamar<\/a> is absolutely everywhere on the Billboard <\/em>charts this week, following his explosive performance at halftime of Super Bowl LIX \u2014 the most-watched halftime show<\/a> in history, according to the NFL and presenter Apple Music, with 133.5 million viewers.<\/p>\n \n\tOn the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> (dated Feb. 22), Lamar owns five of the top 10 songs, including four of the top five and the entire top three. Leading the pack is his already-minted classic \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d which returns to No. 1 for the first time since July 2024 and third week total. Meanwhile, on the Billboard 200<\/a>, Lamar notches three of the top 10 albums \u2014 the first rapper to ever have three simultaneous entries in the region \u2014 also including the No. 1 spot, held by his late-2024 blockbuster GNX<\/em>, in its second week on top.<\/p>\n \n\tWhat do we make of the extent of Lamar\u2019s chart dominance? And how much longer can he keep up this commercial run? Billboard<\/em> staffers discuss these questions and more below. <\/p>\n \n\t1. The week after his Super Bowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar commands five of the top 10 spots on the Hot 100 \u2014 including four of the top five and the entire top three \u2014 while also notching three albums in the Billboard 200\u2019s top 10, and returning to the top of both the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 with \u201cNot Like Us\u201d and <\/strong>GNX<\/em><\/strong>, respectively. On a scale from 1-10, how insane do you find Kendrick\u2019s level of post-Super Bowl dominance to be? <\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tEric Renner Brown<\/strong>: 7. I\u2019m not shocked that Kendrick\u2019s Super Bowl halftime show has boosted his streaming numbers. But I am surprised by the degree to which it has boosted them, following what\u2019s been a very strong 12-month period for the rapper. It\u2019s wild to me that, despite forgoing the typical \u201cgreatest hits\u201d format for a Super Bowl halftime show and focusing on GNX<\/em> material, Kendrick\u2019s performance still lifted two of his old albums into the Billboard 200\u2019s top 10.<\/p>\n \n\tKyle Denis<\/strong>: 10. Mostly because I simply did not see any of this coming by the time we wrapped the Mr. Morale<\/em> era in late 2023. I always knew Kendrick was capable of outright dominating a year; it just felt like he was content already having done so with Damn.<\/em> and the Black Panther <\/em>soundtrack during 2017-18. While the GNX<\/em> boosts are dope to see, I\u2019m less impressed by them considering most of the album has lived in the uppermost reaches of the Hot 100 since its surprise release last November. I\u2019m far more impressed by good kid, m.A.A.d city \u2013 <\/em>which saw none of its songs performed during halftime \u2013 re-entering the top 10 of the Billboard 200 (No. 10). Or better yet, his Jay Rock-assisted \u201cMoney Trees\u201d \u2014 a good kid<\/em> deep cut that was also passed over for the halftime setlist \u2013 finally debuting at No. 11 on Rap Streaming Songs over 12 years after its release.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tAngel Diaz<\/strong>: I\u2019m not a big numbers guy, but this seems like a big deal, so I\u2019ll give it a 10. It\u2019s refreshing to see those type of rap singles being at the top of the charts in place of some of the generic party records that we\u2019re used to seeing dominate.<\/p>\n \n\tJason Lipshutz<\/strong>: An 8. Two points off because most of the Kendrick songs currently in the top 10 were already relatively huge prior to the halftime boost\u2026 but still, this is pretty much best-case scenario for how a Super Bowl performance can result in chart dominance. The fact that two of his pre-GNX<\/em> albums return to the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this week demonstrates the depth to which viewers are returning to his back catalog as well, making the Super Bowl showcase both a boon to the new songs he performed as well as motivation to discover older songs he did not.<\/p>\n \n\tAndrew Unterberger<\/strong>: Tempted to say 10, just because the specifics continue to be mind-boggling for me, but Kendrick was already on such a heater pre-Super Bowl that it probably can\u2019t be higher than a 9. Still, c\u2019mon \u2014 how wild is this s\u2013t?? <\/p>\n