Vybz Kartel lands first Hot R&B-Hip-Hop Songs entry with Chris Brown collab
Vybz Kartel has his first Hot R&B-Hip-Hop Songs entry with Chris Brown’s “Fuck and Party,” a crossover hit that also lifted him to No. 22 on R&B Songs.
Vybz Kartel has reached a new American chart peak through Chris Brown’s “Fuck and Party,” landing his first entry on Billboard’s Hot R&B-Hip-Hop Songs chart and giving the dancehall star another clear sign of rising mainstream pull. The track opened at No. 39 on Hot R&B-Hip-Hop Songs and No. 22 on R&B Songs, making the Brown collaboration one of Kartel’s strongest U.S. chart moves to date.
The placement matters because it comes inside a major rollout. Brown released Brown, his 12th studio album, on Friday, May 8, 2026, and the 27-track set includes Kartel alongside YoungBoy Never Broke Again, GloRilla, Leon Thomas, Bryson Tiller, Tank, Fridayy, Sexyy Red and Lucky Daye. Brown has been moving broadly as well, debuting at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, No. 3 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, No. 19 on Top Album Sales and No. 4 on Top Streaming Albums. For Kartel, that kind of chart environment gives the feature real weight, because this is not a stray placement on a niche release but a cut from a project reaching across multiple Billboard categories.
The song also extends a pattern that reggae and dancehall fans know well. This is the third time a Jamaican-born dancehall artist has appeared on a Chris Brown album, following Sean Paul on “Brown Skin Girl” from Graffiti in 2009 and Byron Messia on “Nightmares” from 11:11 in 2023. Brown’s earlier link with Messia also showed that the lane can deliver beyond the core dancehall audience, with “Nightmares” reaching No. 22 on Billboard’s R&B Songs chart and No. 73 on the UK Singles chart. “Fuck and Party” was produced by T-Town, adding another layer to a collaboration built for both club reach and crossover visibility.
Kartel’s chart run has been building rather than stalling. His first appearance on Billboard’s Hot R&B-Hip-Hop Songs chart came in 2009 with “Romping Shop” alongside Spice, which peaked at No. 76. His most recent Billboard appearance before the Brown feature came in December 2025, when Travis Scott, Tyla and Kartel’s “PBT” reached No. 5 on Rhythmic Airplay. With his June 5, 2026 album God & Time already lined up via TJ Records and Vybz Kartel Muzik, and distribution through Zojack Worldwide, this new Brown entry lands as more than a one-off. It is the latest proof that Kartel’s post-release momentum is still pushing him deeper into the mainstream charts, one crossover at a time.
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