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Lizzo Makes History As She Ties Iggy Azalea’s Record For Most Weeks At Number 1 For A Female Rapper

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; rapper&sol;singer<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsr-congrats-lizzo&sol;"> Lizzo<&sol;a> has a lot to celebrate these days&excl; Aside from winning awards&comma; selling out shows and covering magazines&comma; she has now officially made history on the Billboard charts courtesy of her chart-topping single&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Truth Hurts&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After recently urging her fans to continue streaming &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Truth Hurts&comma;” Lizzo is definitely reaping the benefits of her request&period; As &commat;ABCNews reports&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Truth Hurts” has officially <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;GMA&sol;Culture&sol;lizzo-ties-record-7th-week-billboard-hot-100&sol;story&quest;id&equals;66428425&amp&semi;cid&equals;social&lowbar;twitter&lowbar;abcn">tied the record<&sol;a> for the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a rap song by a female artist&period; The song has been sitting atop the chart for a record seven weeks&comma; which was initially set back in 2014 by Iggy Azalea with her hit song &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fancy&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The song is from Lizzo’s third studio album&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cuz I Love You&comma;” which returned to number one after being briefly replaced by Travis Scott’s latest album&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Highest in the Room&period;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Truth Hurts” is also dominating the urban charts&comma; where it remains at number one on the Hot R&amp&semi;B&sol;Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an eighth straight week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those are not the only records she’s breaking&comma; as she also just broke the record for longest solo female number one in history&comma; since &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Truth Hurts” doesn’t contain any features&period; With sunshine comes a bit of rain however because Lizzo has been in the middle of multiple plagiarism claims and lawsuits for her singles&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Truth Hurts” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Juice&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Los Angeles songwriter Justin Raisen has accused her of using his lyrics&comma; melody and chords for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Truth Hurts” and neglecting to give him credit or compensation&period; Additionally&comma; dance music legend CeCe Peniston is also throwing accusations Lizzo’s way&comma; claiming that she appropriated CeCe’s hit &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Finally” for her track &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Juice&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"53866" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lizzo-makes-history-as-she-ties-iggy-azaleas-record-for-most-weeks-at-number-1-for-a-female-rapper&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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