More than 30 years after her musical debut, and two decades after her death, Aaliyah posthumously earns her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart. “Gone,” which features Tank, crowns the list dated Sept. 27 as the most-played song on panel-contributing adult R&B radio stations in the Sept. 12-18 tracking week.

“Gone,” released and promoted on Blackground Records, rises from No. 2 with a 23% surge in weekly plays, according to Luminate.

The song becomes Aaliyah’s first Adult R&B Airplay leader among 14 appearances. Her previous best came via her cover of The Isley Brothers’ “At Your Best (You Are Love),” which reached No. 4 in November 1994. That song marked her second visit, after debut hit “Back and Forth,” which hit No. 6 that June. She logged nine of her chart entries dur

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