Each Drake launch brings its share of Billboard chart historical past, and his new single “Search & Rescue” isn’t any completely different.
The observe debuts at No. 2 on the most recent Billboard Sizzling 100 chart (dated April 22), extending his data for essentially the most prime 5s, prime 10s, prime 20s, prime 40s and whole entries in chart historical past.
As Drake makes extra historical past, right here’s a take a look at all of the Sizzling 100 data the famous person has damaged in his profession, and people who he hasn’t (but), all by the chart dated April 22, 2023.
It’s price noting that, as streaming has grow to be extra outstanding in recent times, some acts have been capable of obtain spectacular Sizzling 100 feats after releasing high-profile albums. The mannequin contrasts with prior a long time, when acts usually promoted one single at a time within the physical-only market and on radio. That shift in consumption helps clarify why artists have been capable of enhance their whole variety of profession entries and prime 10s over brief spans in recent times.
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Most Prime 5 Billboard Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake has 35 prime 5 hits on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
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Most Prime 10 Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake has 68 prime 10 hits on the Sizzling 100.
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Most Prime 20 Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake has 116 prime 20 hits on the Sizzling 100.
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Most Prime 40 Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake has 174 prime 40 hits on the Sizzling 100.
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Most Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake has 294 Sizzling 100 hits.
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Most No. 2-Peaking Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake has 9 songs which have peaked at No. 2 on the Sizzling 100.
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Most No. 1 Sizzling 100 Debuts
Drake has seven songs which have debuted at No. 1 on the Sizzling 100.
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Most Prime 5 Sizzling 100 Debuts
Drake has 25 songs which have debuted within the prime 5 on the Sizzling 100.
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Most Prime 10 Sizzling 100 Debuts
Drake has 53 songs which have debuted within the prime 10 of the Sizzling 100.
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Most Prime 20 Sizzling 100 Debuts
Drake has 93 songs which have debuted within the prime 20 of the Sizzling 100.
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Most Prime 40 Sizzling 100 Debuts
Drake has 141 songs which have debuted within the prime 40 of the Sizzling 100.
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Most Consecutive Weeks Spent on the Sizzling 100
Drake spent a document 431 consecutive weeks on the Sizzling 100 (2009 – 2017).
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Most Simultaneous Prime 5 Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake had 5 prime 5 Sizzling 100 hits on the Sept. 18, 2021-dated chart, matching The Beatles, who hit that document on April 4, 1964. Taylor Swift matched the document on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Most Simultaneous Prime 20 Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake had 15 simultaneous prime 20 Sizzling 100 hits on the Nov. 19, 2022-dated chart.
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Most Simultaneous Prime 40 Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake had 21 simultaneous prime 40 Sizzling 100 hits on the July 14, 2018 and Sept. 18, 2021-dated charts
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Most Prime 10 Hits in a Calendar 12 months
Drake earned 13 prime 10 hits on the Sizzling 100 in 2018, 2021 and 2022.
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Most Prime 40 Hits in a Calendar 12 months
Drake earned 31 prime 40 hits on the Sizzling 100 in 2022.
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Most Cumulative Weeks Spent within the Prime 10
Drake has spent 372 whole weeks within the prime 10 of the Sizzling 100 (combining the totals of all his 68 prime 10s).
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most No. 1 Hits
Drake has tallied 11 No. 1 hits on the Sizzling 100 in his profession, essentially the most amongst rappers. Amongst all artists, although, he’s tied with Whitney Houston for the seventh-most, after The Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (19), Rihanna (14), Michael Jackson (13), The Supremes and Madonna (12 every).
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most Simultaneous Sizzling 100 Hits
Morgan Wallen holds the document for essentially the most entries on the Sizzling 100 in a single week, with 36 on March 18, 2023 from his LP One Factor At A Time. Drake beforehand held the document, when he charted 27 songs on the July 14, 2018-dated chart.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most Cumulative Weeks Spent at No. 1
Drake has spent a mixed 54 weeks at No. 1 on the Sizzling 100 in his profession. That’s the fourth-most, after Mariah Carey (87), Rihanna (60) and The Beatles (59).
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most Consecutive Weeks Spent within the Prime 10
Drake spent 51 consecutive weeks within the Sizzling 100’s prime 10 in 2015-16, because of “Hotline Bling,” Rihanna’s Drake-featuring “Work,” “Summer season Sixteen” and “One Dance,” that includes WizKid and Kyla. That’s the fourth-longest unbroken run within the prime 10, after Katy Perry’s 69-week run in 2010-11, The Chainsmokers’ 61-weeks in 2016-17 and Justin Bieber’s 59 weeks in 2021-22.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most Simultaneous Prime 10 Sizzling 100 Hits
Drake logged a then-record 9 entries within the prime 10 on the chart dated Sept. 18, 2021. Swift surpassed that when she blanketed your complete prime 10 on the chart dated Nov. 5, 2022.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most Prime 10 Sizzling 100 Hits From One Album
Drake scored 9 prime 10s from his 2021 album Licensed Lover Boy, the document till Taylor Swift notched. 10 from Midnights on the chart dated Nov, 5, 2022.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most Weeks Concurrently Topping the Sizzling 100 & Billboard 200
Drake has doubled-up atop each charts concurrently on eight completely different events in his profession, the third-most of all time after The Beatles and Whitney Houston, who’ve doubled for 12 weeks apiece.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most No. 1 Hits in a Calendar 12 months
Drake greatest 12 months, by way of No. 1 Sizzling 100 singles, was 2018, the place he scored three of his 11 No. 1 hits: “God’s Plan,” “Good for What” and “In My Emotions.” The document for essentially the most No. 1 hits earned in a calendar 12 months belongs to The Beatles, who earned six in 1964: “I Need To Maintain Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” “Can’t Purchase Me Love,” “Love Me Do,” “A Laborious Day’s Evening” and “I Really feel Wonderful.” (Although Drake’s vocals are used on Travis Scott’s 2018 No. 1 “Sicko Mode,” he isn’t formally credited on the observe and it due to this fact doesn’t rely in the direction of his chart historical past.)
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most Prime 5 Hits in a Calendar 12 months
Drake tallied eight prime 5 hits on the Sizzling 100 in 2021 alone, his private greatest for any 12 months: “What’s Subsequent,” “Desires and Wants,” “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” “Champagne Poetry,” “Women Need Women,” “Honest Commerce,” “Approach 2 Attractive” and “Knife Discuss.” The Beatles maintain the all-time document for many prime 5 hits in a calendar 12 months, with 10 earned in 1964: “I Need To Maintain Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” “Please Please Me,” “Twist and Shout,” “Do You Need To Know a Secret,” “Can’t Purchase Me Love,” “Love Me Do,” “A Laborious Day’s Evening,” “I Really feel Wonderful” and “She’s a Lady.”
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HASN’T BROKEN: Most General Entries in a Calendar 12 months
Drake earned 41 whole entries on the Sizzling 100 in 2022, a brand new private greatest in a single 12 months. The general document for many entries earned in a calendar 12 months is 80, achieved by the Glee Forged in 2010.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Track With the Most Weeks Spent at No. 1
Drake’s longest operating No. 1 hit is “God’s Plan”: 11 weeks in 2018. Lil Nas X’s “Previous City Highway,” that includes Billy Ray Cyrus, holds the all-time longevity document, with 19 weeks spent at No. 1 on the Sizzling 100 in 2019.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Track With the Most Weeks Spent within the Prime 5
Drake’s longest operating prime 5 Sizzling 100 hit is “God’s Plan” (22 weeks). The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” holds the document for essentially the most weeks spent within the area, with 43 weeks.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Track With the Most Weeks Spent within the Prime 10
Drake’s longest operating prime 10 hit is “God’s Plan” (26 weeks). The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” holds the document for essentially the most weeks spent within the area, with 57 weeks.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Track With the Most Weeks Spent within the Prime 20
Drake’s longest operating prime 20 hit is “No Steering” (Chris Brown that includes Drake; 31 weeks). The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” holds the document for essentially the most weeks spent within the area, with 80 weeks.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Track With the Most Weeks Spent within the Prime 40
Drake’s longest operating prime 40 hit is “No Steering” (Chris Brown that includes Drake; 44 weeks). The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” holds the document for essentially the most weeks spent within the area, with 86 weeks.
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HASN’T BROKEN: Track With the Most Weeks Spent on the Sizzling 100
Drake’s longest-running Sizzling 100 hit total is “No Steering” (46 whole weeks). Glass Animals’ “Warmth Waves” holds the document for essentially the most weeks spent on the chart, with 91 in 2021-22.
