Drake Ties James Brown’s Record

Congrats to Drizzy. He joins James Brown in Hot 100 history.

This week, Drake rolled onto the Hot 100 with four tracks, led by “Back to Back” at No. 21 (122,000 first-week downloads sold). With the bows, he adds an impressive honor: he ties late R&B icon James Brown for the fourth-most entries, 91 each, in the Hot 100’s 57-year history.

Here’s an updated count of the acts with the most Hot 100 hits all-time:

207, Glee Cast
126, Lil Wayne
108, Elvis Presley
91, James Brown
91, Drake
83, Jay Z
74, Ray Charles
73, Aretha Franklin
72, Chris Brown
71, the Beatles

Notably, Brown was the lead act on all 91 of his Hot 100 visits; Drake has been lead on 48 and featured on 43 of his 91, a reflection of hip-hop’s trademark abundance of featured billings.

8/14/15