Drake breaks Beatles all-time record and sets insane new marks on the Billboard Hot 100

Drake continues to break records and assert himself as the greatest artist in the history of the Billboard charts

Despite Beyonce retaining the lead on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, with their hit ‘Break My Soul’, another artist caught the eye in the latest chart update. we are talking about Drakewho broke and set several new records after his new song ‘Staying Alive’ with DJ Khaled and lil baby debut at No. 5 on the Hot 100.

As pointed out by Chart Data, the media that compiles the numbers of the Billboard charts in the United States, Drake is now the artist with the most Top 5 hits on the Hot 100 in the chart’s history, with 100 songs reaching the top 5 in his career. The brand is incredible on its own, but it gains even more strength when we notice that the rapper broke a historic record that belonged to the legendary band. The Beatles with this achievement in his career.

And it doesn’t stop there, as the Toronto rapper also extended his lead in the lead of artists with the most Top 20 hits on the Hot 100 in history, with 19 songs reaching the top twenty positions of the chart.

With his latest achievements and after ‘Jimmy Cooks’ topped the Hot 100 a few weeks ago, Drake is just behind Michael Jackson in the number of hits to lead the Billboard. The rapper now needs 4 more songs to top the chart to become the all-time leader, surpassing MJ.

Closing the year 2021, the billboard revealed the artists who dominated their charts in 2021 and Drake was named the greatest of them. The Toronto rapper took the honors for Greatest Artists Overall, Greatest Rap Artist, Greatest Hip-Hop/R&B Artists, Greatest Male Artist, Billboard 200 Greatest Male Artist, and Greatest Hip-Hop/R&B Songwriter.

.@Drake breaks the all-time record for most top 5 hits among all artists in Hot 100 history, surpassing @thebeatles (30).

— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2022

.@Drake becomes the first artist in history to earn a milestone 100 top 20 hits on the Hot 100.

— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2022

Billboard Hot 100: #7(-2) WAIT FOR U, @1future feat. @Drake & @temsbaby [15 weeks]. *peak: #1*

— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2022

“I got more slaps than The Beatles” – @Drake https://t.co/XHgthgM5lB

— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) August 15, 2022