These are wonderful times for Champagne Papi, also known as Drake. The Canadian rapper has just been named the artiste with the most Hot 100 top 10 hits in Billboard history.
Drake was effectively helped into this position by his guest appearance on two of DJ Khaled’s songs, “Popstar” and “Greece,” which debuted at Nos. 3 and 8 in this week’s Hot 100, earning Drake his 39th and 40th places on the Top 10 chart.
Drake is followed by the legendary Madonna, who is just two places behind. Below, if you please, is Billboard Hot 100 Top 10s for the past 62 years. (Billboard as a brand is actually 125 years old).
- 40. Drake
Madonna
34. The Beatles
31. Rihanna
30. Michael Jackson
28. Mariah Carey
28. Stevie Wonder
27. Janet Jackson
27. Elton John
25. Lil Wayne
25. Elvis Presley
25. Taylor Swift
How long will Drake retain his position? It only takes two chart toppers for Madonna to have a tie with Drake and tree chart toppers for her to unseat him. As history has shown again and again, records are made and then broken. Soon enough, another artiste will snap the top spot, and another will snap it from that one, and the process goes on…
Shout out to October’s Very Own. What are your thoughts on this accomplishment? You may want to sound off in the comments below.
