drake is back at No. 1 on the Hot 100 this week, returning to the top of the all-genre chart of the most consumed songs in the United States with another immediate leader. As his new song debuts at No. 1 on the competitive tally, he breaks a tie with two of America’s most successful musical acts of the past decade and once again proves he may be the greatest. music industry name.
Rapper Future drops his new song “Wait for U” to the top of the Hot 100, and he’s not alone at the top. Drake and Nigerian singer Tems are credited as featured artists on the song. The track is No. 1 on the chart for Future, No. 1 for Tems and No. 1 for Drake. In fact, not only has the Canadian hip-hop titan hit the peak position with 10 different tracks, he’s seen half a dozen of them debut at number one, and that’s something no artist has. succeeded before.
With six No. 1 Hot 100 debuts now under his belt, Drake stands out as the musician with the most immediate leaders in the chart’s half-century history. Along with the new “Wait for U”, he also launched all of the following songs to the top of the Hot 100: “God’s Plan”, “Nice for What”, “Toosie Slide”, “What’s Next” and most recently, “Way 2 Sexy” with Young Thug and, somewhat coincidentally, Future.
Prior to this week, Drake was tied with Ariana Grande and BTS for the most No. 1 debuts on the Hot 100, but “Wait for U” helped him pull ahead once again. more, affirming this bit of Billboard chart the story for himself.
Grande became the first musical act to land five No. 1 debuts on the Hot 100, a milestone she achieved at the end of 2020. She first launched a single to the top of the chart in 2018, when “Thank U, Next” wasted no time in going straight to the top spot. She then added to her sum in a short time, as “7 Rings” opened in first place in 2019, then in 2020 she collected three more quick smashes with “Stuck With U” with Justin Bieber, “Rain On Me ” with Lady Gaga and her own “Positions”.
BTS also landed five No. 1 starts on the Hot 100, and they managed to rack up their wins faster than anyone in history. The South Korean boy group reached the throne for the first time with “Dynamite,” which opened atop the chart in September 2020. By the end of that year, they had tripled their lead count, with “ Life Goes On” also pitched as high as one title can climb (while another climbed to the top). In 2021, the K-pop stars landed three more No. 1 debuts on the Hot 100, as “Butter”, “Permission to Dance” and “My Universe” with Coldplay all started their time on the chart in first place.
This week, Future will dominate both the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200, once Billboard correctly refreshes both graphs tomorrow (Tuesday May 10). While “Wait for U” topped their respective charts, the album it featured on, I never loved youalso tops the Billboard 200 list. The feature is the rapper’s eighth peak, and it looks like most, if not all of the tracks on it will end up in the Hot 100.