Drake has added yet another feather to his cap after beating a long-standing chart record previously held by The Beatles.
As Billboard reported on Monday (August 15), the Toronto hitmaker’s new “Staying Alive” collaboration with DJ Khaled and Lil Baby debuted at No. 5 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100.
It means Drake has now placed an unprecedented 30 top five singles on the chart, surpassing The Beatles’ 29 — a record that stood for 55 years.
The trophies don’t end there. Thanks to “Staying Alive,” the OVO Sound boss now has a milestone 100 top 20 entries on the Hot 100, more than any other artist in the chart’s 64-year history.
Drake took to Instagram on Monday night to celebrate his latest milestones, writing: “Ok I broke my records for the month now me and @stake need you to do your thing Bitcoin,” along with a laughing face emoji.
He shared a screenshot of a tweet announcing his achievement, along with a video of him winning a cool $5.13 million on a single virtual roulette bet and a Bitcoin tracker showing over $24,000 in the digital currency.
Jamie Foxx, Murda Beatz and Michael Rubin were among those who congratulated him in the comments section. “BIGGUPS,” Foxx wrote, while Murda added: “Oh Canada.”
Drake is no stranger to making history on the Billboard charts. Last year, he became the first artist to simultaneously debut atop the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 with Certified Lover Boy and “Way 2 Sexy,” respectively.
He repeated the feat in June when his house-influenced Honestly, Nevermind LP and 21 Savage-assisted “Jimmy Cooks” both bowed at No. 1 on their respective charts.
The Beatles aren’t the only legendary act being eclipsed by Drake, statistically speaking. Michael Jackson’s almost 40-year record for the most top 10 Hot 100 hits from one album (seven from Thriller) was smashed last year when CLB occupied nine of the top 10 spots in the same week.
Following Certified Lover Boy’s enormous success, Billboard sparked a heated debate among music fans when they posed the question: ““Is Drake in 2021 now as big as Michael Jackson or The Beatles at their peaks?”
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Not every record that Drake sets is worth shouting about, though. In July, the 35-year-old tied the not-so-flattering record for the biggest single-week drop-off on the Hot 100 (for a song that remained on the chart) when “Texts Go Green” fell 81 spots (No. 13 to No. 94).
Drake’s longtime rival Kendrick Lamar set the record just weeks earlier with his Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers track “We Cry Together,” which slid from No. 16 to No. 97 in one week.
back then people had to go out and buy a hard copy of the beatles records, i dont think you can really compare the two.
Drake is outselling the Beatles in today’s Era of streams.
ya because Gertrude and Delphine arent on the internet.
Because No one except for the aging grandpa’s like those songs
If people still bump Drake on the regular 50+ years from now is another story. Beatles fans still do. Paul McCartney still sells out arenas when he goes on worldwide tours. I cant imagine Drake or anybody else doing the same at 80.
The only way drake would not be selling out arenas at age 80 is if he dies before then.
Exactly! ?
Can’t compare streaming songs from the convenience of your phone or laptop to physically going to a store and purchasing music. These new “accolades” sound good but they need their own category.
As another commenter already said, these accolades aren’t even slightly comparable. The Beatles broke these records back when people had to physically oufchase your music to listen to it. Nowadays, people like Lil Nas X can have 1 billion views on a song, because people don’t have to actually be fans and buy it. They just have to click it, and there’s over 4 billion people on the internet. Beatles never had that same exposure worldwide. So I think its ridiculous to compare the age of streaming to selling physical records. There should really be a new system with new accolades in place, because comparing it is kinda BS.
Beatles have digital exposure now and drake still outselling them big time
A lot of old hippies in here. All records would get broken eventually. Drake is the best selling rapper out there and will surprass michael Jackson’s numbers in a few years.
Of course he did.. The Beatles would have been antisemitic if Drake wouldn’t have beat them.
Pretty amazing to think The Beatles did this from pure album sales. Drake has been on every artist in the industry’s songs and it still took him this long to pass them
The Beatles were the only musical act back then to be consistently successful. There’s a lot more artists getting instant successes thanks to Drake. Still can’t knock his hustle
Took him this long? He’s in his mid-30’s and access the music isn’t just a couple radio stations playing same songs. The fragmentation and variety available is mind boggling versus 40-60 years ago
Hope he breaks his bitch ass neck. Now that’s some shit I could celebrate.