Drake was dominant yet again in the Billboard Artist 100 Chart, as he was No. 1 for the 2nd week in a row in the rankings dated the 21st of July. He was at the summit in the United States’ rankings for the 28th time in his career, as his latest album called ‘Scorpion’ was No. 1 as well the Billboard 200 rankings. Drake completes the treble, with his single ‘In My Feelings’ being top in the Billboard Hot 100 rankings, as the song climbed five places from No. 6. The jump gave him his 6th No. 1 in the charts, which is the most among rappers.
The Artist 100
rankings is calculated by measuring music consumption across multiple
metrics, taking into account sales of tracks and albums by the
artist, streaming and radio airplay, as well as interaction with fans
and followers across multiple social media platforms. Thus, a ranking
is derived that represents the popularity of the artists.
Drake recently
also managed a record 27 singles to feature on the rankings of the
Billboard Hot 100 but has now got 24 songs on the latest chart, which
is the second best total in a week. The Billboard Hot 100 ranking is
59 years old and Drake is the only artist to manage 20 and more
titles on the chart in a single week. He has accomplished such a feat
five times. Not only is ‘In My Feelings’ at No. 1 in the
rankings; ‘Nice For What’ is at No. 4 and ‘God’s Plan’ is
at No. 6, with both the songs having achieved top spot previously.
Drake has the
second-most appearances at No. 1 in the Artist 100 rankings, with
only Taylor Swift ahead of him, having logged 36 instances at the
zenith of the chart, since its inception 4 years ago in 2014. Drake
follows her with 28, with The Weeknd coming at No. 3 owing to their
15 appearances. Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber are joint-fourth, with
11 appearances each at the top of the chart and at No. 5 is Adele
with 10 appearances.
Taylor Swift has
also gained 3 positions this week, as she climbed from No. 11 to
finish at No. 8; her highest since January. Her new single ‘Delicate’
has also climbed the rankings in the Billboard Hot 100, as it
achieved a high of No. 15, after climbing up 8 places from No. 23.
Meanwhile, Post
Malone managed to keep his No. 2 spot, while Bangton Boys, also known
as BTS, jumped up two places from No. 5 to finish at No. 3.
XXXTentacion meanwhile lost a place from No. 3 to end at No. 4. The
top 5 is rounded off by Imagine Dragons, who climbed up 2 places from
No. 7 to end the week at No. 5.
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