After surpassing King of Pop Michael Jackson‘s and Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin‘s respective Hot 100 records it now appears Rihanna has another musical monarch in her sights – King of Rock & Roll Elvis Presley.
Indeed, the pop princess – whose Rih-lentless onslaught of chart-toppers has seen her lay waste to many-a-Billboard chart stat of the genre’s legends (see: Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and more) – is set to to add Presley’s historic accomplishments to her list of casualties.
With the ascension of her Calvin Harris-crafted release, ‘This Is What You Came For,’ to the top 5, we see what Rih really came for is Elvis’s wig and record. Details below:
“Calvin Harris’ “This Is What You Came For,” featuring Rihanna, enters the Hot 100’s top five, rising 6-5.
Rihanna scores her 21st top five Hot 100 hit, tying Elvis Presley for the fifth-most top fives in the chart’s history, which dates to Aug. 4, 1958. (Notably, Presley’s career launched two years before the chart began.) Here’s a look at the acts with the most top five hits, as Rihanna breaks out of a tie with two icons, each with 20:
Most Top Five Hot 100 Hits in History
29, The Beatles
28, Madonna
26, Mariah Carey
24, Janet Jackson
21, Elvis Presley
21, Rihanna
20, Michael Jackson
20, Stevie Wonder”
Hot 100 This Week
Black excellence!
And let me add that Elvis was FINE…now THAT’S white chocolate chile lol
I wonder what the top 5 records record is for top 5’s as a lead artist on a track??????????????????????????????
love are hate her, at the end of the day the fact is Riri is a hit maker.
Michael Jackson didn’t need YouTube and Vevo to get his top 10 hits. Rihanna has scored a lot of “hits” lately that have reached the Top 5 or top 10 of the Hot 100 but failed to crack the Top 10 of Digital sales or airplay. Strange? No?
Music just dies a little more each day, each week, each month, each year! This is the kind of crap kids these days listen to. Untalented manufactured gimmicks easily breaking and tying records that talented legends actually had to work their a** off for!
Aww poor thing.
Another week, another legend Rihanna takes a record from. Queen Of Pop!
Nobody can deny Rihanna rules the Billboard Hot 100! I will give her credit in that area!
A slew of her hits are features , so she doesn’t rule anything really. She can’t sing nor dance, nor perform, so at the end of the day; she can dreak every record in the book and won’t be a legend.
She’s relevant from image, fashion, and features, not talent!
I hate when her delusional fans hype her up to be something she’s not. If she was out when “talent” was a precursor to a lucrative career, she wouldn’t been a flicker!
Congrats!
ROTFL because “Queen Of Pop” has me dying.
Yaaas she’s snatching wigs
Congrats let’s not tare anyone down. You’ll never know the pain they might go through behind the scenes. Anyway this girl be slaying these shoots better than most supermodels. And like someone said Elvis was fine in his early years! That fine tall drank of water could have gotten it honey ???
How is Justin horrible song still Top 2?
Guh he paid for it!
A Legend!
Why are y’all so impressed by these weak stats. It is way easier for her to get hits. She’s tossing out so many singles. Streaming has helped her a great deal. A lot of that is free..
She’s earned most of these hits with features too. That’s important to note.
probably a hating ass Beyoncé f¥g
Hater kiiiii
The sad thing is these hives hate anything rih does
that’s why Beyonce never acknowledge them
Slay QUEEN Rihanna! To the haters, if it was so easy to get sooo many number ones, your faves would be stacking them up. Give props!
Young legend…. She did this all before 30 #WhoMad?
Legends have talent in front of their accolades.
Rihanna will never be a legend nor a singer for that matter. It’s all image with this girl.
With a generic song like “This Is What You Came For” that no ones going to remember in 6 months. ? But congrats,I guess lol
That Rihanna reign…you know the rest 😉
when will yor fave??? LEGEND!
So what after all she’ll neither be a legend nor respected as the true legends are.
Coming from a fan of the modern day Cyndi Loper….
Singles Queen.
Please. Somebody. Just shoot me. Seriously. I don’t want to live in this world anymore!
She just hops on any hit in town.there is a danger of over exposure.add to the streaming and all,the so called hits will keep coming.the kii is that Katy perry And other new generic hit makers are coming to snatch them hit.she has just put out three albums.
Has she even scanned double platinum yet?
Good for Riri and she only just featuring in Calvin h song
We are very proud of Rihanna.
P.S. Please brandish this thigh high Rihanna + Manolo Blahnik boots.
All of those hits listed by Madonna had her as the lead artist. And 90 per cent of them are still played and remembered to this day as classics. The world won’t be recall the likes of Work, TIWYCF and Needed Me in two years, never mind 20. It’s a shame as Rihanna does have classics too, but she dilutes them with her throw-everything-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach. I bet Rihanna’s already released more singles in her career than Madonna has in her three decade career.
I never thought at TGJ there is some clairvoyant…
How do you know something will not be recall ?
Everybody said this about umbrella but look now it’s a 2000’classic .
She will never be a legend ? Ask older people about the like of Madonna and MC for ex at their prime…same thing were said about them but a look at them now.
Rihanna was called a one hit wonder in 2005 and 11 years later she is still here with us .
Lady Gaga was called in 2008 an icon/phenomenon and 8 years later she’s no where to be found.
Adele was called the cheaper version of Amy Winehouse and un 2016 she is the best seller of album.
So while none of you can not predict the future shut up
So many coconuts. No lies
Why do people hate on Rihanna…they act like she makes the charts! Lol dawn she does her thing and slays..nothing more nothing less
Why do people hate on Rihanna…they act like she makes the charts! Lol she does her thing and slays..nothing more nothing less
They should start again.
Because many of the superstars before rihanna didn’t have , vevo, YouTube, intunes,Internet etc
Its not fair.