With his hit, ‘Toosie Slide,’ Canadian rapper Drake became the second artist in history to debut a single atop the Hot 100 three times over his career – an accomplishment only ‘Queen of Billboard’ Mariah Carey could boast at the time. Later, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande were able to as well (click here to read more).
Granted, the feat of nabbing multiple openings at the tally’s summit is ultra rare, but many will be surprised to know – even in the current era of streaming – how infrequently any act has premiered a song at the hitlist’s peak position at any point in his or her career. In fact, among the 1,120 #1 hits in Hot 100 history (which dates to Aug. 4, 1958), only 51 of them debuted at the top.
To celebrate Drizzy’s addition to the growing index, That Grape Juice thought it a great time time to salute the hitmakers who broke the ground before and after him.
Look inside to see the elite list:
{Updated 4/8/2021}
*Ranked in order of occurrence*
1. Michael Jackson
“You Are Not Alone”
Chart Debut Date: September 2, 1995
2. Mariah Carey
“Fantasy”
Chart Debut Date: September 30, 1995
3. Whitney Houston
“Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”
Chart Debut Date: November 25, 1995
4. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
“One Sweet Day”
Chart Debut Date: December 2, 1995
5. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112
“I’ll Be Missing You”
Chart Debut Date: June 14, 1997
6. Mariah Carey
“Honey”
Chart Debut Date: September 13, 1997
7. Elton John
“Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight”
Chart Debut Date: October 11, 1997
8. Celine Dion
“My Heart Will Go On”
Chart Debut Date: February 28, 1998
9. Aerosmith
“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
Chart Debut Date: September 5, 1998
10. Lauryn Hill
“Doo Wop (That Thing)”
Chart Debut Date: November 14, 1998
11. Clay Aiken
“This Is the Night”
Chart Debut Date: June 28, 2003
12. Fantasia
“I Believe”
Chart Debut Date: July 10, 2004
13. Carrie Underwood
“Inside Your Heaven”
Chart Debut Date: July 2, 2005
14. Taylor Hicks
“Do I Make You Proud”
Chart Debut Date: July 1, 2006
15. Britney Spears
“3”
Chart Debut Date: October 24, 2009
16. Eminem
“Not Afraid”
Chart Debut Date: May 22, 2010
17. Ke$ha
“We R Who We R”
Chart Debut Date: November 13, 2010
18. Britney Spears
“Hold It Against Me”
Chart Debut Date: January 29, 2011
19. Lady Gaga
“Born This Way”
Chart Debut Date: February 26, 2011
20. Katy Perry
“Part Of Me”
Chart Debut Date: March 3, 2012
21. Baauer
“Harlem Shake”
Chart Debut Date: March 2, 2013
22. Taylor Swift
“Shake It Off”
Chart Debut Date: September 6, 2014
23. Justin Bieber
”What Do You Mean?”
Chart Debut Date: Sept. 19, 2015
24. Adele
“Hello”
Chart Debut Date: November 14, 2015
25. Zayn
“Pillowtalk”
Chart Debut Date: February 20, 2016
26. Justin Timberlake
“Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
Chart Debut Date: May 28, 2016
27. Ed Sheeran
“Shape Of You”
Chart Debut Date: January 28, 2017
28. DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne
“I’m The One”
Chart Debut Date: May 20, 2017
29. Drake
“God’s Plan”
Chart Debut Date: February 3, 2018
30. Drake
“Nice for What”
Chart Debut Date: April 21, 2018
31. Childish Gambino
“This Is America”
Chart Debut Date: May 19, 2018
32. Ariana Grande
“Thank U, Next”
Chart Debut Date: November 17, 2018
33. Ariana Grande
“7 Rings”
Chart Debut Date: February 2, 2019
34. Jonas Brothers
“Sucker”
Chart Debut Date: March 16, 2019
35. Travis Scott
“Highest In The Room”
Chart Debut Date: Oct. 19, 2019
36. Drake
“Toosie Slide”
Chart Debut Date: Apr. 13, 2020
37. The Scotts
“The Scotts”
Chart Debut Date: May 9, 2020
38. Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber
“Stuck with U”
Chart Debut Date: May 23, 2020
39. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
“Rain on Me”
Chart Debut Date: June 6, 2020
40. 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj
“Trollz”
Chart Debut Date: June 27, 2020
41. Taylor Swift
“Cardigan”
Chart Debut Date: Aug. 8, 2020
42. Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion
“WAP”
Chart Debut Date: Aug. 17, 2020
43. BTS
“Dynamite”
Chart Debut Date: Aug. 31, 2020
44. Travis Scott, M.I.A., & Young Thug
“Franchise”
Chart Debut Date: Sept. 28, 2020
45. Ariana Grande
“Positions”
Chart Debut Date: Nov. 2, 2020
46. BTS
“Life Goes On”
Chart Debut Date: Nov. 30, 2020
47. Taylor Swift
“Willow”
Chart Debut Date: Dec. 21, 2020
48. Olivia Rodrigo
“Driver’s License”
Chart Debut Date: Jan. 23, 2021
49. Drake
“What’s Next”
Chart Debut Date: March 20, 2021
50. Justin Bieber
“Peaches”
Chart Debut Date: April 3, 2021
51. Lil Nas X
“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
Chart Debut Date: April 10, 2021
52. Polo G
“Rapstar”
Chart Debut Date: April 24, 2021
53. Olivia Rodrigo
“Good 4 U”
Chart Debut Date: May 29, 2021
54. BTS
“Butter”
Chart Debut Date: June 5, 2021
Queen Britney Spears!
Nope! Mandy Moore is better
Most of these aren’t even my favorite song from the artist, but some I can see why they were #1.
On another high note, “stupid love” by GaGa has officially fallen out of the top 200 on Spotify. That stupid b*tch. This generation will forget about GaGa…this is the end. Watch!
Girl shut up
The song still on the top 40 with barely any promo
It’s fine with it’s streaming and airplay
Do u mind the idiot
Stupid love is a top 5 hit.
U still haven’t told us where normani is on the billboard hot 100, spotify 100 and iTunes 100.
Rat.
Clarkson, you’re not getting any attention from me. Enjoy this comment ? mwah!
U are a silly fool
When are u gonna stop visiting this blog?
U have said it several times, that u are done with TGJ but here u are.
Can u just leave this blog for good, so people in the comment section can start having intelligent conversations
Thanks.
Spotify?
Lol, yeah girl, shut the hell up please.
SCREAMING AT HARLEM SHAKE WERE WE OKAY THAT YEAR?
Lmao it’s because billboard changed its rules this year. I think this is when they started to account YouTube views ?
Gurl that was a sad time in history
Sèxy and I know it by LMFAO also hit number one during this period if I’m not mistaken.
It was a painful year for music
If not for old town road, seniorita would have debuted at number one.
lmaoooo nice excuse, flopmila is too basic to debut at #1 even when she c*ck hops other people’s songs lmfaoooooo you tried it lmfaoooooooooo
Ignore that insecure loser. Why can’t his “Cinderella” get a solo hit ?
I’m done with this blog
I’m done with this blog
But here u are, commenting trash as usual.
????
Never be the same a solo song, peaked at number 6
Higher than every normani song ever released.
Show me normani’s solo top ten hit, I’m waiting.
Watch as the idiot gonna stay mute
The same way motivation went viral was the same way this is America went viral. Celebrities posting about it on their Instagram and Twitter etc
But this is America debuted at number one and won several Grammy awards
While motivation debuted at number 33 and fell off the following week and didnt win shìt at any award show. Lol a flop.
lmaoooo blah blah blah, i love how you never mention how flopmila’s solo singles all FLOPPED and peaked in the lower 50s, lower than any normani song, and how her album FLOPPED even harder with ticket bundles and 1000 album covers then vanished the very next week. but go off sis lmfaoooooooooooooooooo
GIRL HE SHE IT SHIM WONT ???
??? she’s the flop of pop
Remember that time normani performed at McDonald’s
????
lmfaoooooooooo something flopmila will NEVER relate to. now watch her only stan come in here throwing normani’s name around, as if that would make anyone forget how HARD flopmila tanks lmfaooooo
QUEEN MARIAH. MC DID IT THE MOST!!!!! C******* FLOPMILA WILL NEVA.
SO MANY EXCUSES FOR HER ALL THE TIME NEVA REALNESS ABOUT HER FLOPS. NO SOLO CHART TOPPERS. NOBODY CARED ABOUT NBTS N ZERO PPL ARE WORRIED ABOUT NORMANI WHO IS CURRENTLY OFF THE RADAR. SHE SEEMS TO HAVE MANY STANS HERE THOE EVEN IF THEY DO STAN RACIST CAMILA TOO.
I SEE ARI WAS RITE THERE WIT QUEEN BRIT. LETS ALL PREPARE FOR THAT NEXT ARI PLATINUM ALBUM WIT A SOLO CHART TOPPER.
DRAKE N MARIAH RULE THE HOT 100. FLOPMILA WILL NEVA KNOW. WIT THAT STRAIGHT TO DVD MOVIE ???
QUEEN MARIAH. MC DID IT THE MOST!!!!! C******* FLOPMILA WILL NEVA.
SO MANY EXCUSES FOR HER ALL THE TIME NEVA REALNESS ABOUT HER FLOPS. NO SOLO CHART TOPPERS. NOBODY CARED ABOUT NBTS N ZERO PPL ARE WORRIED ABOUT NORMANI WHO IS CURRENTLY OFF THE RADAR. SHE SEEMS TO HAVE MANY STANS HERE THOE EVEN IF THEY DO STAN RACIST CAMILA TOO.
I SEE ARI WAS RITE THERE WIT QUEEN BRIT. LETS ALL PREPARE FOR THAT NEXT ARI PLATINUM ALBUM WIT A SOLO CHART TOPPER.
Mariah Queen of Cowrite
Boyz 2 men wrote one Sweet Day
ODB made fantasy more popular
Whitney was not f****** Odb or boyz 2 men… To hit #1…no remix either
Jealous cesspool hater
Normani stans are the only ones that brag about a top 40 hit
???
Who does that?
TGJ BREAKING NEWS! Britney Spears is in instagram dancing to Justin Timberlake’s “filthy” and flirting with him in the caption. I am SHOOKETH!!!!
Why? Shez mentally ill
No Janet Jackson that’s the way love goes,or Again ? Mmmm ok
The list is for songs that entered the Hot 100 at #1. “That’s the Way Love Goes” entered the Hot 100 at #14, and “Again” didn’t debut at #1 either.
Yes Whitney Houston charted to #1 in November 1995 even after she went into film..Whitney The Houston last greatest diva living or dead…. Nobody can sing like Whitney Houston..
Go Stream her moronella
My thoughts are that hype pre-release doesn’t beat overall chart success cause a lot of iconic artists have made this list with songs that are far from being their best or most remarkable.
And also that Clay Aiken and Taylor Hicks standing next to Fantasia and Carrie is f***** up. Justice for Kath McPhee
Whitney still up on them charts
Whitney name is still up on the charts for #37 Elite …….
Yes you are darling
Mariah The Queen of Remake
jackson5, Tina Marie, Lionel Richie, U2 without you , she is Queen of remake…not Queen of billboard that is Missy Elliott title
Without u wasnt u2’s stoopid.. look at nanny’s songs: halt of them remake
This list just shows how easy it is to open at #1 compared to the previous decade that had achieved bonafide, memorable #1 hits
All that hype and no Beyoncé. Who she thinks she is fooling????