Chart Check: The Weeknd Ascends To #1 On Hot 100 As Drake Makes History

Published: Thursday 13th Aug 2015 by Rashad
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If you had a feeling The Weeknd‘s latest hit ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ was set to ascend to #1 on the Hot 100 this week, you were right!

Dethroning longtime chart champion ‘Cheerleader’ by OMI, ‘Feel’ – found aboard his forthcoming project ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ (Aug. 28th) – comes as the first chart-topper of his career (after a slew of consecutive top 10s).

As he celebrates, we trust his ‘Trust Issues’ co-star Drake is doing the same.  For, in addition to notching the year’s first platinum plaque, his Meek Mill diss ‘Back To Back’ (which officially debuted on the singles chart this week at #21) sees the Canadian rapper nab his 91st Hot 100 hit!

The feat earned him a distinct honor. See it and this week’s full chart check below:

With 91 entries to date, Drake, 28, is the youngest of the top 5 acts with the most Hot 100 hits of all time. The full list goes as follows (source):

207, Glee Cast
126, Lil Wayne
108, Elvis Presley
91, James Brown
91, Drake
83, Jay Z
74, Ray Charles
73, Aretha Franklin
72, Chris Brown
71, the Beatles

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  1. Keri Qween August 13, 2015

    King drizzy won money wise, chart wise ..from every angle. No wonder Stank Mill bowed out .he and plastic minaj two stank flops how ironic.

    • Sosa August 13, 2015

      How ironic Keri still a flop and they sold more records between both of you combine try again flop Keri remeber Beyoncé end you no way Turing back now sis

      • Keri Qween August 13, 2015

        And thief once still hasn’t gotten her GED. Nicki and meek are tacky trash. Plastic minaj is on a decline. Struggling tour barely filling 48% of seats, can’t go platinum. Do you deny these facts?

  2. Kemar (@S_C_Jr on Twitter) August 13, 2015

    All hail King Drizzy!

  3. Mark111 /.\ August 13, 2015

    The h00ker told Molly that he had a S T D and now they both got burned. She can’t feel her face with all that @ss kissing. #ImOut

    • Keri Qween August 13, 2015

      ????????????wasnt Melvin named ass kisser of the year by tgj readers?

      *searches for Hermerphaditearas single*

      • Mark111 August 13, 2015

        Yep, I nominated her for it. It was a fight between Smoky and that RihNavy/BeyHIEe/whoeverWillAcceptHim/Her.

      • Keri Qween August 13, 2015

        Lmao

        Melvin always says its iconic..maybe that’s what it means. Iconic ass kisser kii

        Rihslave is schizophrenic . I call the b**** homeless because it has no fanbase to call home..no one claims it

      • Molly #September4thSurprise August 14, 2015

        You black ass ugly nigggeeers are so obsessed with me.

  4. What now August 13, 2015

    Congrats 2 tha Weeknd. I like hiz music a lot plus he’s really really cute!

    • Keep Seething! R8 will be the next album of 2015 to go platinum and yall h*** will cry, seethe, and deal! August 14, 2015

      Cute? Nessa Hunty girl, I swear I can’t! How is he cute? Even Drake is decent/average-looking depending on which angles his pictures are taken from. How could anyone make love to a man knowing that he has a nappy palm tree right on top of his head. Shoot, even if I’m getting it from the back, I still wouldn’t pull his hair for the life of me. Kii!

      #TellItandSeethe

      • Rhiannon Fenty August 14, 2015

        Lmao He really needs to dehorn those antlers

  5. Molly #September4thSurprise August 14, 2015

    TGJ is so late!!!! yall should of posted about this days ago…. Smh @KrustyQween still waiting on you to tell me how many records birdshit has sold……

  6. Molly #September4thSurprise August 14, 2015

    Im always a topic before I even post on this bitccch smh the IMPACT!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Molly #September4thSurprise August 14, 2015

    Congrats Drake and The Weeknd love yall both!!!!!!!!!

  8. Molly #September4thSurprise August 14, 2015

    Congrats Drake and The Weeknd love yall both!!!!!!!!! #LIGHTSKINPOWER

  9. Keep Seething! R8 will be the next album of 2015 to go platinum and yall h*** will cry, seethe, and deal! August 14, 2015

    Oh, no! Here we go again with this issue in the black community. Why the hell does it matter what your skin color is? Learn to love yourself and then your insecurities wont be so apparent. Stop perpetuating these stupid light skin vs. darK skin wars. Plus, most people are just brown. Should they be considered dark? Find yourself before i find an identity for you. Get over yourself and keep it cute before someone finds you in a body bag 6 feet under. The person knows who he/she/it is, so try me if youre feeling lucky. Im waiting!

  10. LB August 14, 2015

    I was about comment but I see it’s just Molly kissing as$ again, bye

    • Molly #September4thSurprise August 14, 2015

      And who’s ass am I kissing? You clearly haven’t read the comments.

    • Mark111 August 14, 2015

      Hahahaha

  11. Arianator Barb August 14, 2015

    why will watch me not DIE?!?!

  12. Rhiannon Fenty August 14, 2015

    He better thank the donut licker for the cosign

    • Mark111 August 14, 2015

      Oop!

  13. Rosie August 14, 2015

    Congrats to Abel but his music is starting to get annoying now. It’s like the type of music that thots who stan Childish Gambino & Ed Sheeran and wear crop tops/high waisted shorts with Converse listen to. Only looking forward to his album because of “Prisoner,” especially when there will be at least 3 better albums coming out that day.
    And the U.S. is so late with this but yass @ Lean On becoming a massive smash finally.

    • Rosie August 14, 2015

      And he needs to get rid of that tree trunk hair, fast. Ugliest dreads (?) I have ever seen on a person of color, and usually black people’s dreads are gorgeous.

  14. Biting Truth August 14, 2015

    Meh. I see nothing worth celebrating. All of these “hitmakers” are still garbage. To this day I still haven’t heard anything by The Weeknd, and am not trying to either. He looks odd. And Drake is still corny Wheelchair Jimmy whose whole music career comes off as a joke.

  15. DTG August 14, 2015

    I don’t even know most of the names in the top 20 and the few that I do recognize I don’t particularly like. Music is dead.

    • Rosie August 14, 2015

      Music isn’t dead, maybe you’re just too lazy to find the good stuff that’s not listed on Billboard(.)com.

  16. Walker August 14, 2015

    I couldn’t hum the tune to any song by The Weeknd if someone held a gun to my head and demanded it. All I know is his name, face and stupid hair. His odd chart success is totally flying over my head. Something’s telling me that I’m not really missing out on anything either.

  17. stan August 14, 2015

    i’m glad that “cheerleader” song is not at #1 anymore. it’s awful.

  18. bbb August 15, 2015

    Anybody else notice that REPUBLIC ( Drake, Weekend, Natalie LaRose, Wiz Khalifah soundtrack song, Ncki Minaj) and COLUMBIA ( Beyonce, John Legend, Pharrell) ………………………………..
    are the only 2 record labels that cross promote their BLACK aartsts to POP and URRBAN RADIO stations????
    it’s paying off

    • Fancy BISH August 15, 2015

      yaaaas

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