Chart Check: Drake Reaches Previously Unmatched Record Set By The Beatles…With Help From Nicki Minaj

Drake‘s surprise album ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late‘ has seen him match a ‘Billboard Hot 100’ record set by the Beatles this month, surpassing efforts made by the likes of Taylor Swift, Jay Z, Beyonce and Rihanna after he placed 14 songs on the chart…at the same time.

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Standing as one of his last albums under the Cash Money music group, ‘Late’ hit the charts as a surprise release and opened with 535,000 equivalent album units.

Now, thanks to sales and streams generated by the rapper’s, the rapper now stands tall as the only artist to have matched the Beatles record for having 14 songs on the ‘Hot 100’ simultaneously back in 1964.

He had come close to matching this record back in October 2013 but failed to when he only managed to impact the tally with 12 jams.

However, his chart dream came true with a little help from his ‘Truffle Butter’ collaborator Nicki Minaj thanks to numbers moved by two numbers that he features on.

Drake’s 14 simultaneous Hot 100 Hits (March 7, 2015)
No. 16, “Only,” Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown
No. 17, “Truffle Butter,” Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
No. 26, “Energy”
No. 49, “Tuesday,” ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake
No. 52, “Legend”
No. 58, “10 Bands”
No. 68, “Blessings,” Big Sean featuring Drake
No. 70, “Know Yourself” (debut)
No. 81, “No Tellin’ ” (debut)
No. 82, “Preach,” featuring PartyNextDoor
No. 83, “6 God” (debut)
No. 84, “Used To,” featuring Lil Wayne
No. 95, “Now & Forever” (debut)
No. 97, “6 Man” (debut)

The Beatles’ 14 simultaneous Hot 100 Hits (April 11, 1964)
No. 1, “Can’t Buy Me Love”
No. 2, “Twist and Shout”
No. 4, “She Loves You”
No. 7, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
No. 9, “Please Please Me”
No. 14, “Do You Want to Know a Secret”
No. 38, “I Saw Her Standing There”
No. 48, “You Can’t Do That”
No. 50, “All My Loving”
No. 52, “From Me to You”
No. 61, “Thank You Girl”
No. 74, “There’s a Place” (debut)
No. 78, “Roll Over Beethoven”
No. 81, “Love Me Do” (debut)

Drake can now boast of having 85 ‘Hot 100’ entries since his debut, placing him at #5 when the chart’s highest-achieving performers are listed.

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