charts discussion Drake becomes second act to spend 300+ weeks in the top 10

[onewillowsilk]

Rihanna leads with 360 weeks. 

 

360 Rihanna

300 Drake

288 Mariah Carey 

273 Usher

253 Justin Bieber

243 Bruno Mars

224 Madonna

223 Janet Jackson

211 The Beatles

209 Maroon 5

191 Katy Perry

185 Whitney Houston

183 Michael Jackson

180 Post Malone

177 Taylor Swift 

173 Stevie Wonder 

170 Elton John

167 Beyoncè

167 Nelly

164 Ludacris

162 Jay-Z

160 The Weeknd

160 Justin Timberlake

154 Paul McCartney

154 Elvis Presley

150 Ariana Grande

150 Chris Brown

142 Lady Gaga

142 Lil Wayne

140 Nicki Minaj

137 50 Cent

131 Cardi B

130 Alicia Keys

130 The Rolling Stones 

125 T-Pain

125 Eminem

123 Pink

122 Akon

122 The Supremes

120 Black Eyed Peas

117 Flo Rida

111 Olivia Newton-John

109 Christina Aguilera

108 T.I.

107 Pitbull

106 Snoop Dogg

106 Jennifer Lopez

105 Ed Sheeran

105 Destiny's Child

104 Ja Rule

100 Ashanti

 

Where does your fave rank?

[allforyou]

12 minutes ago, onewillowsilk said:

288 Mariah Carey 

 

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223 Janet Jackson

 

12 minutes ago, onewillowsilk said:

160 Justin Timberlake

 

13 minutes ago, onewillowsilk said:

109 Christina Aguilera

 

My faves  Mariah is gonna reach 300 by the end of 2022

[NumbSoul]

Congrats  

Rihanna serving queen of longevity  

[KillingYourCareer]

With like 3 million songs released. Had Rihanna kept the same pace of spam-level releases, she'd probably be at 500+ weeks by now.

[onewillowsilk]

6 minutes ago, KillingYourCareer said:

With like 3 million songs released. Had Rihanna kept the same pace of spam-level releases, she'd probably be at 500+ weeks by now.

No, she wouldn't. If she had released like 3 albums since Anti, many of the songs off them would have debuted in the top 10 as part of an album bomb only to fall out the following week, which is what happens a lot in Drake's case. That's what happened to Juice WRLD who scored 5 top 10 entries and Lil Uzi Vert who scored 3 top 10 entries following the release of their albums last year. Same with Taylor Swift when she debuted 3 songs in the top 10 with Folklore. 

 

Rihanna gave every single she ever released the full treatment: video, radio push, live performances, etc so they always reached their full potential and spent time in the top 10. If she had released more albums/singles in the streaming era, many of them wouldn't have had the same longevity.

[lcylcy]

38 minutes ago, onewillowsilk said:

Rihanna leads with 360 weeks. 

 

360 Rihanna

300 Drake

288 Mariah Carey 

273 Usher

253 Justin Bieber

243 Bruno Mars

224 Madonna

223 Janet Jackson

211 The Beatles

209 Maroon 5

191 Katy Perry

185 Whitney Houston

183 Michael Jackson

180 Post Malone

177 Taylor Swift 

173 Stevie Wonder 

170 Elton John

167 Beyoncè

167 Nelly

164 Ludacris

162 Jay-Z

160 The Weeknd

160 Justin Timberlake

154 Paul McCartney

154 Elvis Presley

150 Ariana Grande

150 Chris Brown

142 Lady Gaga

142 Lil Wayne

140 Nicki Minaj

137 50 Cent

131 Cardi B

130 Alicia Keys

130 The Rolling Stones 

125 T-Pain

125 Eminem

123 Pink

122 Akon

122 The Supremes

120 Black Eyed Peas

117 Flo Rida

111 Olivia Newton-John

109 Christina Aguilera

108 T.I.

107 Pitbull

106 Snoop Dogg

106 Jennifer Lopez

105 Ed Sheeran

105 Destiny's Child

104 Ja Rule

100 Ashanti

 

Where does your fave rank?

Mariah being so high is more impressive considering she's not from the streaming era

[Ken Lee]

3 minutes ago, lcylcy said:

Mariah being so high is more impressive considering she's not from the streaming era

AND she'll be joining the 300 club in the next few years  Legend behavior

[byzantium]

It is about time men finally caught up to women.  

[suburbannature]

Mariah joining soon  

[WEEKND]

Imagine if Mariah had a streaming album bomb with every release. ???

[onewillowsilk]

16 minutes ago, lcylcy said:

Mariah being so high is more impressive considering she's not from the streaming era

Yes, it really is. She has 12 songs with at least 10 weeks in the top 10, another 7 songs with at least 8 weeks in the top 10 and another 6 songs with 7 weeks in the top 10. 

[onewillowsilk]

9 minutes ago, WEEKND said:

Imagine if Mariah had a streaming album bomb with every release. ???

She'd have more top 10 hits but there's no assurance they'd spend a lot of time in the top 10. More than ever, radio is very important for any song to have longevity in the top 10.

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

Rihanna coming for 400+ weeks with #R9. 
 

[Adonis]

3 hours ago, onewillowsilk said:

She'd have more top 10 hits but there's no assurance they'd spend a lot of time in the top 10. More than ever, radio is very important for any song to have longevity in the top 10.

Half of the songs wouldnt be top 10 without radio. I think the radio component needs to be stripped out of the Hot 100. 

[onewillowsilk]

54 minutes ago, Adonis said:

Half of the songs wouldnt be top 10 without radio. I think the radio component needs to be stripped out of the Hot 100. 

I don't think radio needs to be removed entirely but I do think it holds too much power. I've always thought so. Many songs spend multiple weeks in the top 10 simply because they've peaked high on radio and nothing else. Any artist who drops now can debut in the top 10 with a ton of streams/sales but without radio, they're not assured to spend a long time in the top 10.