Future is in disbelief that he actually beat the late Elvis Presley's record for Billboard Hot 100 entries. After his new album, High Off Life, officially went No. 1 this week, securing the rapper his seventh number one album of his career, Future got word that the project had also earned him another incredible Billboard feat. After recording his 110th entry this week, Future officially became the artist with the fourth highest number of hits on the Hot 100 chart, surpassing both Elvis Presley and Nicki Minaj, who are now tied in fifth place with 109 entries.
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This accomplishment is impressive enough on its own, but Future couldn't believe that he had managed to beat out a rock legend like Elvis. On Tuesday (May 26th), the rapper took to Twitter to express his disbelief.
"7 number 1 albums and they mentioning me with ELVIS PRESLEY," he wrote. "Grateful and beyond THANKFUL." Ahead of Future for most entries of all time is Drake in the top spot with 222 entries, followed by the GLEE cast with 207. It was a humorous moment earlier this year when Drake discovered that he had officially tied with the cast of the musical TV series for the most Hot 100 entries after he and Future dropped "Life Is Good." Drake and the cast of GLEE, which hadn't been on the air for almost five years at that point, were tied with 207 entries each, but he managed to surpass them a few months later after he hopped on "Oprah's Bank Account" with Lil Yachty and DaBaby, breaking the record for most Hot 100 hits of all time.
Future Passes Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, & Elvis In All-Time Billboard Hits
Future officially has the fourth most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 in history, trailing Lil Wayne, the cast of Glee, and Drake.
It's time to celebrate Future for what he is: a certified hitmaker and an ultra-talented songwriter. The Atlanta rapper is on the heels of his High Off Life release, going #1 in its first week out. The album brought Future his highest sales ever, moving 153,000 equivalent album units.
It was also a major streaming success and, because of that, a select number of songs from the new album struck gold on the Billboard Hot 100. With "Life Is Good" keeping its position in the Top 10, Future is dominating the charts right now, clocking a bunch of new successes this week and even passing some first-ballot Hall of Famers in the process.
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According to Chart Data, Future has officially passed Elvis Presley, Nicki Minaj, and Kanye West on the list of artists with the most Billboard Hot 100 entries ever. This week, Future notched his 110th song on the chart, leaving Nicki and Elvis tied with one less, and Kanye West alone at 107 entries.
Among his new spots on the Hot 100 are "Solitaires" with Travis Scott, "Trillionaire" with Youngboy Never Broke Again, "Trapped In The Sun," "All Bad" with Lil Uzi Vert, "Hard To Choose One," "Ridin Strikers," and "Harlem Shake" with Young Thug.
Despite Pluto's strong week, Lil Uzi Vert remains the artist leading 2020 in entries on the Billboard Hot 100 with 36 separate spots.
Congratulations to Future on another legacy-defining album.
Lil Wayne Beats Elvis Presley For Second-Highest Number Of Top 40 Hits In History
Lil Wayne surpassed Elvis Presley’s number of Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits, making him the second artist with the most Top 40 hits in the chart’s history next to Drake.
When Lil Wayne dropped Funeral a week-and-a-half-ago, he reminded everyone how he has managed to make such a lasting impression on hip-hop. Now, his musical longevity has been proven even further with his latest Billboard feat: Weezy has officially surpassed Elvis Presley’s number of Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits, with a total of 82. This officially makes Lil Wayne the artist with the second highest number of Top 40 hits in history, next only to his former fellow Young Money man, Drake, who has exactly 100.
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With his 13th studio album, Funeral, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard, Wayne managed to nab himself four Billboard Hot 100 hits. According to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, the album’s title track sits at No. 88, followed by “Mamma Mia” at No. 87, and Mahogany at No. 61. With the Big Sean and Lil Baby-featured song, “I Do It,” is sitting at No. 33, however, Weezy has secured his 82nd Top 40 hit of his career, allowing him to surpass Elvis Presley’s record as having the second highest number of Top 40 hits in the chart’s history. In total, Wayne has 167 career entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the third-highest number of hits besides Drake and the Glee cast, who are tied at 207 each.
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Funeral managed to debut at No. 1 after moving an impressive 139,000 equivalent album units during its first week on streaming services. This includes 38,000 traditional album sales, the equivalent of 134 million on-demand streams. Check out full list of artists with the most Top 40 hits in history below:
Most Top 40 Hot 100 Hits
100 – Drake
82 – Lil Wayne
81 – Elvis Presley
63 – Taylor Swift
57 – Elton John
56 – Kanye West
54 – Nicki Minaj
51 – Eminem
51 – Glee Cast
50 – The Beatles
50 – Jay-Z
50 – Rihanna
