Billboard Hot 100: 02/18/2017

[Gary]

Lil Wayne Passes Drake for Most Hot 100 Hits Among Soloists



Lil Wayne rewrites the mark for the most Billboard Hot 100 appearances among soloists in the chart's 58-year history, as he debuts as featured on Wale's "Running Back" at No. 100 (on the chart dated Feb. 11). Now with 133 Hot 100 entries, Lil Wayne breaks out of a tie with Drake, who has made 132 visits.

Among all acts, only the Glee cast boasts more Hot 100 appearances than Lil Wayne and Drake: 207. (Billed as the Glee Cast on its releases, the act was a rotating collective with certain members present, although not singing on every song, throughout the show's six-season run on Fox in 2009-15.)

Here is an updated count of the acts with the most charted Hot 100 entries dating to the ranking's Aug. 4, 1958, inception (though the chart dated Feb. 11):

Most Hot 100 Entries All-Time

207, Glee Cast
133, Lil Wayne
132, Drake
108, Elvis Presley
91, James Brown
86, Jay Z
82, Chris Brown
80, Kanye West
75, Ray Charles
73, Aretha Franklin
71, The Beatles
70, Nicki Minaj
70, Taylor Swift

Notably, the Hot 100 originated two years after the 1956 career launch of Elvis Presley. Still, Presley has charted the most entries by a soloist as a lead act, claiming lead billing in all 108 of his visits. James Brown follows among soloists as the lead on all 91 of his.

Read more: Migos Hold Atop Hot 100, Alessia Cara Hits Top 10

In line with the collaborative nature of hip-hop, Drake has been credited as a lead artist on 82 of his Hot 100 appearances (or 62 percent) and featured on 50; Lil Wayne has been lead on 47 (35 percent) and featured on 86.

Lil Wayne first hit the Hot 100 dated July 10, 1999, as featured (with Mannie Fresh) on Juvenile's with the eventual No. 19-peaking "Back That Thang Up." He's earned 19 top 10s, including two No. 1s: his own "Lollipop" (featuring Static Major), for five weeks in 2008, and as featured on Jay Sean's "Down" (two weeks, 2009).

[kcdawg13]

I hope STYB falls hard. I hate the song. It's so condescending, and it has felt like it's been around for the past five months. At least DWK is kind of exciting. We don't need anymore boring and dismal music.

[Au$tin]

Feb 3, 2017 14:03:50 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

I hope STYB falls hard. I hate the song. It's so condescending, and it has felt like it's been around for the past five months. At least DWK is kind of exciting. We don't need anymore boring and dismal music.

Condescending? How? I don't even care for the song, but it's definitely not condescending.

Also DWK exciting, but STYB is boring and dismal? K. To each their own, I guess.

[Harx]

Imo 2017 has been pretty bad in the US so far, current top 10 is the weakest, especially now that my favorite song, 24K Magic, fell out. But on the other hand after a long boring period in 2016 the top 10 in the UK became great. After Christmas a lot of songs I like made it there. They have Castle On The Hill, Touch, Call On Me, Rockabye, September Song, and now there's also No Lie. There is no Bad & Boujee, Fake Love, Don't Wanna Know. The only song that I slightly dislike is Human but except for that I like the entire top 10. The last time I liked the entire top 10 in the US was in August 2016.

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[Leo ✔]

Still saying. Go Alessia!!!

[Dylan :)]

Yeesh people, positivity, please! I understand if you think this week or any week is bad on the Hot 100 but we really need to stop acting like one song's position means the entire year is bad. The world is messy enough right now as it is, no need to drag it down further. Also, in what universe are lyrics like "She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it / Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface... So to all the girls that's hurting / Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer / The light that shines within" condescending?

[Glove Slap]

Feb 3, 2017 15:54:56 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Yeesh people, positivity, please! I understand if you think this week or any week is bad on the Hot 100 but we really need to stop acting like one song's position means the entire year is bad. The world is messy enough right now as it is, no need to drag it down further

LMFAO wut? It's a fucking music chart. If people don't like most of the songs near the top, they have every right to say so. It's not that deep people, get your panties out of a bunch.

I agree on the point about Cara's song. If anything it comes across as dated because every pop girl was doing stuff with a similar message over half a decade ago, but I don't see condescending at all. This ain't the Mtrain show.

[jenglisbe]

Feb 3, 2017 15:54:56 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Yeesh people, positivity, please! I understand if you think this week or any week is bad on the Hot 100 but we really need to stop acting like one song's position means the entire year is bad. The world is messy enough right now as it is, no need to drag it down further. Also, in what universe are lyrics like "She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it / Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface... So to all the girls that's hurting / Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer / The light that shines within" condescending?

I don't think it's intentionally condescending and probably wouldn't call the song that, but in the lyric you posted the narrator is basically saying "I know something you don't so let me show you" which could certainly be seen as showing superiority in a technical sense.

[Au$tin]

Feb 3, 2017 16:22:39 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Feb 3, 2017 15:54:56 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Yeesh people, positivity, please! I understand if you think this week or any week is bad on the Hot 100 but we really need to stop acting like one song's position means the entire year is bad. The world is messy enough right now as it is, no need to drag it down further. Also, in what universe are lyrics like "She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it / Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface... So to all the girls that's hurting / Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer / The light that shines within" condescending?

I don't think it's intentionally condescending and probably wouldn't call the song that, but in the lyric you posted the narrator is basically saying "I know something you don't so let me show you" which could certainly be seen as showing superiority in a technical sense.

That's reaching. Like, straws on the top shelf of an Amazon warehouse reaching. You'd have to be a pretty easily pissed off person to think that's condescending.

[Az Paynter]

Feb 3, 2017 16:18:53 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Feb 3, 2017 15:54:56 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Yeesh people, positivity, please! I understand if you think this week or any week is bad on the Hot 100 but we really need to stop acting like one song's position means the entire year is bad. The world is messy enough right now as it is, no need to drag it down further

LMFAO wut? It's a f**king music chart. If people don't like most of the songs near the top, they have every right to say so. It's not that deep people, get your panties out of a bunch.

This is true, but I also think people should get off this idea that not liking something means it's bad/horrible/atrocious/insert negative sentiment here. I'm like, could you dislike something merely for the sake of not liking it? So song X doesn't appeal to you for whatever reason, that doesn't mean it's s**t. :sip2:

[Dylan :)]

Feb 3, 2017 16:18:53 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Feb 3, 2017 15:54:56 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Yeesh people, positivity, please! I understand if you think this week or any week is bad on the Hot 100 but we really need to stop acting like one song's position means the entire year is bad. The world is messy enough right now as it is, no need to drag it down further

LMFAO wut? It's a f**king music chart. If people don't like most of the songs near the top, they have every right to say so. It's not that deep people, get your panties out of a bunch.

I agree on the point about Cara's song. If anything it comes across as dated because every pop girl was doing stuff with a similar message over half a decade ago, but I don't see condescending at all. This ain't the Mtrain show.

Yeah, I came across way more annoyed there then I intended, sorry My point is in the last few months some of the comments on here are acting like a song being in a certain position means that the entire chart is horrible, and it seems to be happening nearly every week. But oh well, they have every right to be annoyed and express their opinions about it as I do about their posting

[Glove Slap]

Feb 3, 2017 16:37:11 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Feb 3, 2017 16:18:53 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

LMFAO wut? It's a f**king music chart. If people don't like most of the songs near the top, they have every right to say so. It's not that deep people, get your panties out of a bunch.

This is true, but I also think people should get off this idea that not liking something means it's bad/horrible/atrocious/insert negative sentiment here. I'm like, could you dislike something merely for the sake of not liking it? So song X doesn't appeal to you for whatever reason, that doesn't mean it's s**t. :sip2:

Oh I definitely agree. I'm just saying that past a certain point, there's not much a difference between someone trying to bring the mood down with whining, and someone trying to force everyone into some Kumbaya shit against their will.

[Az Paynter]

Ehh in this instance I think it's less 'let's all be little rays of sunshine' and more 'we get it, we heard you the last six million times, stop already'.

[#LisaRinna]

LMAO I'd never seen a song addressed as "condescending." What is this, The Real Housewives? A mess.

[Dylan :)]

Yeah, I do not mean happy happy all the time. I'm just so sick of the constant complaining (or maybe it's not constant and I'm just focusing on it too much?). I don't know, maybe I'm caring way more then I should. Apologies for derailing the thread

[Leo ✔]

still saying go Alessia! You deserve it!

Back in topic, seems like Ed will Block MGK

[forg]

Bruno Mars 2nd single rising in airplay hope sales and streaming follow suit

Water Under the Bridge has peaked in airplay I guess :(

[Deleted]

I have to one day give Alexis Cara song a listen. If it's condescending then it's right up my chute!

[Az Paynter]

Feb 4, 2017 2:59:45 GMT -5 @pma2015 said:

I have to one day give Alexis Cara song a listen. If it's condescending then it's right up my chute!

It used to be sunny here. Where did all this shade come from? :sip2:

[kcdawg13]

Feb 3, 2017 16:35:58 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Feb 3, 2017 16:22:39 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

I don't think it's intentionally condescending and probably wouldn't call the song that, but in the lyric you posted the narrator is basically saying "I know something you don't so let me show you" which could certainly be seen as showing superiority in a technical sense.

That's reaching. Like, straws on the top shelf of an Amazon warehouse reaching. You'd have to be a pretty easily pissed off person to think that's condescending.

Okay everybody. I mis-wrote. I meant to say Pandering. We get around 15 million songs like STYB every year. STYB is nothing new, I've seen it before many times, and the gimmick is wearing thin. 

It could be okay if the song felt natural, but it doesn't. It feels like Alessia was forced to do a song about body issues and all that crap by her record label, since acceptance is a very "in" topic right now (not that it shouldn't be). Just The Way You Are is also pandering garbage, but it feels natural. Like Bruno wrote the song because he wanted to on his own terms.

You can like STYB all you want. But you can't deny that it's a very unoriginal pandering song. 

[Sambalada]

So you don't like singers who encourages people to be themselves? It seems more like you're the one who's arrogant and extra superior :sip2:

[Sambalada]

Bitch. Every once in a while everyone, you and me included, needs someone who would tell you you're beautiful. If you wanna bitch about it, go ahead. I'll put you in my personal blacklist cause of how ignorant you are.

[badrobot]

While we are on the Alesia Cara topic - I am confused as to why Wild Things did so poorly in comparison. It has a very similar sound to STYB and personally I find it catchier. I realize not everyone has the same taste but they just seem so similar, I'm surprised at the huge difference in performance. Am I nuts?

[Choco]

I also like Wild Things a lot. I thought it was gonna be bigger, since it was following Here.

Unless a miracle recovery is coming on Pop, Adele has peaked on airplay. Hopefully she does the song at the Grammys.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Feb 4, 2017 3:52:52 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Feb 3, 2017 16:35:58 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

That's reaching. Like, straws on the top shelf of an Amazon warehouse reaching. You'd have to be a pretty easily pissed off person to think that's condescending.

Okay everybody. I mis-wrote. I meant to say Pandering. We get around 15 million songs like STYB every year. STYB is nothing new, I've seen it before many times, and the gimmick is wearing thin. 

It could be okay if the song felt natural, but it doesn't. It feels like Alessia was forced to do a song about body issues and all that crap by her record label, since acceptance is a very "in" topic right now (not that it shouldn't be). Just The Way You Are is also pandering garbage, but it feels natural. Like Bruno wrote the song because he wanted to on his own terms.

You can like STYB all you want. But you can't deny that it's a very unoriginal pandering song. 

Except pretty much her entire album is about how she's an outsider and an introvert and she's okay with that, so this song fits in perfectly so really, what are you talking about? "Forced" to do a song?

Unoriginal, yes. Pandering? Most pop songs are pandering. What makes this any different?

[atg]

Look guys would u rather STYB or Juju

[forg]

I didn't expect Scars To Your Beautiful who is just at #10 and not a #1 contender would cause such drama.

[Raccoon]

JUJU for sure

[Glove Slap]

Feb 4, 2017 12:33:03 GMT -5 atg said:

Look guys would u rather STYB or Juju

racist af, and trying to discourage people from physical activity and the resultant health benefits