9/25/2024
By Gary Trust
The star triples up for a fourth week, joining the likes of Drake, Cardi B and The Beatles.
In each of the past four weeks, Sabrina Carpenter has placed three songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. On the latest Sept. 28-dated chart, “Espresso” rebounds to its No. 3 high, having become her first top 10; “Taste” ranks at No. 8, after it debuted at its No. 2 best; and “Please Please Please” places at No. 9, after it became the ascendant pop star’s first No. 1 in June.
Thanks to her trio of buzzy hits, all from Short n’ Sweet, her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, Carpenter is the first artist to notch a run of as many as four weeks with at least three simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s this decade.
Drake last scored such a hat trick, posting nine consecutive weeks with three Hot 100 top 10s in April-June 2018, all from his Billboard 200 No. 1 Scorpion.
Notably, Carpenter ties Cardi B for the longest such streak among women, as the rapper claimed three concurrent Hot 100 top 10s for four weeks in January 2018.
Overall, 50 Cent has linked the longest run of three or more Hot 100 top 10s, having tripled (or quadrupled) up for 11 straight weeks in February-April 2005.
As with many Hot 100 achievements, The Beatles did it first. For 10 weeks in a row, on the charts dated Feb. 29 through May 2, 1964, they tallied five weeks with three top 10s; three weeks with a fab four top 10s; and two frames with five top 10s.
Meanwhile, Carpenter, Justin Bieber (10 weeks, 2015-16) and The Beatles are the only artists to earn such a streak in the Hot 100’s top 10 for four or more weeks consecutively with no other billed acts on their songs.
Below, browse through a rundown of every act, spanning from early Beatlemania to Carpenter’s now lengthy (n’ sweet) success, that has earned three or more simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s for four or more consecutive weeks.
Sabrina Carpenter
4 consecutive weeks with 3 simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s
Sept. 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2024
Top 10s during streak: “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” “Taste”
Drake
9 consecutive weeks with 3 simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s
April 14, 21 & 28; May 5, 12, 19 & 26; June 2 & 9, 2018
Top 10s during streak: “God’s Plan,” “Look Alive” (BlocBoy JB feat. Drake), “Walk It Talk It” (Migos feat. Drake), “Nice for What,” “Yes Indeed” (Lil Baby & Drake)
Cardi B
4 consecutive weeks with 3 simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s
Jan. 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2018
Top 10s during streak:
“No Limit” (G-Eazy feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B), “MotorSport” (Migos, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B), “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),”
“Finesse” (Bruno Mars & Cardi B)
Justin Bieber
10 consecutive weeks with 3 simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s
Dec. 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2015; Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30; Feb. 6, 2016
Top 10s during streak: “Sorry,” “Love Yourself,” “What Do You Mean?”
T-Pain
9 consecutive weeks with 3 or more simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s (including 2 weeks with 4 top 10s)
Nov. 3, 10, 17 & 24; Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2007
Top 10s during streak: “Kiss Kiss” (Chris Brown feat. T-Pain), “Cyclone” (Baby Bash feat. T-Pain), “Good Life” (Kanye West feat. T-Pain), “Low” (Flo Rida feat. T-Pain)
50 Cent
11 consecutive weeks with 3 or more simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s (including 2 weeks with 4 top 10s)
Feb. 19 & 26; March 5, 12, 19 & 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2005
Top 10s during streak: “How We Do” (The Game feat. 50 Cent), “Disco Inferno,” “Candy Shop” (50 Cent feat. Olivia), “Hate It or Love It” (The Game feat. 50 Cent)
Usher
6 consecutive weeks with 3 simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s
June 5, 12, 19 & 26; July 3 & 10, 2004
Top 10s during streak: “Burn,” “Yeah!” (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris), “Confessions Part II”
The Beatles
10 consecutive weeks with 3 or more simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s (including 2 weeks with 5 top 10s and 3 weeks with 4 top 10s)
Feb. 29; March 7, 14, 21 & 28; April 4, 11, 18 & 25; May 2, 1964
Top 10s during streak: “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” “Please Please Me,” “Twist and Shout,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Do You Want To Know a Secret”
