Rapper Drake Breaks Billboard Record Set By The Beatles

Rapper Drake had now broken a record that was originally set by The Beatles. The Beatles had twenty-nine top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 during their career. That…

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Updated Aug 16, 2022 9:58 AM PDT

LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 23: Recording artist Drake performs onstage at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Rapper Drake had now broken a record that was originally set by The Beatles. The Beatles had twenty-nine top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 during their career. That record has stood for years and years...until now! Drake broke that record with his 30th top five single to hit the Billboard Hot 100. The Beatles held the record for 64 years!

The song that put Drake at the top, "Staying Alive". Close follow ups to Drake are Madonna with twenty-eight songs, Mariah Carey with twenty-seven songs, and Janet Jackson with twenty-six.

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