Drake Drops Off Hot 100 For First Time Since 2009

• Malachi Weaver


• 15 Aug 2017

Drake has had at least one song on the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for the past 430 weeks, but unfortunately, his streak has finally come to an end.

Drake’s Hot 100 run began in 2009 when “Best I Ever Had” debuted at No. 92 on March 23. The song later peaked at No. 2. Since then, Drake has been able to maintain always having at least one song on the chart, either as lead artist or as a feature.

“Passionfruit”, from More Life, and “Signs”, a standalone single, were his last two songs to leave the chart. “Passionfruit” was at No. 81 on last week’s chart.

Few artists are anywhere near close to Drake’s record for consecutive weeks on the Hot 100. Drake leads with 431, followed by Lil Wayne with 326, Rihanna with 216, Nicki Minaj with 207, and Chris Brown with 161. Jay Z, Nelly, Kenny Chesney, Destiny’s Child, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift follow close behind.

Drake is not present on the Hot 100 for the first time since his debut (5/23/09), ending a 430 week streak of continuous charting.

— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2017