Drake has yet another massive week on Billboard’s charts (dated Oct. 21), as all 23 songs from his new studio album For All the Dogs land in the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, led by “First Person Shooter” featuring J. Cole new at No. 1.
The album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 402,000 equivalent album units earned in its opening week, according to Luminate. That’s the fourth-biggest week of the year, after the first frames of Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (716,000 units), Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at at Time (501,000) and Travis Scott’s Utopia (496,000).
For All the Dogs tallied 514 million on-demand official streams for its tracks in its opening week, the fourth-highest single-week sum ever for an album. The biggest streaming weeks were achieved by the first weeks of Drake’s Scorpion (745.9 million, 2018) and Certified Lover Boy (743.7 million, 2021) and Swift’s Midnights (549.3 million, 2022).
All 23 songs from the new album land on the latest Hot 100. Of those, 22 debut, while “Slime You Out” featuring SZA ranks at No. 6 after debuting at No. 1 three weeks ago.
“First Person Shooter” featuring J. Cole debuts as Drake’s 13th Hot 100 leader, and Cole’s first. Now with 13 No. 1s, Drake ties Michael Jackson for the most among solo males.
Here’s a recap of every Drake song on the latest Hot 100, all of which are debuts except where noted. He charts 24 songs overall, including one in a featured role.
Rank, Artist Billing, Title:
- No. 1, Drake feat. J. Cole, “First Person Shooter”
- No. 2, Drake feat. Yeat, “IDGAF”
- No. 3, Drake, “Virginia Beach”
- No. 5, Drake feat. 21 Savage, “Calling for You”
- No. 6, Drake feat. SZA, “Slime You Out” (up from No. 18; peaked at No. 1)
- No. 8, Drake, “Daylight”
- No. 10, Drake, “Fear of Heights”
- No. 11, Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA, “Rich Baby Daddy”
- No. 12, Drake feat. Bad Bunny, “Gently”
- No. 15, Drake feat. Teezo Touchdown, “Amen”
- No. 16, Drake, “7969 Santa”
- No. 17, Drake, “8am in Charlotte”
- No. 18, Drake, “What Would Pluto Do”
- No. 20, Drake, “Bahamas Promises”
- No. 21, Drake, “Tried Our Best”
- No. 24, Drake feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR, “Members Only”
- No. 26, Drake feat. Chief Keef, “All the Parties”
- No. 27, Drake, “Drew a Picasso”
- No. 29, Drake feat. Lil Yachty, “Another Late Night”
- No. 32, Drake, “Away From Home”
- No. 36, Drake, “BBL Love Interlude”
- No. 37, Drake “Polar Opposites”
- No. 42, Drake, “Screw the World Interlude”
- No. 59, Travis Scott feat. Drake, “Meltdown” (down from No. 40; peaked at No. 3 in August)
This week marks the sixth in which an artist has tallied at least seven songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously. Here a look at every occurrence:
Total Songs in the Hot 100’s Top 10, Artist, Chart Date:
- 10, Taylor Swift, Nov. 5, 2022
- 9, Drake, Sept. 18, 2021
- 8, Drake, Nov. 19, 2022
- 7, Drake, July 14, 2018
- 7, 21 Savage, Nov. 19, 2022
- 7, Drake, Oct. 21, 2023
This is also the ninth week in Hot 100 history that an artist has charted at least 24 songs on the chart in a single week. Here’s a look at every such instance.
Total Songs on the Hot 100, Artist, Chart Date:
- 36, Morgan Wallen, March 18, 2013
- 28, Morgan Wallen, March 25, 2023
- 27, Drake, July 14, 2018
- 26, Taylor Swift, Nov. 27, 2021
- 25, Lil Baby, Oct. 29, 2022
- 25, Taylor Swift, July 22, 2023
- 24, Drake, April 8, 2017
- 24, Drake, July 21, 2018
- 24, Drake, Oct. 21, 2023
Drake also extends many of his Hot 100 chart records, including the most top five hits (41), top 10s (76), top 20 entries (132), top 40 hits (199) and overall charted titles (320). He becomes the first artist to tally at least 300 total entries on the Hot 100. The only other acts with at least 200 are Taylor Swift (212) and the Glee Cast (207).
