When Lil Wayne dropped a week-and-a-half-ago, Now, his musical longevity has been proven even further with his latest Billboard feat: Weezy has ficially surpassed Elvis Presley’s number Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits, with a total 82. This ficially makes Lil Wayne the artist with the second highest number Top 40 hits in history, next only to his former fellow man, Drake, who has exactly 100.
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With his 13th studio album, Funeral, , Wayne managed to nab himself four Billboard Hot 100 hits. According to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, the album’s title track sits at No. 88, followed by “Mamma Mia” at No. 87, and Mahogany at No. 61. With the and -featured song, “I Do It,” is sitting at No. 33, however, Weezy has secured his 82nd Top 40 hit his career, allowing him to surpass Elvis Presley’s record as having the second highest number Top 40 hits in the chart’s history. In total, Wayne has 167 career entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the third-highest number hits besides
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Funeral managed to debut at No. 1 after moving an impressive 139,000 equivalent album units during its first week on streaming services. This includes 38,000 traditional album sales, the equivalent 134 million on-demand streams. Check out full list artists with the most Top 40 hits in history below:
Most Top 40 Hot 100 Hits
100 – Drake
82 – Lil Wayne
81 – Elvis Presley
63 – Taylor Swift
57 – Elton John
56 – Kanye West
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51 – Glee Cast
50 – The Beatles
50 – Jay-Z
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