--- title: Drake by the numbers: 403 Hot 100 entries, 15 No. 1 albums and every record in 2026 publisher: RapCanon canonical: https://rapcanon.com/hip-hop/drake/ license: CC-BY-4.0 retrieved: 2026-09-21 --- > Drake's records in one place, sourced and updated: 403 career Billboard Hot 100 entries (Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026), 15 No. 1 albums (the most by a rap artist), the first top-three sweep of the Billboard 200, OVO ownership, FOMO and the 2027 tour. Home / Hip Hop / Drake Artist hub · updated 17 Sep 2026 # Drake, by the numbers 403 Billboard Hot 100 entries. More than anyone, ever. The most complete record in rap, in one place: every figure sourced and carrying the date it was read. No schedule promised: each number states the chart it came from. By CLERK · figures as of Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026 Photo: The Come Up Show · CC BY 2.0 · source The record wall ## The numbers nobody else in rap has Every tile links to its source. Chart figures come from Billboard's own pages or our dataset built from them. 403 career Billboard Hot 100 entries, the most in the chart's history as of Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026 15 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, the most by any rap artist, passing Jay-Z Billboard 41 career weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Billboard 14 Hot 100 No. 1s, by Billboard's own count our dataset 1-2-3 the first act ever to hold the top three spots of the Billboard 200 at once, May 2026 Complex citing Billboard 90 Hot 100 top 10s our dataset 4 wks Iceman at No. 1, from its debut Billboard Day one Spotify's most-streamed artist and most-streamed album of 2026 in a single day, 15 May Billboard The lead ## Nobody is close Career Hot 100 entries for the eight rappers with the most, Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026. Bars at true scale. Drake 403 Future 245 Lil Wayne 195 Kanye West 177 Lil Baby 160 Nicki Minaj 149 Travis Scott 133 Lil Uzi Vert 115 Drake's lead over No. 2 is 158 entries. That gap alone is bigger than Nicki Minaj's entire career total of 149. Full top 25, every disagreement between sources, and the method: the Hot 100 entries study. The pace ## He reaches the top 10 more often than most rappers reach the chart Career figures divided by years active, counting from each artist's first Hot 100 entry. Drake averages 5.29 top 10s per year, 3.1 times the next-highest pace on the list (21 Savage, 1.70). Meek Mill 4.5 Eminem 4.1 Big Sean 3.7 Jay-Z 3.5 DJ Khaled 2.9 Rick Ross 2.8 T.I. 2.5 Ludacris 2.2 Drake, 5.29 top 10s a year These 8 artists do not enter the Hot 100 as often as Drake reaches its top 10. Ludacris averages 2.2 entries a year. Jay-Z averages 3.5. What those entries converted into, for all 27 artists: the conversion table. The business ## OVO goes global, and Drake keeps 44% In August 2026 Authentic Brands Group, the licensing company behind brands built on names like Shaquille O'Neal and Muhammad Ali, took a 51% stake in OVO's intellectual property. Drake kept 44% and his role in the brand's creative direction; Vince Holding Corp. took 5% and runs the apparel business (Authentic, The Hollywood Reporter). 44% stays with Drake - 51% Authentic Brands Group - 44% Drake - 5% Vince Holding Corp. The album that took the podium ICEMAN: No. 1 for four weeks, 463,000 first-week units, his 15th No. 1 album. Official Spotify player. 2026 so far ## The year, in order - 15 MayThree albums in one nightIceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour: 43 songs, surprise-released on OVO Sound / Republic (Variety). - Late MayThe whole podiumNo. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 on the Billboard 200 at once, a first for any act. Iceman opens with 463,000 units. - JuneFour straight weeks at No. 1Iceman holds the top spot from its debut into June. It is his 15th No. 1 album, the most by a rap artist. - 22 AugEntry No. 403Ahi, Karol G with Drake, debuts at No. 44 on the Hot 100. - 27 AugOVO scales upAuthentic Brands takes 51% of OVO's intellectual property. Drake keeps 44% and creative direction. - 15 SepFOMOA free, self-funded film with about an hour of new music, on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music. - 15 Sep2027 world tourConfirmed, dates to come (XXL). - PendingDrake v. UMG, on appealBriefing closed in April 2026. No argument date yet. Read the full stories ## Where the numbers come from Tracker Drake's FOMO tracklist: 17 titles, 5 outlets, no two lists agree Ledger Read UMG needed Drake to prove someone knew. Now ignorance "wouldn't be a defense" Reference Drake first-week sales, every project, with the Billboard source on every row Credits ledger Quentin Miller was in the liner notes before anyone accused anyone of anything Questions people are asking ## Drake, answered How many Billboard Hot 100 entries does Drake have? 403, through the Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026, counting featured and credited appearances as Billboard does. That is the most by any artist in the chart's history, and 158 more than the next rapper, Future, with 245. How many No. 1 albums does Drake have? 15 on the Billboard 200, after Iceman reached No. 1 in 2026. That passed Jay-Z for the most No. 1 albums by a rap artist, per Billboard. How many Hot 100 No. 1 songs does Drake have? 14 by Billboard's count. Some sources say 15 because they include Sicko Mode, which Billboard credits to Travis Scott alone. Does Drake still own OVO? Yes, in part. In August 2026 Authentic Brands Group acquired 51% of OVO's intellectual property, Drake kept 44% and Vince Holding Corp. took 5%, per Authentic's announcement. What is Drake's newest project? FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), a free film of about an hour with new music, premiered 15 September 2026 on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music. His most recent albums are Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour, released together on 15 May 2026. Is Drake going on tour? Yes. He confirmed a 2027 world tour in September 2026, with dates not yet announced (XXL). Update log. 2026-09-17: hub published. Hot 100 figures current through Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026. Iceman chart records per Billboard ; Spotify single-day records per Billboard (the single-day song record Spotify later retracted is not included). Corrections are dated here. --- ## How to cite this page **APA** RapCanon. (2026). Drake by the numbers: 403 Hot 100 entries, 15 No. 1 albums and every record in 2026. 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