Debuting a song on the Billboard Hot 100 is a highlight of any musician’s career. It’s Billboard’s premier songs chart after all, and the stars often must align in order to stand with the best of the best.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations.
In total, more than 8,000 artists have landed a song on the survey, dating it the chart’s launch on Aug. 4, 1958. Of those artists, only 18 have charted at least 100 total songs.
Elvis Presley, whose career predates the Hot 100’s launch, became the first artist to tally 100 total hits. He scored his 100th (of an eventual 109 total) in May 1975 with “T-R-O-U-B-L-E.” He held the record for the most overall chart entries until 2011, when the Glee Cast surpassed him, and then nearly doubled his total — reaching 207 entries. That record stood until 2020, when Drake stormed past the TV troupe when his track “Oprah’s Bank Account” debuted.
Drake now leads all artists with a whopping 330 total entries on the chart in his career (through the Hot 100 dated May 11, 2024). He’s the only artist to chart at least 300 total songs in history. Only two other acts have charted at least 200: Taylor Swift (263) and the Glee Cast (207).
Three artists joined the 100-hits club in 2023: YoungBoy Never Broke Again achieved the milestone in May and, fittingly, became the youngest artist to ever reach the feat, at age 23; Lil Uzi Vert became the 14th act to join in July, after releasing Pink Tape; and Travis Scott then joined the club on Aug. 12, thanks to the arrival of his LP Utopia. Three artists have also joined the club in 2024, so far: 21 Savage was the 16th artist to reach the milestone, thanks to his album American Dream, followed by Beyoncé after releasing Cowboy Carter, and then The Weeknd, thanks to his guest appearances on Future and Metro Boomin’s We Still Don’t Trust You.
As for who might be next in line to join the elite group, the artists just short of 100 career entries are Eminem (currently at 96 Hot 100-charted songs), Bad Bunny (94), Young Thug (93), Lil Durk (92), the late James Brown (91), J. Cole (87), Metro Boomin (87), Ariana Grande (84), the late Juice WRLD (80) and Gunna (79).
While it’s rare for artists to chart triple-digit entries on the Hot 100, it has become a more regular occurrence since the ranking began including streaming figures in 2007. As such, some artists have been able to chart a high number of songs on the Hot 100 after releasing high-profile albums. The model contrasts with prior decades, when acts generally promoted one single at a time in the physical-only marketplace and on radio. That shift in consumption helps explain why artists have been able to chart many songs over short spans in recent years.
Here’s an updated look at every act to chart 100 or more career hits on the Hot 100, as of the May 11, 2024-dated chart.
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Drake
Image Credit: Astral Number of Hot 100 hits: 330. He tallied his 100th career entry in 2015 after releasing What a Time To Be Alive with Future, his 200th in 2019 after releasing Care Package, and his record-extending 300th in 2023 after dropping For All the Dogs. He’s the first and, to date, only artist to chart 300 songs.
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Taylor Swift
Image Credit: Beth Garrabrant Number of Hot 100 hits: 263. She scored her 100th entry in 2020 after releasing Folklore. She reached the 200-hits milestone in July 2023 after releasing Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).
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Glee Cast
Image Credit: Joe Viles/20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection Number of Hot 100 hits: 207. The collective notched its 100th hit in 2010 after releasing its album Glee: The Music, Season Two: Volume 4. And it reached the 200-entries mark in 2012, when its renditions of Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like The Wolf” and Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” debuted in the same week.
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Future
Image Credit: Gregory Stewart for GQ Number of Hot 100 hits: 199. He reached 100 entries in 2020 after releasing his album High Off Life.
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Lil Wayne
Image Credit: Ramona Rosales Number of Hot 100 hits: 186. He earned his 100th entry in 2012.
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Kanye West
Image Credit: Edward Berthelot/GC Images Number of Hot 100 hits: 157. He scored his 100th hit in 2019.
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Nicki Minaj
Image Credit: Courtesy of Universal Music Group Number of Hot 100 hits: 148. Minaj was the first woman to reach triple-digits, and is the only female rapper in the club. She notched her 100th entry in 2018.
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Lil Baby
Image Credit: Kenneth Cappello Number of Hot 100 hits: 139. He joined the 100-hits club in 2022.
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Chris Brown
Image Credit: Jared Ryder Number of Hot 100 hits: 117. He reached the 100-hits mark in 2020.
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Travis Scott
Image Credit: Kristina Nagel Number of Hot 100 hits: 115. He scored his 100th entry in 2023 after releasing his LP Utopia.
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Elvis Presley
Image Credit: Archive Photos/Getty Images Number of Hot 100 hits: 109. He became the first act in the chart’s history to reach the triple-digit milestone, in 1975. Notably, Presley’s career pre-dates the Hot 100’s inception in 1958.
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Lil Uzi Vert
Image Credit: Kenneth Cappello Number of Hot 100 hits: 108. Uzi joined the club in 2023 after releasing Pink Tape.
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Beyoncé
Image Credit: Blair Caldwell Number of Hot 100 Hits: 106. She became the 17th artist to join the club in April 2024, thanks to her album Cowboy Carter.
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Jay-Z
Image Credit: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Number of Hot 100 hits: 105. The legendary MC hit 100 entries in 2019.
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Justin Bieber
Image Credit: Evan Paterakis Number of Hot 100 hits: 105. Bieber scored his 100th entry on the chart in 2021.
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Image Credit: Khris James Number of Hot 100 hits: 104. He tallied his 100th entry in 2023, and became the youngest act ever to join the club, at age 23.
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21 Savage
Image Credit: Sue Kwon Number of Hot 100 Hits: 103. He became the 16th artist to join the club in January 2024, after releasing his album American Dream.
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The Weeknd
Image Credit: Brian Ziff* Number of Hot 100 Hits: 101. He became the 18th artist to reach the milestone, thanks to two guest appearances on Future and Metro Boomin’s album We Still Don’t Trust You: the title track and “All to Myself.”