and you also have to remember that the unpaid streaming economy like YouTube didn’t really contribute to numbers and billboard chart placement until what, 2013? So records like Best I Ever Had, SFTB, Miss Me, etc didn’t get their just due fr. Then we get into exclusives.. if the Hotline Bling video wasn’t an AM exclusive at that time, it would have certainly gone #1. Take Care is one of the most successful albums of the 21st Century and never had a #1 single. We all know the impact of that album but the rules just weren’t in his favor, with a few missteps along the way.
You can argue that Drake should technically have several more #1 songs honestly

all im saying is dat we at some point gotta give drake some credit nigga got heavy #1's bro

Do you have a source for that

Drake

niggas would play mixtape drake songs in 2010 bruh yapping

I mean part of the reason he was so confident in his lawsuit was cause he knew the label had helped him boost his own numbers in the past

lol before streaming the charts were controlled by payolla you woulda thought EDM inspired pop was actually the biggest genre on earth when rap has always been the most popular with the youth

streaming allowed the truth to be told, and not to be painted by record labels paying radio to play katy perry a hunnit times

I thought Rock My World was number one I have the Michael Jackson Numbers 1’s compilation and that’s on there

hotnewhiphop.com/7079-drake-s-the-motto-most-illegally-downloaded-song-in-u-s-news

Niggas were outside bro

MJs number 1s clear. Some of the last number 1s by Drake are fugazi wtf is Slime You Out and FPS doing on there

That's for the first six months of 2012, not all of 2011

F*** MJ

Once rap took control of the charts they had to change the rules (again) and have radio payola count. The Box and Old Town Road had people in fits

so drakes #1 were fugazi but michales one week #1's are fine

Im assuming this what OP is referring to

Motto came out late 2011 so doubt itd be #1 for the year

exactly. this is why scorpion era was insane because between that and astroworld them niggas was able to actually play the game on a even playing field

And if Drake had Michaels radio play hed lap him in #1 weeks even further

If spotify existed Mike would have less pure sales btw

#1s based on actual consumption > #1s based on radio play

No just the two i mentioned rest are fair game. Janice feels like a real number 1. What’s Next was another Drake song that went number 1 that didn’t really ring off like a number 1. Nokia way bigger and got blocked from the 1 spot is what I’m getting at

This makes no sense

I just know this thread is hell

Agreed, Drake would have more number 1s if Nokia and What Did I Miss got the same payola some of these recent 1s from other artists did

Yes it does . If you place some of these same modern artist in a non streaming era it’s entirely different