Drake matches Beatles' Billboard Hot 100 record
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I'm sure this will be controversial, but Drake has now matched the record the Beatles set on April 11, 1964, by charting 14 titles on the Hot 100 at once. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6487445/drake-ties-beatles-14-simultaneous-hot-100-hits This is only possible because of digital downloads of each track, of course, and many of them will probably disappear next week, and none of them are in the Top 10. But of course in 1964, the Beatles were in a unique position, with songs from two British albums and several singles (and the Tony Sheridan sessions) suddenly all desirable to US fans at the same time and being available on various labels. The Beatles' feat is unlikely to be repeated ever again in that way, but it's entirely possible that some other artist could surpass Drake's achievement someday, which would also technically surpass the Beatles'. "I've never even HEARD of Drake!" Well, suffice it to say he's a "nice" rapper from Canada who started as a TV actor as a kid.
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Its a sad day in pop music history..
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Well, it reminds me of the game of cricket.... lots of records are being made these days.... lots more runs and batting records.... but the cricket bats are all crafted in a different manner than they were back in the day (touch the ball these days and it flies off the surface of the bat, not so much to do with skill, more technology) and the playing field is markedly smaller so it is much easier to make runs. In many ways, the feats of those that played the game in the 1930's or the 1960's and 1970's are still more impressive. Those players continue to stand the test of time.
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toris:
Well, it reminds me of the game of cricket.... lots of records are being made these days.... lots more runs and batting records.... but the cricket bats are all crafted in a different manner than they were back in the day (touch the ball these days and it flies off the surface of the bat, not so much to do with skill, more technology) and the playing field is markedly smaller so it is much easier to make runs. In many ways, the feats of those that played the game in the 1930's or the 1960's and 1970's are still more impressive. Those players continue to stand the test of time.
Yes, sounds like a fitting analogy. If digital downloads had existed in 1964, the Beatles probably would have had 30 or more hits at the same time in April '64.
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toris:
Well, it reminds me of the game of cricket.... lots of records are being made these days.... lots more runs and batting records.... but the cricket bats are all crafted in a different manner than they were back in the day (touch the ball these days and it flies off the surface of the bat, not so much to do with skill, more technology) and the playing field is markedly smaller so it is much easier to make runs. In many ways, the feats of those that played the game in the 1930's or the 1960's and 1970's are still more impressive. Those players continue to stand the test of time.
Yes, sounds like a fitting analogy. If digital downloads had existed in 1964, the Beatles probably would have had 30 or more hits at the same time in April '64.
Absolutely!
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That, and given how fragmented music is these days. Strange, with all the media, you think we would have BIGGER stars, not smaller ones. Drake is no where in the universe of being as world famous as the Beatles were in the mid 60s. I don't think people these days really understand just how intense Beatlemania was.
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Who?
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It isn't the same. The Beatles were selling millions of records when they had 14 in the top 100. Drake is selling only thousands. And nobody has equaled the feat The Beatles did in the Billboard Hot 100 the week before. April 4th, 1964 - the Top 5 were all Beatles songs. That is unlikely to ever happen again.
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beatlesfanrandy:
It isn't the same. The Beatles were selling millions of records when they had 14 in the top 100. Drake is selling only thousands. And nobody has equaled the feat The Beatles did in the Billboard Hot 100 the week before. April 4th, 1964 - the Top 5 were all Beatles songs. That is unlikely to ever happen again.
Exactly. The closest anyone has gotten, IMO, was Michael Jackson. I mean as far as fame and fan mania.
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Who's Drake?
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If they had digital downloads in 1964, every song from With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale, plus all the singles, would have been in the charts.
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HaileyMcComet:
If they had digital downloads in 1964, every song from With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale, plus all the singles, would have been in the charts.
Not to mention Meet The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, The Early Beatles, and Something New in the U.S.!
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To be fair, the 1st half of 1964 was like the wild west, as multiple U.S. labels were releasing any Beatles songs as singles, to catch up with the demand. Something like 20 singles were released in the U.S. over a few months!
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This shouldn't even be counted. These are not single releases. They are song downloads from one album. It's a totally ridiculous comparison.
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beatlesfanrandy:
This shouldn't even be counted. These are not single releases. They are song downloads from one album. It's a totally ridiculous comparison.
:It is kind of ridiculous, but this is what Billboard has been doing with digital downloads for the past several years. As a result, the all-time champ in Hot 100 hits is the "Glee" cast (207 hits), followed by Elvis Presley, and then the rapper Lil Wayne.
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favoritething:
beatlesfanrandy:
This shouldn't even be counted. These are not single releases. They are song downloads from one album. It's a totally ridiculous comparison.
:It is kind of ridiculous, but this is what Billboard has been doing with digital downloads for the past several years. As a result, the all-time champ in Hot 100 hits is the "Glee" cast (207 hits), followed by Elvis Presley, and then the rapper Lil Wayne.
All of which just shows how irrelevant Billboard is now. Totally meaningless comparisons. I guess they have to measure things some way, but it's not unlike apples and oranges.....
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beatlesfanrandy:
This shouldn't even be counted. These are not single releases. They are song downloads from one album. It's a totally ridiculous comparison.
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HaileyMcComet:
If they had digital downloads in 1964, every song from With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale, plus all the singles, would have been in the charts.
Not to mention Meet The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, The Early Beatles, and Something New in the U.S.!
Weren't they mostly the same songs?
