After just taking the title for the number one album in the country and the fastest selling set to be released in 2016, Drake has scored another major feat. Surprisingly the rapper has never had a Hot 100 number one hit on Billboard for a solo song of his own, and the closest song to ALMOST get it was his hit “Hotline Bling”. Well now he just snagged one!
Via Billboard:
Drake celebrates his first No. 1 as a lead artist on the Billboard Hot 100(dated May 21), as “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, climbs 2-1.The track is from his new album, Views, which, as previously reported, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his best sales week and a record-setting weekly streaming total.
“Dance,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, becomes Drake’s first Hot 100 No. 1 in a lead role, following two toppers as a featured artist, both on tracks with Rihanna as the lead: “What’s My Name?” (one week, 2010) and “Work,” which spent its last of nine weeks at No. 1 three weeks ago (on the April 30-dated chart). As a lead, Drake had previously peaked as high as No. 2 twice: with his debut hit “Best I Ever Had” in 2009 and “Hotline Bling” last year.
Drake’s first coronation as a lead artist had clearly been a goal of the star’s: as “Bling” was scaling the Hot 100 last year, Drake posted on Instagram: “If I get my first number one [as a lead] … it will be the biggest moment of my career.”
“Dance” soars to the Hot 100’s summit powered by its 10-1 rebound on the Digital Songs chart, up by 32 percent to 160,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 5, according to Nielsen Music (after having led the April 30 sales list), and its 2-1 ascent on Streaming Songs, gaining by 41 percent to 37.4 million U.S. streams and becoming Drake’s second leader on the list (following “Work”). The track additionally jumps 12-8 on Radio Songs (87 million in airplay audience, up 25 percent) to become his 15th top 10 on the tally; dating to Drake’s first week on Radio Songs (May 23, 2009), he ties Rihanna for the most top 10s in that span.
“Dance” dethrones Desiigner’s “Panda” (1-2) on the Hot 100 after two weeks at No. 1. Still, the track increases by 1 percent to 37 million streams, although it slips 1-2 after three weeks atop Streaming Songs. It bounds 13-6 on Digital Songs (102,000, up less than 1 percent) and 19-16 on Radio Songs (57 million, up 13 percent). The rapper’s debut hit spends a fifth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart.

