Nicki Minaj has broken Michael Jackson's record for the most Billboard Hot 100 hits. Nicki's Anaconda debut at number 19 marks her 51st Hot 100 hit while Michael had a record of 50. Still, Michael was either lead or co-lead on all his songs and Nicki was only featured on 20 of her hits.The rapper has only been on the charts for 4 years and she beat a legend.
Nicki Minaj this week pulls ahead of Michael Jackson on Billboard‘s official tally of artists with the most Hot 100 hits. Minaj logs her 51st Hot 100 hit as her new “Anaconda” debuts at #19. Jackson has amassed 50 chart hits, from 1971′s “Got To Be There” to two hits this year: “Slave to the Rhythm” and “Love Never Felt So Good,” a from-the-grave collabo withJustin Timberlake. “Anaconda” is just Minaj’s 20th Hot 100 hit as a lead (or co-lead) artist. The rest of her hits have been featured credits. By contrast, Jackson was in the lead (or co-lead) spot on all 50 of his Hot 100 hits. Jackson could have padded his tally a little bit if he had elected to take a featured credit on Rockwell‘s “Somebody’s Watching Me” (#2 in 1984) or Diana Ross‘s “Eaten Alive” (#77 in 1985), but he didn’t.
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