Taylor Swift owns the entire top 10 on the Hot 100 this week. She remains the only musician who has managed this feat in the history of that chart, and this frame marks the second time she’s achieved the incredible showing.
Madonna is in second place on the ranking of women with the most top 10 hits on the Hot 100. Throughout her career, she’s collected 38 such smashes. For many years, that held as the all-time record among all acts–but as time passes, more contemporary stars have been beating her total.
Since then, she’s collected two more No. 1s on the Hot 100. Her 2019 track “Cruel Summer” made a surprise trip to the summit years after it was first made available. The lead cut from her 1989 re-release, “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault),” debuted atop the ranking in 2023, adding to her total.
Among all artists, Drake still leads in this bit of history, and it’s not close. The rapper has sent 77 tunes into the top 10 on the Hot 100. He adds to that sum regularly, so it’s possible that he may never be tied again.
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Drake and Swift’s performances on the Hot 100 are certainly impressive, and they have earned their spots in the history books…but they are working at a time when the ranking operates differently from when Madonna collected most of her smashes. These days, when a star like Swift releases a new album, it’s not uncommon for several tracks–if not 10–to debut inside the highest region on the roster. That was not the case during the ‘80s and ‘90s. Madonna had to push all of her singles into the top 10 the more traditional route, which speaks to her celebrity and the power of her catalog.
