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billboard t1_j477nla wrote

Definitely an interesting situation! CCR held the record for the most top 10 hits on the Hot 100 without a No. 1 until 1987, when Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band got their 10th with “Brilliant Disguise.”

Here are the artists with the most top 10 hits on the Hot 100 without a No. 1 (as of this week’s charts dated Jan. 14, 2023):

13, Lil Baby

12, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

10, J. Cole

9, Creedence Clearwater Revival

9, Juice WRLD

9, Missy Elliott

8, Brook Benton

(Drake holds the overall record for the most top 10 hits, with 67, followed by Taylor Swift (40) and Madonna (38).)

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Many Hot 100 records have changed in recent years because of the adoption of streaming. As streaming has become more prominent in recent years, certain artists have been able to achieve impressive Hot 100 records after releasing high-profile albums (see: Taylor Swift scoring 10 top 10s after releasing ‘Midnights’ or Drake landing nine in the top 10 after releasing ‘Certified Lover Boy’). It’s different than it was in past decades, where acts generally promoted one single at a time in the physical-only marketplace and on radio. That shift in consumption helps explain why artists are able to increase their total number of career entries and top 10s over a short period.

Check out CCR’s Hot 100 history here: https://www.billboard.com/artist/creedence-clearwater-revival/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social

And check out this week’s Hot 100 here: https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social

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—Xander Zellner, Billboard Chart Manager

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EffortAutomatic t1_j485ze4 wrote

It also explains why when a new artist gets a popular song it feels like they are instantly over played.

People streaming that album cause algorithms to recommend all the tracks to people. So you end up going from "who the fuck is Doja Cat" to "did they just play 8 song in a row that feature or star Doja Car?"

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Dababolical t1_j492adl wrote

The one pro to this as a casually engaged fan of a particular artist, it lets me find songs they’re featured on I would have otherwise never have found. Especially in rap, where smaller artists are known to buy features from much bigger ones.

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EffortAutomatic t1_j4bb645 wrote

It actually makes me less likely to discover anything new because anything new is gonna come with so many filler tracks. It's hard to trust the algorithm when it's influenced by stans playing albums on loop

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