Drake Isn't on the Billboard Hot 100 for the First Time Since 2009

Drake's Best I Ever Had started the greatest run of Billboard Hot 100 hits in 2009. It has now ended an unprecedented run of 431 consecutive weeks on the Hot 100. On the latest Hot 100 (dated Aug. 26), the superstar's two tracks from the previous week's tally depart: "Passionfruit" falls from No. 81 and "Signs" disappears from No. 100.

As previously noted, Drake became the first artist ever to log eight straight years on the Hot 100 in May, dating to the entrance of "Best I Ever Had" on May 23, 2009, at No. 92, on its way to a No. 2 peak. Since then, he had appeared on every Hot 100 since, either in a lead or featured role (and often, both).

Here's an updated look at the artists with the most consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 since the chart's Aug. 4, 1958, inception:Most Consecutive Weeks on Billboard Hot 100431, Drake326, Lil Wayne216, Rihanna207, Nicki Minaj161, Chris Brown159, JAY-Z152, Nelly141, Kenny Chesney139, Destiny's Child139, Katy Perry139, Taylor Swift

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