{"id":955,"date":"2020-11-06T16:34:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/?p=955"},"modified":"2020-11-06T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:38:00","slug":"drake-surpasses-stevie-wonder-and-aretha-franklin-for-the-most-billboard-rnb-hip-hop-number-ones-of-all-time-what-is-the-key-to-his-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/2020\/11\/06\/drake-surpasses-stevie-wonder-and-aretha-franklin-for-the-most-billboard-rnb-hip-hop-number-ones-of-all-time-what-is-the-key-to-his-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake surpasses Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin for the most Billboard RnB\/ Hip Hop number ones of all time. What is the key to his dominance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week Drake earned his 21<sup>st<\/sup> number one single on the Billboard RnB\/ Hip Hop chart surpassing Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder the previous record holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stevieandaretha-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-959\" width=\"454\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stevieandaretha-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stevieandaretha-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stevieandaretha-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stevieandaretha-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stevieandaretha-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stevieandaretha.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><figcaption>Los Angeles Sentinel <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just the latest record to fall to Drake who in 2019 beat the Beatles for most number one singles in a calendar year on the Billboard top 100. Drake the 2nd highest selling artist of the 2010\u2019s behind Adele has started the 2020\u2019s as he ended the 2010\u2019s breaking records and further cementing his status as the biggest artist in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake is set to release his album Certified Lover Boy in January 2021. Due to his activity during lockdown releasing a steady stream of successful singles Drake will be hopping to break 700,000 first week units. But due to Coronavirus limiting the ability of people to buy his music in shops, the amount of pure sales (non-streaming) will be lower than when his last album Scorpion was released in 2018. Therefore the likelihood of Drake breaking a million as he did with Scorpion is low. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\"><iframe title=\"Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later (Official Music Video) ft. Lil Durk\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JFm7YDVlqnI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With songs such as \u2018Laugh now cry later\u2019 and \u2018Life is good\u2019 expected on the album, this may be a return to an earlier version of Drake&#8217;s music, with an album similar to his 2012 project \u2018Take Care\u2019. With many still believing that this is Drake\u2019s best project to date, this could be a return to form from the artist from the six, as many critics criticised the lack of theme and continuity on \u2018Scorpion\u2019 and \u2018Views\u2019 his previous official studio albums. Many praised \u2018Take Care\u2019 as having some of Drake\u2019s best writing with songs such \u2018Lord Knows\u2019 and \u2018Underground Kings\u2019 specific highlights. With the album being heavily worked on by The Weekend, many argue that his influence created the introspective emotion that many people praised the album for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/take-care-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-971\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/take-care-.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/take-care--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/take-care--70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><figcaption>Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake who took the mantle as the world\u2019s biggest rapper in 2011 from Lil Wayne will be hopping for a least another 5 years of dominance. His dominance is a product of popular Rap music shifting as it did in 2007 from \u2018Gangsta rap\u2019 headed by 50 Cent to more auto-tuned \/emotional rap music headed by Kanye West then further by Drake in the early 2010&#8217;s. This shift in music came from a 15-year period which was dominated by \u2018Gangsta rappers\u2019 such as 2Pac and Biggie Smalls, then 50 Cent took over in the early 2000\u2019s. Music is likely to shift again in the next 5 years or so, therefore artist&#8217;s like Drake who are the beneficiaries of the emotional rap wave will be looking to produce as much music as possible now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Drake earned his 21st number one single on the Billboard RnB\/ Hip Hop chart surpassing Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder the previous record holders. 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