Chris Brown becomes first R&B artist to reach 100 hits on the BILLBOARD HOT 100 Chart
(The Slice Report): Chris Brown was only 16 when "Run It" posted as a #1 single. Over his career the multi-platinum selling singer has had a stream of songs to make the charts, although "Kiss Kiss" and "Run It'" were the only two to top the ultimate Billboard Top 100 Hits list at #1. Fifteen years later, now 31, Brown has snagged his 100th hit with ‘Not You Too,’which was a mixtape collaboration with Drake, becoming the first R&B artist in history to have 100 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts.
The Slice reported earlier this year that Drake holds the record for the most hits ever on that same chart with well over 200. With exactly 100 Hot 100 hits, Brown is only the 8th artist in this special "centennial club" of artists, surpassing James Brown. In good company with some of the most energetic entertainers in the field Brown joins Lil Wayne who has 168, Elvis Presley and Nicki Minaj (who came from the same label camp as Lil Wayne) with 109 each and Kanye West who has 107. Brown has an equal number of hits as Hip Hop royal Jay-Z who tied for the sixth-most placements.
With a net worth of $50 million, Brown's has regained acceptance in the music industry after a high profile domestic abuse fall out with his former girlfriend, Rihanna nearly derailed his future in music.
The Virginia born singer once stated, "No one can live in the past and expect to grow. I have been moving forward and hope that I am not defined by just a few moments in my life but all of the moments that will make up my life."
Most Total Billboard Hot 100 Hits
222, Drake
207, Glee Cast
168, Lil Wayne
109, Elvis Presley
109, Nicki Minaj
107, Kanye West
100, Chris Brown
100, Jay-Z
98, Future
97, Taylor Swift
91, James Brown
88, Eminem
80, Justin Bieber
75, Ray Charles
73, Aretha Franklin
71, The Beatles
