Drake and 40 lead Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts (dated Sept. 18), respectively, thanks to their work on the former’s chart-conquering new album Certified Lover Boy.
Drake returns to No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters for a ninth total week on top on the strength of 20 songwriting credits on the Billboard Hot 100, all from his new set. The album launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 613,000 equivalent album units, according to MRC Data, the top weekly total this year.
Here’s a look at all 20 of Drake’s writing credits on the latest Hot 100:
Rank, Title (writers in addition to Drake)
No. 1, “Way 2 Sexy” (Future, Young Thug, TM88, Too Dope, Richard Fairbrass, Fred Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli)
No. 2, “Girls Wants Girls” (Lil Baby, OZ, Ambezza)
No. 3, “Fair Trade” (Travis Scott, OZ, Jahaan Sweet, Wondagurl, Reibaldi Sephane Antoine, Charlotte Day Wilson, Babyface, Teo Halm, Varren Wade, D’Mile, Brandon Banks, Michael Gordon, Kyle Mosovich, Marcus Reddick)
No. 4, “Champagne Poetry” (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, 40, Maneesh Bidaye, Masego, J.L.L.)
No. 5, “Knife Talk” (21 Savage, Metro Boomin, Project Pat, Juicy J, A$AP Rocky, Peter Lee Johnson)
No. 7, “In the Bible” (40, Lil Durk, Giveon, Leon Thomas III, Powerz, Eli Brown, Simon Gebrelul
No. 8, “Papi’s Home” (Supah Mario, Skip2Fame, Jarrel Young, Mark Borino, Shep, Montell Jordan, Preme)
No. 9, “TSU” (Harley Arsenault, Noel Cadastre, R. Kelly, Christopher Cross, Justin Timberlake, Danja, Timbaland)
No. 10, “Love All” (Jay-Z, OZ, Leon Thomas III, Dez Washington, P. Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Stevie J, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes)
No. 11, “No Friends in the Industry” (Vinylz, OZ, Nik D, Gregory Williams, Robert Debarge)
No. 12, “N 2 Deep” (Future, 40, Kaushik Barua, Harley Arsenault, Alex Lustig, Noel Cadastre, Pimp C, Jay-Z, Bun B, Z-Ro, Mr. Lee)
No. 14, “Pipe Down” (Leon Thomas III, FaxOnly, Abdelhady Moamer Hafez, Simon Gebrelul, Kas, Anthoine Walters, Lazaro Camejo)
No. 16, “7am on Bridle Path” (Cardo On The Beat, Dez Washington, David Duodu Maneesh Bidaye)
No. 18, “Race My Mind” (40, GOVI, Scott Zhang, The Notorious B.I.G., Easy Mo Bee, David Axelrod, Michael Axelrod, Rick James, Sun Ra)
No. 22, “IMY2″ (Kid Cudi, Harley Arsenault, Clibbo, A. Benfaress, I. Bizimana, Dounia Aznou, KanielTheOne)
No. 25, “You Only Live Twice” (Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Bink, Brian Reid)
No. 26, “Fountains” (Tems, TRESOR)
No. 27, “Get Along Better” (Nineteen85, Ty Dolla $ign, Noel Cadastre, 40)
No. 32, “Fucking Fans” (PARTYNEXTDOOR, Noel Cadastre, 40, Peter Ian Ring)
No. 35, “The Remorse” (40, Anthony Hamilton)
(Drake also charts a 21st song on the Hot 100 as a recording artist, “Yebba’s Heartbreak,” at No. 24, although he did not write it; co-lead Yebba penned it with James Francies.)
With his ninth week at No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters, Drake matches late holiday hitmaker Johnny Marks for the fifth-most weeks spent at the summit, dating to the chart’s June 2019 inception. Olivia Rodrigo leads with 22 weeks at No. 1, followed by Finneas (12), Rodrigo collaborator Dan Nigro (11) and Roddy Ricch (10).
40 (real name: Noah Shebib) tops the Hot 100 Producers chart for the first time, thanks to his production work on seven tracks on Certified Lover Boy.
Here’s a recap:
Rank, Title (producers in addition to 40)
No. 4, “Champagne Poetry” (Maneesh Bidaye, Masego, Oliver El-Khatib)
No. 7, “In the Bible” (AP, Leon Thomas III, Eli Brown)
No. 12, “N 2 Deep” (Alex Lustig, Kid Masterpiece, Harley Arsenault)
No. 18, “Race My Mind” (GOVI, Monsune)
No. 24, “Yebba’s Heartbreak” (James Francies, Yebba)
No. 27, “Get Along Better” (Nineteen85, Noel Cadastre)
No. 35, “The Remorse”
40 and Drake share a lengthy collaborative history on the Hot 100, with 40’s work on “Champagne Poetry” and “In the Bible” upping his total to 12 career top 10s, all by Drake (in lead or featured roles), including one No. 1: “Once Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, for 10 weeks in 2016.
The weekly Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot 100; plus, genre-based songwriter and producer charts follow the same methodology based on corresponding “Hot”-named genre charts. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).
The full Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts, in addition to the full genre rankings, can be found on Billboard.com.
