“Wait For U,” by Future, Drake, and Tems, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Future’s “Wait For U,” which features Drake and Tems, has topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song marks Future’s second Hot 100 number one – and his first in a lead role. It’s Drake’s tenth No. 1 and Tems’ first.
“Wait For U” is from Future’s new album I Never Liked You, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums list. The song joins three others from the album that have debuted in the top ten of the Hot 100: “Puffin on Zootiez,” at No. 4, “712PM,” at No. 8, and “I’m Dat N***a,” at No. 10.
Drake collects his milestone 10th Hot 100 No. 1, and first since “Way 2 Sexy.” He first led as featured on Rihanna’s “What’s My Name?,” for a week in November 2010, and first ruled as a lead artist with “One Dance,” featuring Wizkid and Kyla, for 10 frames beginning in March 2016.
Drake joins Rihanna as the 10th performer in Hot 100 history with at least 10 No. 1s (an elite club that was recently admitted on April 30, 2011 with Rihanna’s 10th leader, “S&M,” starring Britney Spears). Drake joins Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder as the only solo males to achieve the feat.
“Wait For U” is also Drake’s 55th Hot 100 top 10, 146th top 40 hit, and 261st total entry on the chart, all of which are new highs for him.
The songs “I’m On One,” from I Never Liked You, which also includes Drake, and “Keep It Burning,” with Ye, debuted at Nos. 11 and 15, respectively. Through his participation on Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy,” which also featured Young Thug, Future scored his first No. 1 single last year.
Meanwhile, Drake holds the record for the most No. 1 debuts on the Hot 100, with his sixth single “Wait for U.” He has five more than BTS and Ariana Grande.
Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:
20, The Beatles
19, Mariah Carey
14, Rihanna
13, Michael Jackson
12, Madonna
12, The Supremes
11, Whitney Houston
10, Drake
10, Janet Jackson
10, Stevie Wonder
According to Luminate, during the April 29-May 5 tracking week, “Wait For U” had 40.2 million streams, 7.9 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 6,400 downloads.
Future earns his first Hot 100 No. 1 as a lead artist and his second overall, following his and Young Thug’s guest appearances on Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy,” which debuted at No. 1 on Sept. 18, 2021.
Drake is the first rapper in HISTORY to earn ten #1 hits on the Hot 100 🐐 pic.twitter.com/5uh7X8eUKO
— Hot Freestyle (@HotFreestyle) May 9, 2022
.@Drake becomes the first rapper in history to earn a milestone ten #1 hits on the Hot 100.
— chart data (@chartdata) May 9, 2022
Future’s I Never Liked You debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums list, giving him his ninth overall No. 1. The album garnered 222,000 album-equivalent units, of which 214,000 were streaming units, for a total of 283.75 million on-demand streams for the songs that made it. His current album has had the highest first-week sales of any record this year, while early forecasts suggest Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin will outsell it by 235,000 to 260,000 units.
