Rihanna records her milestone 40th top 20 Hot 100 hit, as Love on the Brain bounds 30-20. The Anti single lifts 23-20 on the Digital Song Sales chart (27,000 sold, up 16 percent) and 25-21 on Radio Songs (46 million in audience, up 16 percent), while nearing Streaming Songs (5.8 million U.S. clicks, 17 percent).
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Rihanna becomes just the sixth act to have made 40 visits to the Hot 100’s top 20, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. Here is an updated count, led by the King of Rock & Roll and the Queen of Pop:
Most Top 20 Hot 100 Hits
48, Elvis Presley
44, Madonna
42, Lil Wayne
42, The Beatles
40, Elton John
40, Rihanna
36, Stevie Wonder
35, Drake
35, Taylor Swift
33, Mariah Carey
33, Michael Jackson
32, Jay Z
30, The Rolling Stones