Drake holds down No 1 on Artist 100, Katy Perry 'Rise's into Top 10

(Billboard) - Drake retains his hold on the Billboard Artist 100, maintaining the No 1 spot on the chart for a second week in a row and 17th overall.

The Artist 100 measures artist activity across Billboard's most influential charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, Top Album Sales and the Social 50. The Artist 100 blends data measuring album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.

Drake lands another week at No 1 on the Artist 100 while also keeping a firm grip on the Billboard 200, logging an 11th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 with ‘Views’. In the previous week, the rapper held down the top spot on both charts plus the Hot 100, but this week was dethroned on the by Sia, who moves 10-7 on the Artist 100 this week, as her Sean Paul-featuring single “Cheap Thrills” becomes her first Hot 100 chart-topper.

With his 17th week atop the Artist 100, Drake extends his record for most weeks at No 1 on the Artist 100 among solo males; Justin Bieber is second, with 11 weeks at No. 1. Among all acts, only Taylor Swift has led longer than Drake: 31 weeks.

The rapper holds atop the Artist 100 with the biggest share of his chart points coming from streaming (43 percent), followed by radio airplay (20 percent), digital song sales (also 20 percent) and album sales (15 percent).

Rounding out the Artist 100’s top five: Twenty One Pilots and Rihanna retain the Nos 2 and 3 spots, respectively; Justin Bieber gains 6-4 after “Cold Water,” his collaboration with Major Lazer and Mo, debuted Friday; and Adele drops 4-5.

Two acts enter the Artist 100’s top 10, one for the first time. First there’s Katy Perry, who climbs 47-9, reaching the top 10 of the chart for the first time since the ranking dated Feb 21, 2015, when she landed at No 6 (also her overall chart peak so far). Perry rises after the debut of her new single “Rise,” recorded as the anthem for NBC’s coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics, debuts at No. 1 on Digital Songs, translating to a No 11 start on the Hot 100.

Meanwhile, Needtobreathe makes its maiden voyage onto the Artist 100, debuting at No 10 after the release of new album ‘HARDLOVE’, which debuted at No 2 on the Billboard 200, the Christian rock quartet’s highest debut yet. The set also debuted at No 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Top Christian Albums charts and was the highest-selling album of the week in the US (opening atop the Top Album Sales chart).