Future returns with another major week on Billboard’s charts (dated July 25), thanks to his album The Real Me.
Released July 10 via Sahluna/Freebandz/Epic Records, the set debuts atop the Billboard 200 with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States through July 16, according to Luminate. Future earns his 12th No. 1, lifting him past Eminem, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Ye for the fifth-most in the chart’s history. The Beatles lead with 19, followed by Drake, Taylor Swift (15 each) and Jay-Z (14).
On the Billboard Hot 100, 17 tracks from The Real Me’s 22-song setlist appear, led by “California Girls” at No. 23. Here’s a breakdown (with all debuts unless otherwise noted):
Rank, Title:
No. 23, “California Girls”
No. 28, “Fukk a Interview”
No. 29, “Konnichiwa”
No. 33, “One Two”
No. 37, “Tank Top Pluto”
No. 38, “Snow In Skyami”
No. 46, “Radio” (re-entry; new high)
No. 48, “Weight Up”
No. 52, “Trench Coat”
No. 54, “No Misery”
No. 58, “Build a Bitch”
No. 64, “Money Over Everything”
No. 76, “Off the Hinge”
No. 83, “2018”
No. 93, “If I Could”
No. 97, “Kick”
No. 98, “Eye to Eye”
Future also ranks at No. 61 as a featured artist on Drake’s “Ran to Atlanta,” also featuring Molly Santana. The track debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the May 30-dated chart, when Drake placed a single-week record 42 songs on the Hot 100 simultaneously.
With 16 debuts this week, Future ups his career total to 245 Hot 100 entries, the third-most in the chart’s history, after only Drake (402) and Swift (277). Of those, 83 have reached the top 40, 16 have hit the top 10 and three have hit No. 1: “Way 2 Sexy,” by Drake featuring Future and Young Thug; “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems; and “Like That,” with Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar.
Thanks to his six new top 40 hits this week, Future also increases his career sum to 83 such songs. He passes Elvis Presley and Ye for the fourth-most in Hot 100 history and trails only Drake (241), Swift (178) and Lil Wayne (91).
Notably, Future has charted at least one song on the Hot 100 in 16 consecutive calendar years — every year since his debut in 2011, when he arrived as a featured act on YC’s “Racks,” which peaked at No. 42.
Future also returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart for a sixth total week on top, and for the first time since May 2022.
