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Drake Ranked No. 2 on Billboard's Top Artists of the 21st Century Chart

The Weeknd and Justin Bieber also rank in the top 10 of the new chart, which measures performance from the start of 2000 through the end of 2024. Find out which other Canadian artists made the mark here.

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Drake just earned a major distinction to start the year. The Toronto rapper has been ranked No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century chart.

He falls just one spot behind Taylor Swift, who takes the top crown, and one above Rihanna at No. 3.


The just-released chart tallies the first 25 years of the 21st century, tabulating performance on the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart from the start of 2000 through the end of 2024.

Drake is undoubtedly one of the biggest artists of the streaming era, setting multiple records for his near-unmatched popularity.

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Dating to his 2009 breakthrough, Drake dominated with 13 No. 1s on both the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Hot 100 No. 1 songs chart through the first 25 years of the century. The pop/hip-hop cornerstone also amassed a record 78 Hot 100 top 10s. In 2021, he became the first artist since The Beatles in 1964 to lock down the Hot 100’s top five in a single week.

Drake isn't the only Canadian artist achieving heights on the 21st century chart. His former friend/collaborator The Weeknd is at No. 6. Since he burst onto the Billboard charts in 2011, he's had four Billboard 200 No. 1 albums and seven Hot 100 No. 1 songs through the first 25 years of the century.

Justin Bieber also hits the top 10, coming in at No. 8. The Stratford, Ontario-born pop star has been a chart mainstay since his early teen years, ringing up eight No. 1s on both the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Hot 100 No. 1 songs chart through the first 25 years of the century. 2015’s Purpose spun off his first three Hot 100 leaders: “What Do U Mean?,” “Sorry” and “Love Yourself.”

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Other Canadians on the chart include rockers Nickelback (No. 26), Avril Lavigne (No. 47), Michael Bublé (No. 67) and Shawn Mendes (No. 91). Check out the full 100-entry Top Artists of the 21st Century chart here.

With files from Gary Trust and Billboard.com

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Shania Twain at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on July 17, 2026.
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Shania Twain at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on July 17, 2026.

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Shania Twain Fulfills a Childhood Dream Playing Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern For the First Time: Concert Recap

At the legendary Queen West bar last night (July 17), the Queen of Country Pop took us back to her early days as a young country singer playing in honky-tonks throughout Northern Ontario.

Long before she was one of Canada's best-selling artists and a certified global icon, Shania Twain was a little girl playing dive bars and honky-tonks throughout Northern Ontario. On her new album Little Miss Twain (out July 24 via Republic Nashville/Universal Music Canada), Twain revisits that history in music for the first time. To celebrate that new era and preview new music, she played a special show in one bar she dreamed of playing but never got to: Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern.

Last night (July 18), she rocked that packed and sweaty bar for about 400 superfans and lived those dreams of her youth.

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