Drake beats The Beatles Billboard record with seven ‘Scorpion’ songs on Hot 100

Credit: Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File

Credit: Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File

Drake has bested a Billboard chart record set by The Beatles.

Billboard reported Tuesday that the rapper has seven songs -- all from his album "Scorpion" --  in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. The number bests The Beatles' 1964 record of five singles.

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The seven songs include “Nice for What” at No. 1; “Nonstop” at No. 2; “God’s Plan” at No. 4; “In My Feelings” at No. 6; “I’m Upset” at No. 7; “Emotionless” at No. 8 and “Don’t Matter to Me,” featuring Michael Jackson, at No. 9.

Five of the songs have debuted on the chart this week.

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This is just the latest music record Drake has set. On Saturday, he shared on Instagram that "Scorpion" streams have helped make him the first artist to reach more than 1 billion streams in one week.

“New era. New platinum,” he captioned the post. “Thank you a billion times over (a billion plus).”

New era. New platinum. Thank you a billion times over (a billion plus). 🦂

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“Scorpion” was released June 29 as a double album with 25 tracks. It’s available to stream now.

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