Béyonce Joins Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift in Elite Billboard Hot 100 Circle After 'Cowboy Carter' Success

With the recent debut of Cowboy Carter atop the Billboard 200 album chart, Béyonce further solidifies her mark on the music industry with the album's massive success.

The Grammy-winning icon joins an elite circle that only Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj have been a part of -- the circle of female artists who have charted more than 100 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Béyonce Joins Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj in Elite Billboard Hot 100 Circle

Béyonce recently made all sorts of record-setting achievements when she successfully entered the country music genre.

According to Billboard, all 23 music tracks on Cowboy Carter debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The four other tracks on the 27-track album are spoken-word interludes.

  1. No. 2 - "Texas Hold' Em"
  2. No. 6 - "II Most Wanted," with Miley Cyrus
  3. No. 7 - "Jolene"
  4. No. 16 - "Levii's Jeans," with Post Malone
  5. No. 26 - "Bodyguard"
  6. No. 27 - "Blackbiird," with Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts
  7. No. 30 - "Ameriican Requiem"
  8. No. 31 - "Spaghettii," with Linda Martell & Shaboozey
  9. No. 37 - "Daughter"
  10. No. 38 - "16 Carriages"
  11. No. 39 - "Ya Ya"
  12. No. 42 - "Protector," with Rumi Carter
  13. No. 44 - "Tyrant," with Dolly Parton
  14. No. 51 - "Riiverdance"
  15. No. 52 - "Alliigator Tears"
  16. No. 54 - "My Rose"
  17. No. 59 - "Just for Fun," with Willie Jones
  18. No. 60 - "II Hands II Heaven"
  19. No. 61 - "Sweet * Honey * Buckiin' " with Shaboozey
  20. No. 63 - "Flamenco"
  21. No. 65 - "Desert Eagle"
  22. No. 70 - "Oh Louisiana"
  23. No. 87 - "Amen"

Béyonce's recent achievement puts her at the 13th place in the race for the most overall and the third-most among women. Swift has 232 Hot 100 hits, Minaj has 148 hits, and Béyonce has 106.

Overall, Drake tops the list with 329 songs charted on the Hot 100, followed by Swift with 232, the Glee Cast with 207, and 186 songs from Lil Wayne. Bey has officially surpassed her husband, Jay-Z, who only has 105 songs charted on the Hot 100.

Béyonce' Texas Hold' Em' Billboard Hot 100

Béyonce's lead single from Cowboy Carter, "Texas Hold' Em," was kept from returning to the top of the Hot 100 by Future, Metro Boomin', and Kendrick Lamar's "Like That." (via Billboard)

The track already spent two weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 charts in February 2024. It became the first country song by a Black artist to top the Hot 100.

The song has spent eight weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart.

Stream Béyonce's Cowboy Carter below.

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