February 15 - Charts February - Week 2

The weekly global chart Elvis Presley chart update. Little movement this week, but Elvis Presley is surpassed by Lil Wayne for the number of Billboard Top 40 Hot 100 hits (for what it is worth in today's music business). 

US Billboard charts:

• Billboard Top 200 Album chart: “The Essential Elvis Presley” dropped from #152 to #169.
• Billboard Top Christian Album chart: “Elvis: Ultimate Gospel” dropped from #40 to #41.
• Billboard Top Rock Album chart: “The Essential Elvis Presley” dropped from #18 to #25.
• Billboard Top Country Album chart: “The Essential Elvis Presley” climbed from #16 to #15.
• Billboard Catalog Album chart: “The Essential Elvis” dropped off the chart from last week's #48 spot.

Billboard announced that Lil Wayne now has more top 40 hits than Elvis Presley. The track "I Do It" earned him his 82nd career Top 40 Hot 100 hit, pushing him past Elvis Presley for the second-most in the chart's history. Notably, the Hot 100 began in 1958, two years after Presley's commercial breakthrough. 

Elvis Presley's golden era which changed the history of popular music were, of course, in the years 1956 and 1957 previous to these collated statistics.   

In reality he has 115 Billboard Top 40 hits, the last one being the "Blue Christmas" single re-entry, Christmas 2018.

Most Top 40 Hot 100 Hits: Drake: 100, Lil Wayne: 82, Elvis Presley 81, Taylor Swift: 63, Elvis John: 57.

Official UK charts:

• Official UK Streaming Album chart: “The 50 Greatest Hits” climbed from #70 to #69. 
• Official UK Music DVD chart: "'68 Comeback Special" re-entry #33.

Australian ARIA charts:

• ARIA Music DVD chart: “'68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition)” dropped from #9 to #14.

(Source: UK Mix / Billboard / Official Chart Company / ARIA / Elvis Information Network)