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Is Drake bigger than the Beatles?

Drake has seven singles in Billboard's Top 10. That's enough to topple the Beatles' record of five Top 10 singles. So is Drake now more popular than the Beatles ever were? Not quite.
Drake's latest album, Scorpion, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart this week. It's his seventh project to hit No. 1. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

Every Friday, ourmusic panel looks at the biggest stories in music news. Today, CBC's Jarrett Martineau and Lisa Christiansen join guest host Talia Schlanger to examine Drake's Billboard record for his latest album Scorpion

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All 25 tracks from the album appeared on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, with seven songs in the Top 10, which means Drake has beaten a record previously held by the Beatles, who once had five simultaneous Top 10 singles.

Does this mean that Drake is now more popular than the Beatles ever were? How is the Billboard chart making all this possible? The q music panel is here to sort it all out. Listen above. 

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