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Originally posted by dussymob
You can't compare a record like The Beatles and other artist who released tracks solely from them with someone whose half of their charted songs is features. Like think about it...
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Dussy does have a point here too though. Remember when the cast of
Glee passed Elvis for the most Hot 100 hits, BB said trying to compare the two would be impossible. Glee has folded of course now. So I can see both sides of the argument here, as (at least credited) featured artists and duets were far rarer prior to 2000. There were occasions when, due to record label conflicts, an artist could appear on a song and get no credit at all on BB's H 100.
"You've Got The Look" (1987) was clearly a duet including Prince and Sheena Easton, but she isn't credited anywhere. Janet Jackson was the predominant singer on Herb Albert's "Diamonds" (also 1987), but yet she gets no credit. Eddie Van Halen wasn't even allowed to appear in Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video (1983), which was expecting far less from the label than asking him for co-credit on the song. Going even further back, Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" (1973 or 1974) unmistakably includes the vocals of Mick Jagger in the chorus, but he gets no credit.
Then you have the current example of Avicii, which is too sorry to give his vocalists any credit at all (I could and want to say worse, as he deserves it, but I've taken a vow not to curse on social media anymore). And there was the strange example in 2009 on "Right Round" where Kesha was initially credited, then "uncredited" as a featured artist.
Edit: Dussy is also right that labels did not issue singles for non-promoted songs. That is definitely a recent development. And airplay-only hits couldn't chart until the beginning of the 1999 Chart Year.
LOVE IT 
For all you know, another rapper (Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Eminem etc) could've had the record for most consecutive weeks on Hot 100 before Drake. 
The Beatles have plenty of other records, so there's really no point in crying about it being unfair if they previously had it, as if it's their only impressive record. They have hundreds more. 
This will likely be its peak weak now that radio is stalling, along with digital.