#Drake makes HISTORY again! Holds top 3 Billboard spots! [details]

Drake continues to make history with his 3-album drop!

Billboard reports that he has become the first artist to hold the No. 1, 2, and 3 spots on its Billboard 200 chart in the same week since it began publishing on a consistent weekly schedule in 1956.

The feat does, in a sense, arrive on the back of a technicality. In 2009, Michael Jackson—whose iconic bejeweled glove Drake wears on his Iceman cover—should have occupied the top three spots on the Billboard 200 after his death based on unit count alone. However, due to a Billboard rule at the time that prohibited albums released more than 18 months ago from factoring into the weekly charts, Jackson’s sweep was not counted.

ICEMAN also yields Drake his 15th No. 1 album, pushing him ahead of Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among solo men and R&B/hip-hop artists, and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists. Only one act is ahead of Drake and Swift: The Beatles, with a record 19 No. 1 albums.

ICEMAN enters with 463,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending May 21, marking the second-largest week of 2026 for an album and the biggest week of the year for an R&B/hip-hop set. HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR launch with 114,000 and 110,000 units, respectively.

Of ICEMAN’s 463,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 449,000 (equaling 462.2 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 18 tracks; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 13,000 (only available as a digital download, it debuts at No. 5 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Of HABIBTI’s starting sum of 114,000, SEA units comprise 108,000 (equaling 110.63 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 11 tracks; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise nearly 6,000 (it debuts at No. 12 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

As for MAID OF HONOUR, of its first-week total of 110,000, SEA units comprise 104,000 (equaling 105.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 14 tracks; it debuts at No. 3 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 6,000 (it debuts at No. 11 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

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