Drake don break record wey Michael Jackson hold for years. Na di most No. 1 singles for Billboard Hot 100 by solo male artist, as im song ‘Janice STFU’ reach top spot. Dis one make Drake tie with Rihanna and Taylor Swift for second place overall. Only Mariah Carey with 19 and Beatles with 20 dey ahead.
Aside from dat, Drake also beat Morgan Wallen record from 2025 for most entries in one week on Hot 100. Drake get 42 songs chart for same week, wey pass Wallen wey get 37. Wallen don previously tie Taylor Swift record for third-most entries.
For top 10, Drake occupy nine slots, only Ella Langley ‘Choosin’ Texas’ hold on at No. 10. With dis, Drake extend im record total career count to 90 songs wey reach top 10. He also become first artist ever to get more than 400 career entries on Hot 100.
Drake dey ride high from im trio of albums — ‘Iceman‘, ‘Maid of Honour’ and ‘Habibti’ — wey he release on May 15. Di rapper don dey tease ‘Iceman’ for nearly two years, debuting songs through livestreams before dem land for digital platforms. For im fourth livestream, hours before ‘Iceman’ release, he reveal two more surprise albums.
Over di weekend, di three albums make chart history as dem debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 for Billboard 200. Na first time since 1956 wey one artist hold top three spots for same week. ‘Iceman’ earn 463,000 equivalent album units and give Drake im 15th No. 1 album. Dis one pass Jay-Z record for most No. 1 albums among R&B/hip-hop artists. Drake also tie Taylor Swift for most No. 1 albums among solo artists, with only Beatles ahead.
‘Iceman’ enter with 463,000 units for week ending May 21, wey be second-largest week for 2026 and biggest R&B/hip-hop week for di year. ‘Habibti’ and ‘Maid of Honour’ launch with 114,000 and 110,000 units respectively. All three albums dem release as digital download only.
For other chart news, rapper LUCKI get im first top 10 with ‘Dr*gs R Bad’ at No. 7. Noah Kahan ‘The Great Divide’ slip to No. 8, and other albums like Ella Langley ‘Dandelion’, Morgan Wallen ‘I’m the Problem’, Michael Jackson ‘Thriller‘, and BTS ‘ARIRANG‘ dey for top 10.
