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Drake tops Billboard 200 with three albums, breaks Hot 100

Published 2 June 2026

Drake has achieved a historic and unprecedented takeover of the Billboard charts, setting multiple records with the simultaneous release of three new albums. The rapper’s projects Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour debuted at numbers one, two, and three, respectively, on the Billboard 200 chart dated May 30, marking the first time any artist has occupied the top three positions simultaneously in the chart’s 70-year history.

The dominance extended to the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, where Drake placed 42 songs, setting a new record for the most concurrent entries in a single week. This surpasses the previous mark of 37 set by Morgan Wallen in 2025. Among these entries, the track “Janice STFU” from Iceman debuted at number one, giving Drake his 14th career Hot 100 chart-topper. This achievement moves him past Michael Jackson for the most number-one singles by a solo male artist and ties him with Taylor Swift and Rihanna for the third-most among all acts, behind only Mariah Carey (19) and The Beatles (20).

Iceman was the strongest performer of the three albums, earning 463,000 equivalent album units in its opening week in the United States, driven largely by streaming. Habibti...

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