Drake Makes Chart History With A Triple Album Domination
Drake has just done something no artist has managed in over 70 years on the Billboard 200. As reported by Billboard (May 2026), he now holds the top three spots on the US albums chart at the same time, with ICEMAN at No. 1, HABIBTI at No. 2 and MAID OF HONOUR at No. 3. It’s a chart takeover that reshapes what dominance looks like in the streaming era.
All three albums dropped on 15 May and landed on the chart dated 30 May, driven almost entirely by streaming rather than traditional sales. ICEMAN leads the pack with around 463,000 equivalent album units in its first week, powered by more than 460 million on-demand streams. It also posts the biggest streaming week of the year so far for an R&B/hip-hop release, underlining just how heavily listening habits now shape chart performance.
The two follow-ups didn’t trail far behind in impact. HABIBTI opened at No. 2 with 114,000 units, while MAID OF HONOUR debuted at No. 3 with 110,000. Both releases followed the same pattern: strong streaming numbers doing most of the heavy lifting, with only limited contributions from digital sales.
The scale of the moment also pushes Drake to 15 US No. 1 albums, placing him level with Taylor Swift for the most chart-toppers by a solo artist, and ahead of Jay-Z. Only The Beatles remain out in front overall, with 19 No. 1s. It also brings his total top 10 albums to 20, the highest for any rap artist to date.
Historically, this kind of chart control is almost unheard of. While a handful of acts have managed to hold Nos. 1 and 2 at the same time — including Guns N’ Roses and Nelly — no artist has ever debuted across the top three positions simultaneously until now.
The wider picture is just as striking. The top four albums on the Billboard 200 all cleared 100,000 equivalent units this week, pointing to a strong moment at the upper end of the market, with Noah Kahan holding No. 4. Elsewhere in the top 10, LUCKI breaks into the region for the first time with DrGs R Bad* at No. 9.
It all reinforces the same shift the charts have been reflecting for years: streaming now decides scale, speed and saturation in ways that were never possible in the pure sales era — and Drake has just shown exactly how far that can go.
