Drake has achieved an unprecedented milestone in music history, becoming the first artist to occupy the top three positions on the Billboard 200 chart simultaneously. The Canadian rapper, 39, released three albums on May 15: Iceman, Habiti, and Maid of Honour. They debuted at number one, two, and three respectively on this week's chart.
According to Billboard, this is the first time any artist has accomplished this feat since the chart began weekly publication in March 1956. Iceman marks Drake's 15th number one album in the United States, surpassing Jay-Z to become the solo male artist with the most chart-topping records. He now ties with Taylor Swift for the most number one albums among solo artists. The only act with more number one albums is the Beatles, who hold the record with 19.
Drake also set a similar record in the United Kingdom, becoming the first artist to have three albums in the top 10 simultaneously. Iceman topped the UK charts, while Maid of Honour ranked sixth and Habiti seventh.
Earlier this week, Drake set a new Spotify streaming record for 2026 when Iceman garnered 140.2 million streams in its first 24 hours. This makes it the second biggest hip-hop debut on the platform, behind his own 2021 release Certified Lover Boy, which had 153 million streams in its first day.
In comparison, Kendrick Lamar's latest album GNX, surprise-released in November 2024, was streamed 44 million times in its first seven hours and 75 million times during its first full 24-hour tracking period. Both albums lag behind Spotify's overall record set by Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department, which amassed 313.7 million streams in 24 hours in April 2024.
The success of Iceman, along with Maid of Honour and Habiti, helped Drake become the most-streamed artist on Spotify in a single day this year, with over 250 million total streams on May 15.
Critical reaction to the three albums has been mixed. Roisin O'Connor, music editor at The Independent, noted in a review that Drake's inability to self-edit has been a persistent issue, citing the bloat on 2018's Scorpion and 2023's For All the Dogs, both containing 23 songs. She added that the material on the new albums, despite promotional stunts like a giant block of ice in Toronto, still suffers from similar problems.
