Drake has achieved an unprecedented milestone in music history by becoming the first artist ever to have three albums simultaneously occupy the top three positions on the Billboard 200 chart. The Canadian rapper, aged 39, released his records Iceman, Habiti, and Maid of Honour on Friday, May 15, and they debuted at numbers one, two, and three respectively on this week's chart.
According to Billboard, this remarkable feat marks the first time any artist has accomplished this since the charts began weekly publication in March 1956. Iceman represents Drake's 15th overall number-one album in the United States, surpassing Jay-Z to become the solo male artist with the most number-one records. As a solo artist, he now ties with Taylor Swift, with only the Beatles holding more number-one albums in the U.S., boasting a total of 19.
Drake also set a similar record in the United Kingdom, becoming the first artist to have three albums in the top 10. While Iceman topped the UK charts, Maid of Honour ranked sixth and Habiti seventh.
Streaming Records
Earlier this week, it was announced that Drake had already set a new Spotify streaming record for 2026 when Iceman garnered 140.2 million streams in its first 24 hours. This impressive figure made it the second biggest hip-hop debut ever on the streaming service, behind Drake's own 2021 release Certified Lover Boy, which achieved 153 million streams in its first day.
In comparison, Drake's longtime rival Kendrick Lamar's most recent album, GNX, was surprise-released in November 2024 and streamed 44 million times in its initial seven hours, with 75 million streams during its first full 24-hour tracking period. Both albums lag behind Spotify's overall record set in April 2024 when Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department was streamed 313.7 million times in 24 hours.
The success of Iceman, along with the release of Maid of Honour and Habibti, helped Drake become the most-streamed artist on Spotify in a single day this year, with over 250 million total streams on Friday.
Critical Reception
Critical reaction to Drake's three new albums has been mixed. In a review for The Independent, music editor Roisin O'Connor noted: "For years now, one of the biggest of Drake's myriad issues has been his inability to self-edit. Bloat plagued 2018's Scorpion and 2023's For All the Dogs, both of which contained no fewer than 23 songs. It didn't help that the material was severely lacking, too. And now we have not just Iceman – promoted via silly immersive stunts like a giant block of ice dumped in the centre of Toronto – but also Maid of Honour and Habibti."
