Drake’s ‘Thank Me Later’ Set To Debut Big

Published: Thursday 17th Jun 2010 by Sam

Drake‘s eagerly awaited ‘Thank Me Later’ LP is set to debut with one of the year’s biggest opening week sales. See what number’s the Young Money star is being projected to sell below…

According to Hits Daily Double

You can Thank him now, or Thank him Later, but the record industry should show its gratitude somehow because Drake’s new album is the first blockbuster of the summer, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.

The half-Jewish Toronto hip-hop star who got his start in the teen TV cult hit Degrassi: The Next Generation, goes to the head of the class this week on his Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown debut, Thank Me Later, with first-week sales in the 450-475k range, making it a lock for #1.

Based on one-day sales reports from those retailers still blowing their own vuvezelas, that would be the third highest-total this year to Sade (501k) and Lady Antebellum (481k).

The postponed album comes to retail fresh off a pair of hits in “Over” and “Find Your Love.”

This sure is a testament to the fact that people will still buy music, if given enough reason to (well, for the most part, anyway). I mean, for an album which leaked two weeks ago (and with several of the featured tracks floating around already), this is a major achievement!

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  1. Drop top girl June 17, 2010

    Congratulations Drake! My fellow Torontonian lol

  2. royalkev June 17, 2010

    Album is kind of lame for me! Anyway, congrats!

  3. Richard June 17, 2010

    Wow! Congratulations for him.

    Not to make this all about Christina, but Drake is proof that certain big artists not doing so well this year is due to a dip in quality and not about the record-selling climate.

  4. DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN) June 17, 2010

    Shark Face & Eyebrows album is gonna bomb afghanistan style.

    FLOP.

  5. Gucci June 17, 2010

    Girl that’s great now maybe he can give Toni Braxton and MOO MOO Carey some pointers on how to sell albums in the 21st century. *Side eye*

    CONGRATS DRAKE <3 I would have never imagined this a few years ago seeing this boy on television when I was younger. He deserves it. Please stock up on tissue because he just s*** on the game.

    Nicki sweetie take note

  6. DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN) June 17, 2010

    he’s a flop artist, relying on features on his albums, thats what will make it a hit, catchy hooks, by other people.

    FLOP.

  7. g3 June 17, 2010

    congrats Drake !! still not buying the album tho

  8. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN)

    Sweetie you know I <3 you but I disagree. I think he is clever and he can make good music. Trent and Sam only stanning because they are crossing their fingers praying for those gay rumors to be true…..

    SMH.

  9. Bacqui June 17, 2010

    This is great news Sam !! He is one of the best …. He is a triple threat rap, sings, and acts.Haters are gonna go mad! Now this is an album we can compare to MJ’s Thriller.

    DRAKE’S (ITS OVER) LYRICS

    “Swear this life is like the sweetest thing I’ve ever known
    ‘Bout to go Thriller Mike Jackson on these n*****
    All I need’s a f****** red jacket with some zippers
    Super good smiddoke, a package of the swishers
    I did it overnight, it couldn’t happen any quicker
    Y’all know them? Well, f*** it, me either
    But point the biggest skeptic out, I’ll make him a believer
    It wouldn’t be the first time I done it, throwin’ hundreds
    When I should be throwin’ ones, b****, I run it (Ah)”

  10. GangsterA June 17, 2010

    congrats hes album is great my
    faves songs fire works.up all night.find youre love.lights up

  11. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @Bacqui

    Drake to Michael Jackson? Girl let me grab the calendar because today must to be April fool’s day

    I can’t…………………..

  12. Gucci June 17, 2010

    Well boys and girls I guess those Rihanna mentions really pushed those sales. Nowadays that girl puts food on everyone’s table. Trent how’s breakfast, lunch and dinner courtesy of Ri Ri?

    Eminem was hungry too I see. Smart man.

  13. royalkev June 17, 2010

    @Richard, I have to disagree. Xtina and Drake are two different cases. Xtina is on one side of a fence dividing two diva’s in a catfight, where people support or have not given their support because of choosing sides. I’m not only speaking of just their fans/stans either. Trust me the same will have in the Kim vs Nikki war. It’s not always about having a quality album.

  14. royalkev June 17, 2010

    *that’s, the same will happen in the Kim vs Nikki war…

  15. DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN) June 17, 2010

    @ BACQUI ? YOU BEEN SMOKING wacky backy me thinks…..

    DRAKE…..MJ ….LMAO LOL LOL I JUST spat my tea out reading that hot ass mess of a coment LOL LOL LOL

    awwwwww you know zilch about the music industry do you sweetie ?
    awww

  16. ~AalexisR~ The Summer King (The Bahamas) June 17, 2010

    It is a very nice album. Congrats. I will be ordering it today.

  17. Gucci June 17, 2010

    XTINA did have a quality album but these half baked gaga stans went to extreme lengths to smear her…..including flagging her video on youtube and other things girl…..

    Once gaga runs out of gas and crashes I really fear for what these retarded stans will do next.

  18. LOS June 17, 2010

    I DONT SEE WHY ITS A CONSTANT NEED TO BRING OTHER ARTIST INTO A POST ABOUT ANOTHER….HIS FIRST TWO SINGLES FOR THE ALBUM HAVE NO FEATURES BY THE WAY…AND IF RIHANNA WAS ADDING HYPE TO ANYBODYS ALBUM YOU WOULD THINK HER ALBUM WOULD HAVE SOLD BETTER.. OR EVEN CHRIS BROWNS.

  19. Nick June 17, 2010

    I must admit I am very impressed.,wow

  20. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @LOS

    girl please she basically handed Chris Brown all 300k copies of his flop CD and as for her own, I would say a world tour that brings in millions every night is good enough. Now can we talk about Drake? You’re doing exactly what you complained about SMH

  21. rick June 17, 2010

    i wouldn’t say it’s that big, because here in the US i’ve barley heard anything about it..and just because it debuts at number 1, doesn’t mean it will be widely known. None of his singles have been played on mainstream radio. Only “Best I Ever Had” achieved that feat.

  22. DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN) June 17, 2010

    All drakes been talking about is Rihanna…….very clever move… this is an almost definite sympathy purchase from some of his more desperate lonely fans…..shame……

  23. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @rick

    now you know you are lying boo! The radio plays over and find your love every 3 seconds. And yes the third best selling debut of the year is “that big”. <3

  24. Bacqui June 17, 2010

    @ Dumbofficial & Pucci ,,,April Fool was da day Island Def Jam’s psycho Bu Thiam smoked wacky backy and thought Rihgoat’s next flop album will match MJ’s Thriller. God bless his sinful soul.

  25. royalkev June 17, 2010

    @Gucci That’s exactly what I’m referring to, radio abandon her and for what reason?! There wasn’t any inappropriate act commited on her part. Xtina is excluded from radio programming and these artist are fadded out because their newer material is not being played. It’s a strategy, that makes it appear that radio still support some artist, that they don’t because they discontinue playing their current music. When Gaga runs out of steam and has no more gimmicks, it’ll happen to her. It’s threatening for them to pair people up against these artist they let dominate radio by playing everyone equally and then letting the public decide who they want to request because their only interested in promoting one artist! That would actually allow for there to be a fair fight… and who wants that?

  26. LOS June 17, 2010

    I MEAN THIS IS THE ONLY RESPONSE I WILL MAKE ABOUT THIS..BECAUSE I DO HAVE A LIFE…..BUT I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT RIHANNA I JUST COMMENTED ON A STATEMENT SOMEBODY ELSE AND ALSO I JUST SIMPLY STATED A FACT THAT HER ALBUM DIDNT SALE THAT WELL NEITHER HAVE ANY OF HER ALBUM JUST BEEN THAT BIG …OTHER THAN SINGLE WISE…SHE HAS NEVER SOLD A ALBUM OVER 200,000 FIRST WEEK SALES….NOT TO SAY THAT SHE HAVENT HAD GOOD ALBUMS BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS…AND IM NOT A GIRL SO PLEASE DO NOT REFER TO ME AS ONE…..AND AS FAR AS CHRIS BROWN HIS ALBUMS SOLD WAY BEFORE RIHANNA PROABLY WITH BIGGER NUMBERS…..SHE IS JUST MORE A PUBLICITY AND ENDORSEMENT PERSON

  27. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @Bacqui

    No honey it was the day Chris Brown dreamed of going to Europe only to get denied. If you ask me Europe gave Chris Breathless Brown thee best April fool’s joke of all time. Of all time. Ask Kanye.

  28. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @LOS

    Honey by mere mention of her name Drake was on every blog site for a week. That’s like making a stop on the promotional tour and it worked boo. Rihanna’s sales (which are actually great) is irrelevant to the fact that she puts foods on these girl’s tables….including Mrs. Trent and Mrs. Sam.

    Case closed boo now enjoy your amazing “life”

  29. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @royalkev

    I didn’t even understand why gaga bots were comparing Xtina when gaga obviously stole that whole blond hair red lipstick look from xtina in the first place. They forget about what came first and just assume gaga created everything. Have no fear though girl because Xtina’s album will get a lot of steam once she makes a new video for Bionic and Woo Hoo.

    And Gaga’s Alejandro completely replaced by Katy Perry’s California Girls. It’s only a matter of time before that cracked up bag of bones runs out of costumes

  30. DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN) June 17, 2010

    LMAO @Bacqui

    NO ONE will EVER surpass MJ’s Thriller album, in regards to the album content and sales, especially not a RAP artist LMAO LOL LMAO LOL LOL LOL

    FAIL.

    stop trying bacqui because you always lose, and your showing yourself up honey B.

  31. malyeh June 17, 2010

    Yes ! I’m happy for him !
    Amazing album…that kind of album you have to listen to few times before LOVING it !

  32. royalkev June 17, 2010

    @ Gucci , LOL true! The comparisons were crazy. Xtina practically did everything she was accused of stealing twice! Gaga is “the original creator of everything” according to some. I say 4 years tops! This will happen over and over again!

  33. DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN) June 17, 2010

    Gaga’s shine will wear off sooner or later, and she will finally have to rely on her “talent” or more so lack of it. once the novelty of seeing Gaga in some stupid outfit has worn of, so will her shine and then her “monsters”.

    the Alejandro video bombed osama bin laden style.

    NEXT…….

  34. royalkev June 17, 2010

    Exactly… If she was showing more of her talent, I would not mind her. I don’t even think she’s so bad at singing, but everything she brings to the table(from her music to her style) is one big gimmick!

  35. truth June 17, 2010

    he sounds the same on every song, monotone. who cant sell records when your in the media spotlight all day? this is corporate business moves, not music. music comes second to the programming and money, period. we have no choice in the matter. they push it-we ingest it-like robots. constant manipulation of the masses. our minds have not progressed enough to comprehend what corporate america and the government stands for! manipulation of the public. even if you dont like drakes album noone will believe you, because the mass media says you do like it, im like (hmmmm, maybe i do like it) but really i think he sounds the same every song! but if i say that-im hating! its ano win situation. people will follow the masses and fall for the same tricks over and over. it would take a hiphop obama to change this. there are countles mc’s better than the 100 artist they keep rotating over and over on us, but they arent signed, so-they are nobody. hiphop isnt about whos the most lyrical anymore-its just like politicians-whoever has the most money-gets the vote! BTW-he “borrows” alot of content from alot of artist that have not made it–they complain about it all the time-but they have no voice. i personally have cd’s i purchased years ago-and he is using some of the flows that are on it. and im not hating, im stating facts.

  36. truth June 17, 2010

    BTW gaga isnt imitating Xtina-Thats Madonna all the way!

  37. Bacqui June 17, 2010

    @ Gucci da Pucci,,,Asked Kanye, and he said da ‘Breathless’ moment he had was when he hit Rhihoe from da back while she was suckin Jay-Zin’s shoot blanks aged d***.

    @ Dumbofficial,,,True statement! No one will ever surpass MJ’s Thriller-but atleast we can say da hype for Drake’s album would equal MJ’s.Then again if we say Rhigoat’s next flop would match MJ’s, its not only a lie,its an insult to da late Michael Jackson and his beloved fans.Pliz tell dat idiot Bu Thiam to respect da Legend!

    Haters are gonna thank Drake later!

  38. DANBOFFICIALL (AALIYAH/RIHANNA/XTINA) STAN) June 17, 2010

    <<< you mad Flopeezy stan ? HA

  39. Yellow Gorilah June 17, 2010

    =/ Hmmmm I still don’t Like that Fact he Used Rihanna to get more Sales…. Dont act like he did not do that by perpurse because the blogs when crazy over that! so I’m not a fan of his because of that but he is still good doe 😀

  40. Jay Z’s Love Child June 17, 2010

    Drake used Rihanna to get more sales? well maybe if she wasnt a H**..f****** everything with a d***..he wouldnt have a story to tell. And besides, she used Chris to sell what little records she DID sell. soo bye. I bought my Drake CD and I loveeeeeee it! My favorite song is Unforgettable. It samples my favorite Aaliyah song, At Your Best <3

  41. BeysBetter June 17, 2010

    LMAO i knew he wasn’t doin no MILLION! Get out of here…

  42. ~Team Weezy~ June 17, 2010

    YAY! Good for Drake. The album is really good!

    Now people can shut up about people not buying albums these days. (X-Tina stans) This is clear proof that if someone wants to buy an album they WILL!

  43. tiff June 17, 2010

    I just got drakes album..its hot. It will do good.

  44. wendy June 17, 2010

    Good for Drake. To think people were saying that he needed Rihanna for sales. NO, NO,NO that’s Rihanna’s card being a user.

  45. LoveBird June 17, 2010

    When Britney DROPS her new album later this year… She would without a doubt be in the top 3 best debuts. Britney sells records… promo or no promo.

  46. annon June 17, 2010

    urm..b*******.
    He’s album SUCKS big time. seriously he thinks he can sing, well with auto tune, who cant?
    he think he can rap? well with songs like Find Your Love, he obviously doesnt show it.
    SO WTF is he good at?
    posing i guess. i cant imagine anyone who would even wanna buy his album. its not even rap! its not even singing!

    The only song i really liked was up all night, which he kinda rapped average . But nicki totally snatched the whole song away with her hard hitting impactful verse. Though i think she does good only when she being featured (dutty love, lil freak) and sucks as a solo artist (Your Love, massive attack).

  47. BEYONCE VS. WORLD June 17, 2010

    HYPE HYPE HYPE

  48. Gucci June 17, 2010

    @Jay Z’s Love Child

    She never had s** with him boo, he even said it. He just got sprung and couldn’t control his emotions….and as for Rihanna using Chris..girl sit that ass down. She did ONE INTERVIEW and he did more than a dozen….so who used who? These stans are too stupid to see what was obvious from the beginning.

    @Bacqui

    please explain why CB stans are always talking about flops. LMAO at least Rihanna got in Europe and I’m sure Drake will too. Drake sold more copies in the first week that Chris Brown’s flop album sold to this day. Have a seat boo

  49. Mila June 18, 2010

    As a Canadian and someone who has met him I’m so happy thats alot of sales its amazing so proud… quality artist

  50. Badd June 18, 2010

    I really doubt that.
    It seems like his album will be a flop.
    I mean eh have a few hits..maybe..
    but nothing serious.
    & though I like Nicki Minaj..
    I feel the same way about her.

  51. Chris G June 20, 2010

    I hope he does well, we are rooting for you!

  52. MONEYMAYNE June 21, 2010

    YALL HATIN ON MY TDOT HOMMIE DRAKE…GET OFF HIS NUTS HE MAKIN MONEY YALL FIND SUMIN BETTER TO DO…HATERSSS GET UR CAKE UPPP

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