Drake‘s domination of Billboard last week thanks to his latest album, ‘For All the Dogs,’ was just the tip of the iceberg of history-making success he achieved this month.
Beyond becoming the first act to amass over 75 Hot 100 top 10 hits, collect over 300 entries on the chart, and have the most #1 debuts (9 total), he tied King of Pop Michael Jackson‘s record for most #1 hits among males overall.
On the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) side of the fence, the wins were unprecedented as well.
Look inside to see his latest slew of certification upgrades.
Before his 37th birthday (October 24), Drizzy (born Aubrey Graham) already stood in American record books as the most successful artist in digital music history.
With a brigade of new certs attached to his name, he’s extended the record in a huge way.
16x Platinum
- ‘God’s Plan’ (Single)
11x Platinum
- ‘One Dance’ (Single)
9x Platinum
- ‘Hold On We’re Going Home’ (Single)
- ‘Nice for What’ (Single)
8x Platinum
- ‘Take Care’ (Album)
- ‘Headlines’ (Single)
- ‘Started from the Bottom’ (Single)
- ‘The Motto’ (Single)
- ‘Views’ (Album)
- ‘In My Feelings’ (Single)
7x Platinum
- ‘Take Care’ (Single)
- ‘Scorpion’ (Album)
- ‘Passionfruit’ (Single)
6x Platinum
- ‘Laugh Now Cry Later’ (Single)
- ‘Nothing Was the Same’ (Album)
- ‘Money in the Grave’ (Single)
- ‘Fake Love’ (Single)
5x Platinum
- ‘Wants and Needs’ (Single)
- ‘Energy’ (Single)
- ‘Too Good’ (Single)
- ‘Knife Talk’ (Single)
4x Platinum
- ‘Thank Me Later’ (Album)
- ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ (Album)
- ‘More Life’ (Album)
3x Platinum
- ‘Certified Lover Boy’ (Album)
- ‘Jungle’ (Single)
2x Platinum
- ‘Her Loss’ (Album)
Collectively, the updates bring his total single sales to 244 million in the U.S. – making him the first artist to cross the 200 million sold threshold.
For context, his closest competitor, Rihanna, sits at the 166.5 million mark (as of time reported).
Speaking of his former on-and-off-again boo, Rih formerly held the title for ‘most multiPlatinum hits among all artists‘ with her whopping 34 tunes certified 2x Platinum or higher. With Drizzy’s additions above, he now has 80 Platinum and 38 multiPlatinum hits respectively. It should be noted that “Platinum” refers to sales equivalence of 1 million in the U.S.
Drake is now penciled in RIAA history books as the most-awarded act in Platinum and multiPlatinum categories.
Now with 80 Gold records to his name, he sits in third place behind Kanye West (93) and YoungBoy Never Broke Again (98). The term “Gold” refers to sales equivalence of 500,000 in the United States.
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Congrats to Drake. I wish it was him that was with Riri so they can make another black power couple instead of him “knocking up” or donating s to a w p star or w lookiing p star. I finally figured out his current hair style after my 15 year old nephew asked me to pay for his hair to be corn rolled. Apparently present day, skilled braiders in salons use weave to corn roll men’s hair in cases where the men have short length hair or not enough hair to corn roll. I told my nephew NO and did his hair myself by detangling his little afro and applying some organic texturizer to curl it up a little bit. I personally think corn rows and weaves are detrimental to men’s hair lines so it is better to either rock a picked afro or cut their hair short. I question if you can properly moisturize the scalp if you have weave sewed in because the key to long term hair growth and maintenance is moisturizing the scalp!
Quality over Quantity. Congrats nonetheless… I guess
He’s jew ish; as every label owner, it’s their champion on this african-american dominated space, so they make sure nés good
He’s jew ish; as every label owner, it’s their champion in this african-american dominated space, so they make sure he’s good
Man its literally FREE STREAMING NUMBERS. He’s not actually selling a damn thing cause nobody is actually buying his music.