Drake’s quest to become a household name is proving to be a fruitful one.
After adding value to his global stock within the last year by way of new music, a carefully executed presentation of his new look and his ties to Rihanna, the entertainer can now say that he is the first of “contemporary” Urban act to truly challenge Beyonce commercially in today’s market.
How this is working wonders for him in the United Kingdom?
Find out below…
In honour of the star’s success with the single ‘One Dance‘, the Official Charts have unveiled the list of his highest-selling singles in the U.K.
| TITLE | CREDITED ARTIST | PEAK | YEAR | |
| 1 | WHAT’S MY NAME | RIHANNA FT DRAKE | 1 | 2010 |
| 2 | HOLD ON WE’RE GOING HOME | DRAKE FT MAJID JORDAN | 4 | 2013 |
| 3 | HOTLINE BLING | DRAKE | 3 | 2015 |
| 4 | TAKE CARE | DRAKE FT RIHANNA | 9 | 2011 |
| 5 | WORK | RIHANNA FT DRAKE | 2 | 2016 |
| 6 | FOREVER | DRAKE/KANYE/LIL WAYNE/EMINEM | 42 | 2009 |
| 7 | STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM | DRAKE | 25 | 2013 |
| 8 | F**KIN’ PROBLEMS | ASAP ROCKY FT DRAKE/2 CHAINZ | 50 | 2012 |
| 9 | MOMENT 4 LIFE | NICKI MINAJ FT DRAKE | 22 | 2010 |
| 10 | THE MOTTO | DRAKE FT LIL WAYNE & TYGA | 8 |
Quite interestingly, he has Rihanna to thank for several of his wins in the country despite scoring too high for her to catch up as far as opening week numbers for albums in the U.S. are concerned.
His highest-selling solo number in the Britain? 803,000 units, pulled in ‘Hold On We’re Going Home’ before his meme-inspiring ‘Hotline Bling’ arrived at 694,000 unit’s sold’s front door.
His latest set ‘VIEWS’ is set to top the nation’s albums chart by the end of today, usurping Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade.’
Yaasssss #TeamAubrih for 2016
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Anti is now 2x platinum and is sitting strongly on the BB200 top 5, Work 9 weeks at #1, Rihanna is breaking legends’ records and Drake is just tearing up album sales and bb charts!!
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Ughhhhh the slayage is unbearable!! <3 #MusicOverHype
Hypenade could never score a 9 week #1 hit.
When everyone clown drake call him soft this man appeals to young kids I hope drake have lots of security because you have black hating ass who will try to hurt him because of his success nicki in bed crying her eyes out with m***** meek nicki and bey collaboration went to the bubbling under
Just dïck riding anybody as long as it’s not Queen Bey right??? ? Pathetic and desperate. Punchline writes itself.
3 out of the top 5 has Rihanna in it. lol “She clings to Drake”
Where is Beyonce feat Drake “Mine” ?
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Oooops!! “Mine” has been MUTE since its debut! #clocked
How she clings to drake Rihanna is a superstar around the world drake is the one clinging to her I’m sure rih fans help drake with selling albums please count at least some of that numbers niomi state on wendy show people love rih in Europe I was in Spain and they played her songs in the mall all over
Rihanna does cling to Drake… she wasn’t on his mixtapes, & his first week sells on those were pretty impressive for just mixtapes. But music isnt about quantity, it’s about quality… Rihanna lost her quality when “Unapologetic went platinum. She became cocky & started feeling herself. She is so focused on selling her music now, she doesn’t put much effort into making the music. “Unapologetic” was released in 2012, so it took her 4 years to make “Anti”. That’s more than enough time to create a solid body of work. “Anti” is mediocre & it feels rushed. I love Rihanna, so there is no shade… but she was a better artist with her previous projects.
I know right
She can’t hit #1 without Drake. She has how many #1’s and how Many does Drake have??
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Rihanna and Drake tho!!! Yeees love them
Rihanna’s anti hasn’t even sold Gold in the US! The shame.
Ashanti hasn’t scanned gold since 2002
Ashanti in Jamaica selling her body b**** bye with your irrelevant fav ashanti who
I have a feeling hws gonna release all the Caribbean-inspired songs on the album as the remaining singles. I’m not mad, though. Give these other rappers something to work toward, Drake.
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The way he spoke that little part of patois so effortlessly in “Too Good” still has me hot and bothered. He knows exactly what he’s trying to do by getting Rih interested in him.
All those promotion, number ones, hypes and he did 78k? He had a week and he only sold 5k more than Bey? Not to mention Lemonade is charting higher in Sweden and Netherland. Lemonade top both charts whereas VIEWS is one spot lower with ONE WEEK sale.
Just accept drake beat bey that is the real story Beyonce proclaim she the queen female Michael Jackson and cannot pull a million in a day with streaming and album sale it’s tragic you haters call rih her lessor then what is bey to drake adele and taylor I’m amaze that she could not pull more people to watch her hbo stop coming for Rihanna when bey flop too
And the digital queen sold 120k with work on its first day. What kind of queen that got beaten by Katy Perry’s Roar? Gaga, Britney once broke record as highest first week sales n singles department, the question is when will the digital queen? Gaga and Katy had 2 diamond singles, the digital queen? What’s her highest selling single? 5 mil? Just as much as Single Ladies?
Lol I admit I kinda like how Drake is dabbling in Caribbean culture and lingo!
You need a hot oil treatment sis
Rinanna X Drake, dream team
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I wonder if the stats are similar for Rihanna X Eminem
King Drizz ??
These two are a power couple if they get together people will buy anything they put out
Lemonade is Gold in UK and number one in Sweden and 2 in Netherland. Drake who? Drake what? And Lemonade will outsell Queen Of Urban Pop’s album as well as the Global Superstar aka the Black Madonna soon.
Two weeks of charting and Lemonade is gold in UK. Like I said, soon it will surpassed a certain Queen Of Urban Pop highest selling album in UK, 300k. And death at 7/11 sold as much as Try Again, which is Queen Of Urban Pop highest selling single in UK #200k, no wonder he HIDES behind Rih. PS. Did y’all see Beyonce’s country song chatting higher than KIB and NM despite the porno video?
Get a life f***ôt smh
Congrats to Team Aubrih