‘Back to Back’ hitmaker Drake has spent most of his 20-year Rap career placing back-to-back albums atop the Billboard 200 with some of the biggest opening sums in Hip Hop history.
And while his newest effort, the PARTYNEXTDOOR-assisted ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U,’ will likely keep his streak of chart-topping alive, industry analysts are predicting it will do so via a steep decline in premiere sales compared to its predecessors.
Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR’s ‘$$$4U’
Predicted First-Week Sales (SPS): 250,000 units
Predicted Billboard 200 Debut: #1
Home to the warmly received cuts ‘Gimme a Hug’ and ‘Nokia,’ the 21-track cut is predicted to debut at #1 on next week’s Billboard 200 with opening sales north of 250,000.
If the prediction rings true, the premiere figure will mark one of the lowest of the Canadian rapper’s career to date among his studio albums.
When all his LPs are considered, only 2022’s ‘Honestly Nevermind‘ arrived with a lower first-week commercial performance (204,000).
Drake’s First-Week Sales (Studio Albums)
Drake – Views – 1,040,000
Drake – Scorpion: 732,000
Drake – Nothing Was the Same: 658,000
Drake – Take Care: 631,000
Drake – Certified Lover Boy: 613,000
Drake – Thank Me Later: 447,000
Drake – Her Loss: 404,000
Drake – For All the Dogs: 402,000
Drake – Honestly Nevermind: 204,000
On the flip side, ‘$$$4U’ is en route to not only marking the milestone 14th chart-topper of Drizzy’s career but will also tie him with Taylor Swift and JAY-Z for most #1 hits on the all-genre chart among all solo artists.
What’s more, the Billboard 200 victory will see him unseat arch nemesis Kendrick Lamar who returned to the top of the tally after his epic Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Keep it locked to That Grape Juice to see the final figure Drake and PND report when official news drops on Sunday (February 23).
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250k and #1 debut is nothing to snicker at. Drake is 17 years into his career and just lost one of the biggest rap beefs in history. He still has star power but the album is mid and coulda been left in the vault.
Kendrick ended the uncircumcised Jewboy😊
$ome $hitty $ongs 4 U
Flop
Album is still a classic. All the Drake haters in the comments WISH their favorite artists could pull Drake numbers and for so long.