Three-project blitz gives Drake a dominant grip on UK charts this week

Drake set a new UK chart mark on May 22, when all three of his newly released studio albums entered the Official Albums Chart Top 10 in the same week. The Official Charts Company said ICEMAN debuted at Number 1, MAID OF HONOUR opened at Number 6 and HABIBTI entered at Number 7. The result made Drake the first artist to debut three studio albums inside the UK Top 10 simultaneously. It also gave him a seventh UK chart-topping album and lifted his overall Top 10 album tally to 17. ### Which three Drake projects drove the UK chart sweep? ICEMAN, MAID OF HONOUR and HABIBTI were all released on May 15 as part of a surprise multi-album rollout that Official Charts described in its release-week coverage as “the biggest music bombshell of 2026 so far.” In that first-look report, the company said Drake had dropped not only ICEMAN but two additional albums at the same time, immediately putting multiple tracks in contention for high singles-chart positions. (officialcharts.com) The Official Charts Company said ICEMAN led the album pack at Number 1, with MAID OF HONOUR at Number 6 and HABIBTI at Number 7. The company said the three debuts made Drake the first act ever to open three studio albums inside the UK Top 10 in the same week. (officialcharts.com) ### How unusual is that feat in the UK market? Official Charts said it had been 33 years since a similar three-album Top 10 arrival happened in Britain. The company said Prince achieved that in 1993, when The Hits / The B-Sides, The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 all debuted inside the Top 10, though those were compilation releases rather than new studio albums. (officialcharts.com) Drake’s May 22 result therefore stands as a first for studio albums in the UK’s official chart history, according to the Official Charts Company. The same update said the Canadian artist’s overall UK Top 10 album count now stands at 17. ### Did the album surge spill into the singles chart too? (officialcharts.com) The Official Singles Chart for May 22-28 showed Drake placing three new songs in the Top 10. JANICE STFU opened at Number 2, NATIONAL TREASURES entered at Number 3 and MAKE THEM CRY debuted at Number 6, according to the Official Charts Company. (officialcharts.com) Official Charts had earlier projected MAKE THEM CRY to challenge for Number 1, with NATIONAL TREASURES and DUST also tracking for the Top 5 in its midweek “First Look.” By the final chart, Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s REIN ME IN held Number 1, while Drake still claimed three of the week’s Top 6 positions. (officialcharts.com) ### Who else was near Drake on the UK rankings? Michael Jackson placed four albums in that week’s UK Top 40, with The Essential Michael Jackson at Number 2, Thriller at Number 4, Bad at Number 8 and Off The Wall at Number 37, according to Official Charts. The company linked that renewed activity to the popularity of the Michael biopic. (officialcharts.com) Sam Fender and Olivia Dean remained atop the singles chart with REIN ME IN, while other top-10 singles included tracks by Tame Impala, Chemical Brothers, Olivia Rodrigo and Michael Jackson, the Official Charts listing showed. ### Where does the UK result leave Drake next? The Official Charts Company dated the album and singles rankings to the chart week of May 22 to May 28. (officialcharts.com) Its charts page says the full Top 100 rankings are compiled from streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl sales, and the next weekly update will replace the current standings on the same official chart schedule. (officialcharts.com)