Drake Dominates Billboard 200

- Drake's most recent No. 1 album was *For All the Dogs*, released in October 2023, which debuted with 402,000 album-equivalent units. A deluxe version titled *For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition* helped the album return to the top spot in November 2023 with 145,000 units. - The 514.01 million on-demand streams for *For All the Dogs* in its first week marked the largest streaming week for any album in 2023. - In April 2025, Drake surpassed The Beatles for the most cumulative weeks for an artist on the Billboard 200, with his albums collectively spending over 3,346 weeks on the chart. For example, *Take Care* has spent over 578 weeks on the chart. - While having nine albums on the chart is a significant achievement, the record for the most simultaneous albums on the Billboard 200 by a living artist is held by Taylor Swift, who had 11 albums on the chart in July 2023. Prince holds the overall record with 19 albums charting simultaneously following his death in 2016. - Kendrick Lamar's *GNX* debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 319,000 album-equivalent units, achieving the biggest streaming week for an R&B/hip-hop album in 2024 with nearly 380 million streams in its first week. - Tyler, the Creator's *CHROMAKOPIA* also debuted at No. 1, earning 299,500 equivalent units in its first week, marking the biggest debut for a rap album at the time of its release in 2024. The album spent a total of three weeks at the top of the chart. - Playboi Carti's *MUSIC* became his second No. 1 album, debuting with 298,000 equivalent album units and setting a record for the biggest week for a rap album in 2025. All 30 songs from the album debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.