Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR‘s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The 6God has now officially tied Taylor Swift and JAY-Z for the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 list as a solo artist.
The latest album launches its way to the top after moving 246,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Billboard also reported that 25,000 units came from pure album sales. Drake is in good company, joining Taylor Swift and JAY-Z with 14 No. 1 albums in Billboard’s 69-year history. Currently, only The Beatles surpass the three artists with 19 total chart-topping albums. Following Drake, Swift and Hov, the next group of artists — Eminem, Future, Bruce Springsteen, Barbara Streisand and Ye — all have 11 No.1 albums each.
For PARTYNEXTDOOR, this album is his first No. 1. The album had 287.04 million on-demand official streams generated from its songs, marking the largest streaming week for any album since Kendrick Lamar‘s GNX debuted at No. 1 back in December 2024. $ome $exy $ongs 4 U is also Drake’s first album since his feud with Lamar. Prior to this, Drizzy’s most recent No. 1 was his 2023 album For All The Dogs. His most successful No. 1 album was his 2016 effort Views which topped charts for 13 weeks. Drake is currently on tour in Australia and New Zealand.
Drake officially ties Taylor Swift as the artist with the most #1 albums on the Billboard 200 this century (14 each). pic.twitter.com/4eSVUczbYU
— chart data (@chartdata) February 23, 2025
