Drake makes Billboard 200 history as first ever artist to hold top 3 spots in a single week

Drake has made chart history as his three new releases — ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR — debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Billboard 200, according to the platform, marking the first time in the chart’s modern history that a single artist has occupied the entire top three simultaneously.

The Billboard report confirms ICEMAN opens at No. 1 with 463,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the week ending May 21, followed by HABIBTI at No. 2 with 114,000 units and MAID OF HONOUR at No. 3 with 110,000 units. All three projects were released on May 15.

The achievement also gives Drake his 15th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, placing him ahead of Jay-Z among solo male artists and tying him with Taylor Swift among solo performers overall.

Only The Beatles, with 19 chart-topping albums, remain ahead.

According to Billboard’s data, ICEMAN’s first-week performance was driven primarily by streaming activity, with 449,000 SEA units equalling 462.2 million on-demand streams.

HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR also recorded strong streaming-led debuts, with over 100 million streams each.

Billboard notes that Drake is now the only act in chart history to debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously, surpassing previous milestones set by acts such as Guns N’ Roses and Nelly, who each debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 in the same week.

The Billboard 200 ranks albums using a multi-metric system combining album sales, streaming equivalent albums and track equivalent albums, compiled by Luminate