Canadian singer Drake does it again! With his recent release “For All the Dogs” topping the Billboard 200 chart, he also ties King of Pop Michael Jackson for having the most No. 1 songs by a male solo artist, according to the data. Billboard.
Drake jumped from No. 8 to the top spot on the Billboard Artist 100. The star also hit No. 1 with his latest project. For all dogs on the Billboard 200 with 402,000 equivalent album units earned during the period Oct. 6-12 in its first week, according to Luminate. This number currently places Drake’s latest album in the top five (at number four) this year.
The album marks the fourth biggest release week of the year. Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) had 716,000 units to take first place, while Morgan Wallen’s company One thing at a time with 501,000 units is in second place, and Travis Scott’s store Utopia finishing third with 496,000 units.
Drake’s “First Person Shooter,” which features fellow rapper J. Cole, debuted at No. 1. The song became J. Cole’s very first No. 1 record, but this is Drake’s 13th album and matches the same number singles that Jackson had. most number one by male solo artist.
.@Drake officially ties Michael Jackson as the male soloist with the most No. 1 hits in Hot 100 history (13 each). pic.twitter.com/kg99kKIS2T
— chart data (@chartdata) October 16, 2023
For all dogs there were 514 million on-demand streams in the first week. This was enough to become the album’s fourth-highest single-week total. Drake has three of the top four results in one week. Its total for the first week Scorpion amounted to 745.9 million in 2018, while Certified Lover Boy there were 743.7 million streams in 2021. The only entry in the top four not by Drake is Swift Midnight, it had 549.3 million streams in 2022.
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