If you wondered about Drake‘s ability post-2024 to still make the kind of history on the Billboard charts that he seemed to make routinely in the 15 years prior to that… well, wonder no longer.
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On this week’s Billboard 200 (dated May 30), Drake debuts in the top three spots with his three simultaneously released new LPs — Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour, respectively — becoming the first artist to ever occupy Nos. 1-3 on the chart at the same time. Meanwhile, Iceman‘s “Janice STFU” opens at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the highest of his 42 debuts, also a Hot 100 record — breaking Drake out of a tie with Michael Jackson for most career No. 1s on the chart by a solo male with his 14.
Which of these records do we deem to be the most historically significant? And does this mean that Drake is officially as big again as he was before the drama of two years ago? Billboard staffers discuss these questions and more below.
