Drake the Billboard King?

Certified Lover Boy, probably one of his most anticipated albums is breaking records, but that’s no surprise especially coming from Drake whose one of the most successful artists of this generation. Certified Lover Boy effortlessly debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, having an estimated 613,000 total album equivalent units, making it the largest tally for any album in 2021 and also the largest first week sales for a rap album since 2018 when Drake's "Scorpion" landed the spot.

CLB is Drake's tenth number one album overall, earning 743.67 million on demand streams of the albums 21 tracks. Drake now joins 3 other rappers with CLB's chart topping debut, Jay Z(19), Eminem(11), and Kanye West(10) as the only hip hop acts with 10 or more number one albums.

According to projections, Drake is set to make more Billboard history as he's set to hold nine spots on the Hot 100 chart, including another No.1 single with "Way 2 Sexy".