By Tamlyn Canham
Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ album has made Billboard Hot 100 history. The rapper has nine songs in the Top 10.
He is also the second artist in history to occupy all five places in the Top 5 – with ‘Way 2 Sexy’ claiming the top spot.
The Beatles are the only other artists to have achieved the feat. That was in 1964!
Drake dropped his highly anticipated album earlier this month. Some of the big names that feature include Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Rick Ross, and Future.
All 21 songs on the album are currently in the Top 40.
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Certified record-breaker
‘Certified Lover Boy’ has broken several records since its debut. CLB blew Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ out of the water. The album achieved more than 600,000 sales in America in its first week of release.
Kanye sold 309,000.
CLB, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, was also a big success on streaming platforms. It was streamed over 740-million times in its first week.
It also broke Spotify’s record for single-day streams.
Certified Record Breaker🤰 pic.twitter.com/f6AjbA6Ung
— Spotify (@Spotify) September 4, 2021
‘Certified Lover Boy’ is the biggest album debut on Apple Music. Drake beat his own record, which was set by his 2018 album, ‘Scorpion’.
.@Drake topped his own record. 🏆#CertifiedLoverBoy is now the biggest album debut EVER on Apple Music, surpassing the record 6 God set with ‘Scorpion’ in 2018.https://t.co/bVGPK6pxDM #CLB pic.twitter.com/hqbEoZZ011
— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) September 4, 2021
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