Drake Makes History at Nos. 1, 2 & 3 on Billboard 200 With ‘ICEMAN,’ ‘HABIBTI’ & ‘MAID OF HONOUR’

As Drake debuts at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Billboard 200, it marks the first time that one act has had the top three albums at the same time since the chart began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956.

Drake thus becomes the first act to debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 at the same time. He’s also only the third act to debut at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously.

Guns N’ Roses was the first act to debut at Nos. 1 and 2 concurrently, with Use Your Illusion II and Use Your Illusion I, respectively, on the Oct. 5, 1991-dated chart. Nelly was the second act to start at Nos. 1 and 2 at the same time, with Suit and Sweat, on the Oct. 2, 2004-dated chart. Beyond debuts, multiple acts have ranked at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously, most recently Future in March 2017. The Beatles lead with 20 such weeks, all in 1964.

Notably, in the pre-streaming era, one other act earned comparable dominance, although it was not on the Billboard 200. Before December 2014, the Billboard 200 ranked titles by pure album sales and in the week ending June 28, 2009, Michael Jackson had the top three-selling albums of the week, following his death on June 25 — all with catalog (older) albums (Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller). However, at the time, catalog albums were excluded from charting on the Billboard 200, and Jackson ranked at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the now-defunct Top Comprehensive Albums chart, which, during its existence, included both current and catalog albums.

ICEMAN marks Drake’s 15th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, surpassing Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among men. Drake ties Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists. Drake and Swift trail just one act, The Beatles, who have the most No. 1s among all acts, with 19. Jay-Z now follows Drake and Swift, with 14 leaders.

ICEMAN also tallies an 18th top 10-charted album for Drake on the Billboard 200, tying him with Future for the most top 10s among R&B/hip-hop acts.

Here’s a rundown of Drake’s 15 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200:

Title, Year, Weeks at No. 1
ICEMAN, 2026, one (to date)
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U, with PARTYNEXTDOOR, 2025, one
For All the Dogs, 2023, two
Her Loss, with 21 Savage, 2022, one
Honestly, Nevermind, 2022, one
Certified Lover Boy, 2012, five
Care Package, 2019, one
Scorpion, 2018, five
More Life, 2017, three
Views, 2016, 13
What a Time To Be Alive, with Future, 2015, one
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, 2015, one
Nothing Was the Same, 2012, one
Take Care, 2011, one
Thank Me Later, 2010, one

Here’s a recap of the acts with at least 10 No. 1s on the Billboard 200:
The Beatles, 19
Drake, 15
Taylor Swift, 15
Jay-Z, 14
Eminem, 11
Future, 11
Bruce Springsteen, 11
Barbra Streisand, 11
Ye (formerly Kanye West), 11
Elvis Presley, 10

With 463,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, ICEMAN collects the largest week, by units, of 2026 for an R&B/hip-hop album. ICEMAN also logs the second-largest week, by units, of 2026 among all albums — second only to the debut week of BTS’ ARIRANG with 641,000 (April 4 chart).

The last R&B/hip-hop title to score a bigger week than ICEMAN was the opening frame of The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow, with its start of 490,000 on the Feb. 15, 2025-dated chart. The last rap title to log a larger week was Travis Scott’s Utopia, with a 496,000-unit debut on the Aug. 12, 2023, chart.

ICEMAN arrives with 463,000 equivalent album units earned, of which 449,000 are derived from SEA units. The latter figure equals 462.2 million on-demand official streams of the album’s tracks during its first week. That 462.2 million-mark is the largest streaming total for an album in 2026, and the biggest for an R&B/hip-hop album since Drake’s own For All the Dogs debuted with 514.01 million streams for its songs (Oct. 21, 2023-dated chart).

For the first time in nearly a year, the top four titles on the Billboard 200 each exceed 100,000 equivalent album units earned for the week. Following Drake’s trio of albums is Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide, which falls to No. 4 after three weeks atop the list. In its latest tracking week, The Great Divide earned 101,000 equivalent album units (down 24%).

The Billboard 200 last saw the top four titles each surpass 100,000 units on the July 26, 2025-dated chart. That week, JACKBOYS and Travis Scott’s JACKBOYS 2 debuted at No. 1 with 232,000, Justin Bieber’s SWAG debuted at No. 2 with 163,000, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem fell 1-3 with 147,000 and Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out debuted at No. 4 with 118,000.

Following Kahan on the latest Billboard 200 is a trio of former No. 1s. Ella Langley’s Dandelion dips 2-5 (98,000 equivalent album units earned, down 2%), Wallen’s I’m the Problem falls 4-6 (84,000, down less than 1%) and Michael Jackson’s Thriller slips 5-7 (63,000, down 5%). Jackson’s best-of collection Number Ones is next, as it drops 6-8 (60,000, down 8%).

LUCKI lands his first top 10-charted album as Dr*Gs R Bad bows at No. 9 with 51,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 45,000 (equaling 48.39 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks, his best streaming week; it debuts at No. 9 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 6,000 (his best sales week; it debuts at No. 13 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. First-week sales of the album got a boost from multiple physical variants, including signed editions.

Rounding out the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 is BTS’s former leader ARIRANG, falling 8-10 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%).

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