Drake continues his record-breaking spree on the Billboard charts with the release of his latest full-length release, “For All The Dogs.” All 23 of the songs on Drake’s 13th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 appear in the top 50 of the singles chart this week, with Drake and J. Cole’s “First Person Shooter” debuting atop the list.
The majority of “For All the Dogs” opening units were propelled by its potent push on streaming, as most of Drake’s releases have since 2017’s “More Life.” The record tallied a whopping 514.01 million streams of its songs in its first week — the largest streaming week of 2023 for any album, and the fourth-largest ever. Drake’s“Scorpion” is the most-streamed record of all time(745.92 million in 2018), followed by his own “Certified Lover Boy”(743.67 million in 2021),Taylor Swift’s“Midnights”(549.26 million in 2022),“For All the Dogs” and Drake and 21 Savage’s“Her Loss”(513.56 million in 2022).
“First Person Shooter” leads with a little over 42 million streams and 4.3 million airplay impressions, per Luminate. With this, Drake is now tied with Michael Jackson for the most No. 1 singles among solo males (13), and the fourth-most among all acts.
To celebrate, Drake posted a photoshopped picture of Jackson wearing his label OVO’s merchandise with the caption “Mooooooooood,” and tagged J. Cole.
At No. 2 is Drake and 23-year-old American rapper Yeat’s “IDGAF,” followed by Drake’s “Virgina Beach.” Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” extends its stay atop the Hot 100, breaking up the consecutive Drake takeover though it continues at No.s 5, 6, 8 and 10 with “Calling for You,” “Slime You Out,” “Daylight,” and “Fear Of Heights,” respectively. The record, Drake’s fourth in less than two years, includes features from Bad Bunny to Chief Kief. Elsewhere, SZA’s “Snooze” is at No. 7 and Swift’s “Cruel Summer” at No. 9.
It will be interesting to see how or whether Swift’s blockbuster “Eras Tour” concert film impacts the list in the coming weeks. Bad Bunny’s newly-released “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana” is also likely to impact the Hot 100 and even more likely, will appear atop the Billboard 200 next week seeing that it became the most-streamed album in a single day on its debut date.
Back on the albums chart, former No. 1s round out the remaining top 10: Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is at No. 2 after making a surprising return to No. 1 for a 16th week in the last tracking week; Rod Wave’s “Nostalgia” is No. 3; Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts” is No. 4; Zach Bryan’s self-titled album is once again at No. 5 as is SZA’s “SOS” at No. 6 (50,000; down 4%). Swift’s “Midnights” lifts to No. 7 and Travis Scott’s “Utopia” is No. 8. Noah Kahan’s 2022 record “Stick Season” is back in the top 10 at No. 10 following the release of a remix of the album’s “She Calls Me Back” featuring Kacey Musgraves.
