Drake's surprise three-album drop makes UK album chart history

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The Canadian rapper becomes the first artist to debut three studio albums inside the top 10.

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Naomi de SouzaBBC Newsbeat

Getty Images Drake performs connected signifier arsenic a plume of occurrence erupts down him, framing the prima arsenic helium raps into a microphone and points into the assemblage with his escaped hand. Wearing a achromatic vest with a cartoon representation of a vertebrate printed connected it, helium looks intense.

Drake has made UK illustration past by becoming the archetypal creator to debut 3 workplace albums wrong the apical 10.

The rapper dropped his anticipated solo record, Iceman, positive 2 much astonishment ones - Habibti and Maid of Honour - connected 15 May.

They're the archetypal projects he's released since his beef with US rapper Kendrick Lamar escalated successful 2024.

Iceman's gone successful consecutive astatine fig 1 connected the play UK authoritative albums charts, with Maid of Honour astatine six and Habibti and seven.

The Official Charts Company confirmed Drake is the archetypal creator "to debut 3 workplace albums wrong the Top 10 simultaneously".

Iceman becomes the Canadian rapper's seventh UK chart-topper, and his 17th apical 10 medium successful total.

The caller albums, which full 43 songs, see collaborations with artists including Central Cee, 21 Savage and PARTYNEXTDOOR.

Drake instantly broke streaming records arsenic fans rushed to perceive his caller euphony aft the albums were released.

Spotify aboriginal confirmed helium present holds the grounds for most-streamed creator and medium successful a azygous time successful 2026.

Getty Images Drake performs connected stage, holding a microphone to his mouth. He's pointing astatine a instrumentality successful the assemblage with his escaped hand. He wears a achromatic leather vest implicit a achromatic t-shirt.

Habibti leans much towards R&B, portion Maid of Honour is creation music-inspired.

And reviews of the rapper's latest offerings person been mixed.

He besides appears to reignite his bitter feud with Kendrick Lamar, thing which euphony writer Mary Mandefield says is nary surprise.

Speaking to BBC Newsbeat past week, she described Drake arsenic a "smart businessman, arsenic good arsenic a large musician".

"It would person been a monolithic miss to person 3 albums and not to notation Kendrick astatine all," she said.

Not arsenic overmuch luck for Drake successful the authoritative singles illustration though, arsenic Olivia Dean and Sam Fender's Rein My In stays astatine fig 1 for a 12th week.

He does person 3 songs successful the apical 10 though - Janice STFU, National Treasure and Make Them Cry - taking his vocation tally to 50.