{"id":1958192,"date":"2026-05-26T06:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958192"},"modified":"2026-05-26T06:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:34:06","slug":"drake-makes-billboard-200-history-with-iceman-habibti-and-maid-of-honour-debuting-at-nos-1-2-and-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958192","title":{"rendered":"Drake Makes Billboard 200 History With &#8216;ICEMAN,&#8217; &#8216;HABIBTI,&#8217; and &#8216;MAID OF HONOUR&#8217; Debuting at Nos. 1, 2, and 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-tw.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>May 26, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.8K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Sophie Caraan<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-credentials d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"credential\">\n<h6>Source<\/h6>\n<p><span>Billboard<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"credential\">\n<h6>Editor Assistant<\/h6>\n<p><span>Mai Vo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container small inner-media\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Drake Makes Billboard 200 History With &apos;ICEMAN,&apos; &apos;HABIBTI,&apos; and &apos;MAID OF HONOUR&apos; Debuting at Nos. 1, 2, and 3\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled only-one-cell \" data-images=\"[{&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_caption&quot;:null,&quot;small&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;medium&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;large&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;xlarge&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;},&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/26\/Drake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Drake ICEMAN HABIBTI MAID OF HONOUR Billboard 200 number 1 2 3 Debuts&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1400,&quot;height&quot;:933,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Prince Williams\/Wireimage&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;creditKey&quot;:&quot;general&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;annotations&quot;:null,&quot;shop&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;label&quot;:null}}]\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"1\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Prince Williams\/Wireimage<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 26, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.8K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><b>Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Drake has made history on the Billboard 200 dated May 30, becoming the first artist ever to hold Nos. 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously since the chart began publishing on a weekly basis in March 1956<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> debuted at No. 1 with 463,000 equivalent album units, marking Drake\u2019s 15th chart-topper and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 albums among solo artists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The feat positions Drake behind only The Beatles in the all-time Billboard 200 No. 1 rankings, with the Fab Four holding the record at 19<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Drake<\/span><span> just rewrote the <\/span><span>Billboard 200<\/span><span> record books. On the chart dated May 30, 2026, his three simultaneously released albums \u2014 <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span>, and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span> \u2014 debuted at Nos. 1, 2, and 3 respectively, a feat no artist has achieved in the chart\u2019s 70-year weekly history. It is a moment that reframes not just what The Boy is capable of commercially, but what is possible in the streaming era at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All three albums were released on Friday, May 15, with <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> having been teased for months beforehand. The existence of <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span> and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span>, however, was only announced during a livestream on May 14, shortly before the trio of titles dropped. That the latter two still managed to debut at Nos. 2 and 3 with 114,000 and 110,000 equivalent album units respectively speaks to the scale of Drake\u2019s audience and the speed at which that audience moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> is the centrepiece of the moment both commercially and historically. The album earned 463,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 21, marking the second-largest week of 2026 for any album and the biggest week of the year for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop set. Of that total, 449,000 units came from streaming, equalling 462.2 million on-demand official streams of the album\u2019s 18 tracks, the largest streaming total for any album in 2026. The only album to have a bigger week this year was <\/span><span>BTS<\/span><span>\u2018s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span>, which debuted with 641,000 units in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> marks Drake\u2019s 15th No. 1 album, pushing him ahead of JAY-Z for the most No. 1s among solo men and R&amp;B\/hip-hop artists, and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists. Only The Beatles sit ahead of both, with a record 19 No. 1 albums. The trajectory Drake is on makes that record feel less like an abstraction than it once did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the first time in nearly a year, the top four titles on the Billboard 200 each exceeded 100,000 equivalent album units. Following Drake\u2019s trio is Noah Kahan\u2019s<\/span><i><span> The Great Divide<\/span><\/i><span>, which fell to No. 4 after three weeks atop the chart, earning 101,000 units. The depth of the top 10 reflects a genuinely competitive chart moment, with Drake\u2019s dominance arriving not into a vacuum but into a week where several other albums were performing at a high level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ella Langley\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Dandelion<\/span><\/i><span> dips to No. 5 with 98,000 units, followed by Morgan Wallen\u2019s <\/span><i><span>I\u2019m the Problem<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 6 with 84,000 units. Michael Jackson holds two spots in the back half, with <\/span><i><span>Thriller<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 7 (63,000 units) and <\/span><i><span>Number Ones<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 8 (60,000 units). LUCKI lands his first-ever top 10 with <\/span><i><span>Drgs R Bad*<\/span><\/i><span> debuting at No. 9 with 51,000 units, while BTS\u2019s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span> rounds out the chart at No. 10 with 42,000 units.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6727092\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The Boy Makes History: Drake Surpasses Michael Jackson for Most No. 1 Singles by a Male Solo Artist\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6726313\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>TAG Heuer Unveils Its Newest Aquaracer 200 &amp; 100 Solargraphs\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6727068\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The&#8217;Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex&#8217; Soundtrack and &#8216;Innocence&#8217; Score Are Coming to Vinyl This Summer\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. 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&apos;HABIBTI,&apos; and &apos;MAID OF HONOUR&apos; Debuting at Nos. 1, 2, and 3\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled only-one-cell \" data-images=\"[{&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_caption&quot;:null,&quot;small&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;medium&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;large&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;xlarge&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;},&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/26\/Drake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Drake ICEMAN HABIBTI MAID OF HONOUR Billboard 200 number 1 2 3 Debuts&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1400,&quot;height&quot;:933,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Prince Williams\/Wireimage&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;creditKey&quot;:&quot;general&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;annotations&quot;:null,&quot;shop&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;label&quot;:null}}]\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"1\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Prince Williams\/Wireimage<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 26, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.8K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><b>Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Drake has made history on the Billboard 200 dated May 30, becoming the first artist ever to hold Nos. 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously since the chart began publishing on a weekly basis in March 1956<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> debuted at No. 1 with 463,000 equivalent album units, marking Drake\u2019s 15th chart-topper and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 albums among solo artists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The feat positions Drake behind only The Beatles in the all-time Billboard 200 No. 1 rankings, with the Fab Four holding the record at 19<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Drake<\/span><span> just rewrote the <\/span><span>Billboard 200<\/span><span> record books. On the chart dated May 30, 2026, his three simultaneously released albums \u2014 <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span>, and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span> \u2014 debuted at Nos. 1, 2, and 3 respectively, a feat no artist has achieved in the chart\u2019s 70-year weekly history. It is a moment that reframes not just what The Boy is capable of commercially, but what is possible in the streaming era at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All three albums were released on Friday, May 15, with <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> having been teased for months beforehand. The existence of <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span> and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span>, however, was only announced during a livestream on May 14, shortly before the trio of titles dropped. That the latter two still managed to debut at Nos. 2 and 3 with 114,000 and 110,000 equivalent album units respectively speaks to the scale of Drake\u2019s audience and the speed at which that audience moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> is the centrepiece of the moment both commercially and historically. The album earned 463,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 21, marking the second-largest week of 2026 for any album and the biggest week of the year for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop set. Of that total, 449,000 units came from streaming, equalling 462.2 million on-demand official streams of the album\u2019s 18 tracks, the largest streaming total for any album in 2026. The only album to have a bigger week this year was <\/span><span>BTS<\/span><span>\u2018s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span>, which debuted with 641,000 units in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> marks Drake\u2019s 15th No. 1 album, pushing him ahead of JAY-Z for the most No. 1s among solo men and R&amp;B\/hip-hop artists, and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists. Only The Beatles sit ahead of both, with a record 19 No. 1 albums. The trajectory Drake is on makes that record feel less like an abstraction than it once did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the first time in nearly a year, the top four titles on the Billboard 200 each exceeded 100,000 equivalent album units. Following Drake\u2019s trio is Noah Kahan\u2019s<\/span><i><span> The Great Divide<\/span><\/i><span>, which fell to No. 4 after three weeks atop the chart, earning 101,000 units. The depth of the top 10 reflects a genuinely competitive chart moment, with Drake\u2019s dominance arriving not into a vacuum but into a week where several other albums were performing at a high level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ella Langley\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Dandelion<\/span><\/i><span> dips to No. 5 with 98,000 units, followed by Morgan Wallen\u2019s <\/span><i><span>I\u2019m the Problem<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 6 with 84,000 units. Michael Jackson holds two spots in the back half, with <\/span><i><span>Thriller<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 7 (63,000 units) and <\/span><i><span>Number Ones<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 8 (60,000 units). LUCKI lands his first-ever top 10 with <\/span><i><span>Drgs R Bad*<\/span><\/i><span> debuting at No. 9 with 51,000 units, while BTS\u2019s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span> rounds out the chart at No. 10 with 42,000 units.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6727092\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The Boy Makes History: Drake Surpasses Michael Jackson for Most No. 1 Singles by a Male Solo Artist\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6726313\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>TAG Heuer Unveils Its Newest Aquaracer 200 &amp; 100 Solargraphs\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6727068\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The&#8217;Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex&#8217; Soundtrack and &#8216;Innocence&#8217; Score Are Coming to Vinyl This Summer\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. 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&apos;HABIBTI,&apos; and &apos;MAID OF HONOUR&apos; Debuting at Nos. 1, 2, and 3\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled only-one-cell \" data-images=\"[{&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_caption&quot;:null,&quot;small&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;medium&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;large&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;xlarge&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;},&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/26\/Drake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Drake ICEMAN HABIBTI MAID OF HONOUR Billboard 200 number 1 2 3 Debuts&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1400,&quot;height&quot;:933,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Prince Williams\/Wireimage&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;creditKey&quot;:&quot;general&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;annotations&quot;:null,&quot;shop&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;label&quot;:null}}]\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"1\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-1.jpg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Prince Williams\/Wireimage<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 26, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.8K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><b>Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Drake has made history on the Billboard 200 dated May 30, becoming the first artist ever to hold Nos. 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously since the chart began publishing on a weekly basis in March 1956<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> debuted at No. 1 with 463,000 equivalent album units, marking Drake\u2019s 15th chart-topper and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 albums among solo artists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The feat positions Drake behind only The Beatles in the all-time Billboard 200 No. 1 rankings, with the Fab Four holding the record at 19<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Drake<\/span><span> just rewrote the <\/span><span>Billboard 200<\/span><span> record books. On the chart dated May 30, 2026, his three simultaneously released albums \u2014 <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span>, and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span> \u2014 debuted at Nos. 1, 2, and 3 respectively, a feat no artist has achieved in the chart\u2019s 70-year weekly history. It is a moment that reframes not just what The Boy is capable of commercially, but what is possible in the streaming era at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All three albums were released on Friday, May 15, with <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> having been teased for months beforehand. The existence of <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span> and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span>, however, was only announced during a livestream on May 14, shortly before the trio of titles dropped. That the latter two still managed to debut at Nos. 2 and 3 with 114,000 and 110,000 equivalent album units respectively speaks to the scale of Drake\u2019s audience and the speed at which that audience moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> is the centrepiece of the moment both commercially and historically. The album earned 463,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 21, marking the second-largest week of 2026 for any album and the biggest week of the year for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop set. Of that total, 449,000 units came from streaming, equalling 462.2 million on-demand official streams of the album\u2019s 18 tracks, the largest streaming total for any album in 2026. The only album to have a bigger week this year was <\/span><span>BTS<\/span><span>\u2018s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span>, which debuted with 641,000 units in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> marks Drake\u2019s 15th No. 1 album, pushing him ahead of JAY-Z for the most No. 1s among solo men and R&amp;B\/hip-hop artists, and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists. Only The Beatles sit ahead of both, with a record 19 No. 1 albums. The trajectory Drake is on makes that record feel less like an abstraction than it once did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the first time in nearly a year, the top four titles on the Billboard 200 each exceeded 100,000 equivalent album units. Following Drake\u2019s trio is Noah Kahan\u2019s<\/span><i><span> The Great Divide<\/span><\/i><span>, which fell to No. 4 after three weeks atop the chart, earning 101,000 units. The depth of the top 10 reflects a genuinely competitive chart moment, with Drake\u2019s dominance arriving not into a vacuum but into a week where several other albums were performing at a high level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ella Langley\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Dandelion<\/span><\/i><span> dips to No. 5 with 98,000 units, followed by Morgan Wallen\u2019s <\/span><i><span>I\u2019m the Problem<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 6 with 84,000 units. Michael Jackson holds two spots in the back half, with <\/span><i><span>Thriller<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 7 (63,000 units) and <\/span><i><span>Number Ones<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 8 (60,000 units). LUCKI lands his first-ever top 10 with <\/span><i><span>Drgs R Bad*<\/span><\/i><span> debuting at No. 9 with 51,000 units, while BTS\u2019s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span> rounds out the chart at No. 10 with 42,000 units.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6727092\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The Boy Makes History: Drake Surpasses Michael Jackson for Most No. 1 Singles by a Male Solo Artist\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6726313\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>TAG Heuer Unveils Its Newest Aquaracer 200 &amp; 100 Solargraphs\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6727068\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The&#8217;Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex&#8217; Soundtrack and &#8216;Innocence&#8217; Score Are Coming to Vinyl This Summer\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Sophie Caraan<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-credentials d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<div class=\"credential\">\n<h6>Source<\/h6>\n<p><span>Billboard<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"credential\">\n<h6>Editor Assistant<\/h6>\n<p><span>Mai Vo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    DrakeBillboard 200\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 26, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.8K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 26, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 26, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.8K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><b>Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Drake has made history on the Billboard 200 dated May 30, becoming the first artist ever to hold Nos. 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously since the chart began publishing on a weekly basis in March 1956<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> debuted at No. 1 with 463,000 equivalent album units, marking Drake\u2019s 15th chart-topper and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 albums among solo artists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The feat positions Drake behind only The Beatles in the all-time Billboard 200 No. 1 rankings, with the Fab Four holding the record at 19<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Drake<\/span><span> just rewrote the <\/span><span>Billboard 200<\/span><span> record books. On the chart dated May 30, 2026, his three simultaneously released albums \u2014 <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span>, and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span> \u2014 debuted at Nos. 1, 2, and 3 respectively, a feat no artist has achieved in the chart\u2019s 70-year weekly history. It is a moment that reframes not just what The Boy is capable of commercially, but what is possible in the streaming era at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All three albums were released on Friday, May 15, with <\/span><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> having been teased for months beforehand. The existence of <\/span><i><span>HABIBTI<\/span><\/i><span> and <\/span><i><span>MAID OF HONOUR<\/span><\/i><span>, however, was only announced during a livestream on May 14, shortly before the trio of titles dropped. That the latter two still managed to debut at Nos. 2 and 3 with 114,000 and 110,000 equivalent album units respectively speaks to the scale of Drake\u2019s audience and the speed at which that audience moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> is the centrepiece of the moment both commercially and historically. The album earned 463,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 21, marking the second-largest week of 2026 for any album and the biggest week of the year for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop set. Of that total, 449,000 units came from streaming, equalling 462.2 million on-demand official streams of the album\u2019s 18 tracks, the largest streaming total for any album in 2026. The only album to have a bigger week this year was <\/span><span>BTS<\/span><span>\u2018s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span>, which debuted with 641,000 units in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>ICEMAN<\/span><\/i><span> marks Drake\u2019s 15th No. 1 album, pushing him ahead of JAY-Z for the most No. 1s among solo men and R&amp;B\/hip-hop artists, and tying him with Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists. Only The Beatles sit ahead of both, with a record 19 No. 1 albums. The trajectory Drake is on makes that record feel less like an abstraction than it once did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the first time in nearly a year, the top four titles on the Billboard 200 each exceeded 100,000 equivalent album units. Following Drake\u2019s trio is Noah Kahan\u2019s<\/span><i><span> The Great Divide<\/span><\/i><span>, which fell to No. 4 after three weeks atop the chart, earning 101,000 units. The depth of the top 10 reflects a genuinely competitive chart moment, with Drake\u2019s dominance arriving not into a vacuum but into a week where several other albums were performing at a high level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ella Langley\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Dandelion<\/span><\/i><span> dips to No. 5 with 98,000 units, followed by Morgan Wallen\u2019s <\/span><i><span>I\u2019m the Problem<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 6 with 84,000 units. Michael Jackson holds two spots in the back half, with <\/span><i><span>Thriller<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 7 (63,000 units) and <\/span><i><span>Number Ones<\/span><\/i><span> at No. 8 (60,000 units). LUCKI lands his first-ever top 10 with <\/span><i><span>Drgs R Bad*<\/span><\/i><span> debuting at No. 9 with 51,000 units, while BTS\u2019s <\/span><i><span>ARIRANG<\/span><\/i><span> rounds out the chart at No. 10 with 42,000 units.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Sophie Caraan<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-credentials d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<div class=\"credential\">\n<h6>Source<\/h6>\n<p><span>Billboard<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"credential\">\n<h6>Editor Assistant<\/h6>\n<p><span>Mai Vo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    DrakeBillboard 200\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2026\/5\/drake-iceman-habibti-maid-of-honour-billboard-200-number-1-2-3-debuts&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F26%2FDrake-ICEMAN-HABIBTI-MAID-OF-HONOUR-Billboard-200-number-1-2-3-Debuts-tw.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;] Music May 26, 2026 1.8K Views 1\u00a0Comments Comments Save Text By Sophie Caraan Source Billboard Editor Assistant Mai Vo Share this article Prince Williams\/Wireimage Music May 26, 2026 1.8K Views 1\u00a0Comments Comments Save Summary Drake has made history on the Billboard 200 dated May 30, becoming the first artist ever to hold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,39],"class_list":["post-1958192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-hypebeast-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1958192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1958192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1958192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1958192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}