Drake breaks ARIA Singles Chart report with ‘Licensed Lover Boy’

Drake’s newest album ‘Certified Lover Boy’ has debuted at Quantity One on the ARIA Albums Chart, ending a brief streak for Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ and breaking a report within the course of.

The brand new album’s success marks Drake’s fourth Quantity One in Australia, following on from ‘Scorpion’, ‘Dark Lane Demo Tapes’ and ‘Views’. It additionally debuted at Quantity One on the UK Albums Chart, narrowly beating Iron Maiden to the highest spot.

As The Music notes, Drake additionally broke the report for many debuts within the High 50 Singles Chart in a single week with 20 songs. Ye had beforehand held the report with 19 tracks after ‘DONDA’ landed on the chart. Taylor Swift held the report earlier than each rappers in 2020.

Over within the US, ‘Certified Lover Boy’ outstreamed Kanye West‘s ‘DONDA‘ in simply three days, according to new data from the Rolling Stone Charts. It will also debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 when the chart is unveiled later this week.

NME gave ‘Certified Lover Boy’ two stars upon its launch, writing “on his sixth studio album, Drizzy sounds jaded and dull, treading water while he once again whines about women and fame”.

“[‘Certified Lover Boy’] offers nothing new to the rapper’s canon, merely going through the motions on his old formulas instead. If Drake really wants to enter a new golden age, he’s going to have to be a lot more creative – and tough with his editing – to make it happen.”