Billboard declares Drake because the No.1 Hip Hop/Rnb artist of the twenty first century. This title was given to him primarily based on how his songs have carried out on the High R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts from January 2000 to December 2024.
Drake has 30 songs that went No.1 on the Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in addition to 15 albums that achieved the identical feat on the High R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. He first emerged on the charts in 2009 along with his music Finest I Ever Had, which didn’t rise to the highest instantly, however was the outro monitor for his album Thank Me Later, which reached the highest spot on the Billboard 200 in 2010. Since then, Drake has been a dominating drive in music globally.
He has 135 songs that made it into the highest 10 on the Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and a grand complete of 355 complete chart entries. His albums spent a mixed 67 weeks topping the charts, a testomony to the scale and engagement of his viewers.
Behind Drake on this record is Beyonce (No.2) and The Weeknd (No.3). Different artists like Jay-Z, Rihanna and Eminem additionally made it onto this record.
Drake’s public notion took a serious hit in 2024 on account of his feud with Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar. Each artists launched a number of tracks in an try to tear one another down in traditional rap battle trend. Lamar’s monitor Not Like Us went primary for a lot of weeks in a row, inflicting an unavoidable cut up in public opinion, with followers choosing sides and including gasoline to the fireplace.
Following this, Drake launched his album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, which swiftly took the #1 spot on the Billboard charts. Regardless of the corruption of his picture within the public eye, his recognition remained unchanged. He at the moment has 82.1 million month-to-month listeners on Spotify, whereas Lamar isn’t far behind at 77 million.
Drake is at the moment engaged on his new album ICEMAN, which is prone to come out later this yr. Followers are not sure what to anticipate sonically and lyrically from this upcoming venture, however speculate that it’s going to include themes of betrayal, disloyalty and distrust, just like these current on his newest single What Did I Miss?
