With ‘HABIBTI,’ Drake Sets New Record For Most No. 1 Albums on R&B/Hip-Hop Chart
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The superstar breaks from a tie with Future and The Temptations for the crown.
Drake expands to his arsenal of records on Billboard ’s charts, claiming the trophy as the artist with the most No. 1 titles on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart outright. The hitmaker’s HABIBTI rockets to the summit after the release of its HABIBTI (FOMO) deluxe edition to secure his 18th champ, breaking from a tie with Future and The Temptations for the highest total among all acts since the list launched in January 1965.
HABIBTI (FOMO) dropped on Oct. 2, adding four new cuts – “Solar Eclipse” (with Don Toliver), “Quebec,” “Cold Shoulder” (with Don Toliver and Yebba) and “Classic Pt 2” – to the album’s original 11-song track list. Spurred by its expansion, the album soars 35-1 to lead the list dated Oct. 17, with 71,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the tracking week of Oct. 2-8, according to Luminate, up 506% from its total the prior week. (All versions of the album are combined for data tracking and chart purposes.)
With HABIBTI , Drake captures his record-breaking 18th No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, passing The Temptations and Future for sole possession of first place. The Temptations had held or shared the chart record since July 1966, when their Gettin’ Ready album made them the first act to claim three No. 1s on the ranking. They extended the record with every subsequent leader until their 17th, A Song for You , in May 1975.
As Drake shuffles the leaderboard, here’s a review of the acts with the most No. 1s on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums:
18: Drake 17 each: Future, The Temptations 14: JAY-Z 13: Ye (formerly Kanye West) 12: R. Kelly 11 each: Eminem, Lil Wayne 10 each: Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, the Isley Brothers, Nas, Stevie Wonder
Through its resurgence, HABIBTI rules Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for the first time. Upon its release on May 15, the set debuted at No. 2, behind Drake’s own ICEMAN . The albums were released simultaneously with a third LP, MAID OF HONOUR . Notably, HABIBTI ousts ICEMAN from the top slot, marking the first instance of an artist’s self-replacement at No. 1 since May 2024, when Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You yielded the summit to the pair’s We Still Don’t Trust You .
For his record collection, let’s review Drake’s No. 1s on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart:
Album Title, Artist (if other than Drake), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1 Thank Me Later , one, July 3, 2010 Take Care , 12, Dec. 3, 2011 Nothing Was the Same , five, Oct. 12, 2013 If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late , four, Feb. 28, 2015 What a Time To Be Alive , with Future, one, Oct. 10, 2015 Views , three, May 21, 2016 More Life , four, April 8, 2017 Scorpion , five, July 14, 2018 So Far Gone , one, March 2, 2019 Care Package , one, Aug. 17, 2019 Dark Lane Demo Tapes , one, May 16, 2020 Certified Lover Boy , 10, Sept. 18, 2021 Honestly, Nevermind , four, July 2, 2022 Her Loss , with 21 Savage, four, Nov. 19, 2022 For All the Dogs , 11, Oct. 21, 2023 $ome $exy $ongs 4 U , with PARTYNEXTDOOR, two, March 1, 2025 ICEMAN , 14, May 30, 2026 HABIBTI , one (to date), Oct. 17, 2026
In addition to his conquest of the albums chart, Drake achieves his record-extending 33rd No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Solar Eclipse” storms into the penthouse. The track also unlocks Don Toliver’s first champ; his prior high was No. 3 for three different tracks – via his and NAV’s featured appearances on Internet Money and Gunna’s “Lemonade” in 2020 and his own “Body” and “E85” earlier this year.
“Solar Eclipse” likewise begins at No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart to mark Drake’s 10th leader and the first for Don Toliver. “Quebec” starts atop Hot Rap Songs for Drake’s 33rd champ, another record.