Drake has lastly put a quantity within the win column in his almost year-long beef with Kendrick Lamar by knocking Okay-Dot out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.
Drake and PartyNextDoor’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U Album Tops Billboard 200
On Sunday (Feb. 23), Drizzy additional entrenched himself in Billboard historical past by notching his 14th No. 1 album, as his collab album with PND, $ome Attractive Songs 4 U, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album offered 246,000 equal album items in a single week.
The 21-track LP generated 287.04 million on-demand official streams, which is the biggest streaming week for an album in 2025. It’s additionally the biggest streaming week for any album since Okay Do’t’s GNX debuted at No. 1 final December with 379.72 million. That is PartyNextDoor’s first No. 1 and Drake’s 14th, tying him with Jay-Z and Taylor Swift for essentially the most solo No. 1 albums in Billboard historical past.
The feat is a “That is Sparta” second for Drake, who booted Kendrick from the No. 1 spot, which Dot regained final week when GNX topped the charts once more following Kendrick’s 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present efficiency.
Whereas Kendrick Lamar has seemingly been upping the rating regularly, Drake shouldn’t be counted out. It is clear the meat with Kendrick Lamar continues to be contemporary on his thoughts, as evidenced by the a number of occasions he referenced the scenario on $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. With one other solo album coming “when the time is correct,” Drake has promised it is going to be “a one-on-one dialog with y’all that you could hear.”
A brand new Drake album would certainly high the charts, making the rapper the all-time chief for No. 1 albums. It might additionally present him with the chance to reengage the rap battle. Although, at this level, it is likely to be finest to let a sleeping former High Dawg lie and kill ’em with success.
