SOURCE: billboard.com

As PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s first collaborative album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 1), it marks PARTYNEXTDOOR’s first leader, and the 14th chart-topper for Drake.

In turn, Drake now ties JAY-Z and Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists in the nearly-69-year history of the chart. Overall, only The Beatles, with 19 No. 1s, have more. Drake captured his first leader in 2010 with Thank Me Later.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new March 1, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Feb. 25.

A collaborative project from PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake had been teased for months, but was only officially announced on Feb. 3, in advance of its release on Feb. 14. $ome $exy $ongs 4 U is the third collab project from Drake to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following pairings with 21 Savage (Her Loss in 2022) and Future (What a Time to Be Alive in 2015).

Here’s a look at every act with 10 or more No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, as well as all 14 of Drake’s leaders.

Every Act With at Least 10 No. 1s on the Billboard 200:

19, The Beatles

14, Drake

14, JAY-Z

14, Taylor Swift

11, Eminem

11, Future

11, Bruce Springsteen

11, Barbra Streisand

11, Ye (formerly Kanye West)

10, Elvis Presley

(Since the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956)

Every Act With at Least 10 No. 1s on the Billboard 200:

19, The Beatles

14, Drake

14, JAY-Z

14, Taylor Swift

11, Eminem

11, Future

11, Bruce Springsteen

11, Barbra Streisand

11, Ye (formerly Kanye West)

10, Elvis Presley

(Since the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956)

Drake’s 14 No. 1s on the Billboard 200:

Title; Peak Date; Weeks at No. 1

Thank Me Later; July 3, 2010; one

Take Care; Dec. 3, 2011; one

Nothing Was the Same; Oct. 12, 2013; one

If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late; Feb. 28, 2015; one

What a Time To Be Alive (with Future); Oct. 10, 2015; one

Views; May 21, 2016; 13

More Life; April 8, 2017; three

Scorpion; July 14, 2018; five

Care Package; Aug. 17, 2019; one

Certified Lover Boy; Sept. 18, 2021; five

Honestly, Nevermind; July 2, 2022;  one

Her Loss (with 21 Savage); Nov. 19, 2022; one

For All the Dogs; Oct. 21, 2023; two

$ome $exy $ongs 4 U (with PARTYNEXTDOOR); March 1, 2025; one to date

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