Thank Me Later featured the single, " Find Your Love", peaking it at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
It debuted atop both the Billboard 200 and the Canadian Albums Chart, and later became certified platinum by both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). In June 2010, Drake released his debut studio album, Thank Me Later. These singles peaked at numbers 2, 17, and 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100, respectively. So Far Gone contains three singles: " Best I Ever Had", " Successful", and " I'm Goin' In". The EP peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard 200, and later became certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). įollowing him signing to Young Money Entertainment imprint, Drake's mixtape, So Far Gone was repackaged as a 2009 release of his seven-song extended play. He has the most number one singles on the US Hot Rap Songs chart with fifteen, and the most number one singles on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with nineteen. RIAA ranks him as the top-selling digital artist of all time with 163.5 million in the United States.
Billboard hailed him as the "Artist of the 2010s Decade" and the 16th Greatest Artist of all time. With 170 million records sold worldwide, he is among the best-selling music artists in history. His music has been released on record labels Universal Motown Records and Republic Records, along with subsidiaries Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and OVO Sound. The discography of Canadian rapper and singer Drake consists of six studio albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays, seven mixtapes, 139 singles (including 80 as a featured artist), five promotional singles and 84 music videos. On Views, Drake is starting to sound a little weary of it himself.Drake performing at his Summer Sixteen Tour in Toronto 2016 Eventually, people will get tired of the same old song if it's sung too often. Basically, Drake needs to lighten up and add some new colors to the paintbox, whether it’s songs about something other than his bummer love life (like the good times before the inevitable breakup), or the fabulous things that come from all the money and fame he never lets anyone forget he's accrued. And if he's never going to get the same respect that someone like Chance the Rapper gets, making records as self-pitying and self-serving as Views isn't going to do much to further Drake's career artistically, either. Drake has not only arrived, he's taken over. The track, like so many others made up of over-blown boasts, seems to be fighting a battle that was won long ago. Blige sample running through the track, but stumbles when Drake name drops Katy Perry and brags about wrecking marriages. A few other tracks connect, like the almost light-hearted "Feel No Ways," which makes good use of a stuttering Malcolm McLaren sample or, of course, the hugely catchy hit song "Hotline Bling." The nostalgic "Weston Road Flows" comes close, with the great Mary J. Still, these poppy moments feature Drake as the wounded lover, being treated poorly yet again. Of the songs that stand out, his uptempo, Caribbean-flavored duet with Rihanna ("Too Good") is the most enjoyable "One Dance," another song with a Jamaican dancehall feel, is another fun track. No matter how ably the production casts his raps and ballads in the best possible light, no matter how well the frequent use of chopped and swirled samples from '90s R&B songs fit in the mix, no matter that the occasional song rises up from the narrative and makes a splash, the album is a meandering, dreary rehash of what Drake has done before in much better fashion. Frankly, it's become as boring and annoying as a needle stuck in a groove. He's already delved deeply into his insecurities, lambasted all his exes, and displayed his fierce self-pride, never shying away from telling everyone exactly where he started and how far he's come. As before, he casts himself as both the melancholy bachelor looking out over the city from his penthouse manor, and the criminally underrated rap genius demanding his due, and it's one album too many for both personas. 2016's Views is another in a string of dour transmissions from the dark night of Drake's soul. Since the release of his last non-mixtape/non-collaboration album in 2013, Drake has solidified his position as a pop music icon, scaling the charts, dominating gossip columns, and generally living the good life.
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