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Drake albums discography
Drake performing at his Summer Sixteen Tour in Toronto; 2016
Studio albums8
EPs4
Collaborative albums1
Compilation albums3
Mixtapes7
Reissues1

Canadian rapper Drake has released eight studio albums, one collaborative album, three compilation albums, four extended plays, seven mixtapes, and one reissue. 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. With 170 million records sold worldwide,[1] he is among the best-selling music artists in history. Drake has achieved thirteen number-one albums on the Billboard 200.[2] Billboard hailed him as the "Artist of the 2010s Decade"[3] and the 16th Greatest Artist of all time.[2] RIAA ranks him as the best top-selling digital artist of all time with 244 million in the United States.[4]

Following 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. The EP peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard 200, and later became certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5][6] In June 2010, Drake released his debut studio album, Thank Me Later. It debuted atop both the Billboard 200 and the Canadian Albums Chart,[5][7] and later became certified platinum by both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).[6][8]

In November 2011, Drake released his second studio album, Take Care, which debuted at number one in both the United States and Canada, becoming his second album to achieve this feat. In September 2013, Drake released his third studio album, Nothing Was the Same, becoming his third consecutive number-one album in Canada and the US.[5][7]

In 2015, Drake released two mixtapes, If You're Reading This It's Too Late which became available for purchase in February and a surprise joint mixtape with Future, What a Time to Be Alive, which was released in September.[9] Drake's fourth studio album Views was released in April 2016, once again debuting at number one in both the United States and Canada, while also debuting at number one in the United Kingdom, where it became his first number one album. The album achieved huge commercial success, becoming the most popular release of 2016 in the US.[10]

Drake's fifth studio album, Scorpion, was released in June 2018 and again debuted at number one in Canada and in the US. The album was certified platinum on the day it was released[11] and became the first album to be streamed over one billion times in its release week.[12] It sold 732,000 album-equivalent units, which included 160,000 pure album sales, making it the biggest first week of the year. In August 2019, Drake released a compilation album titled Care Package. He released his seventh mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes, in May 2020. In March 2021, he released the extended play Scary Hours 2. In September 2021, Drake released his sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy. In June 2022, Drake released his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind. In November 2022, Drake released a collaborative studio album with 21 Savage titled Her Loss. In October 2023, Drake released his eighth studio album, For All the Dogs.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
CAN
[7] 		AUS
[13] 		FRA
[14] 		IRE
[15] 		NZ
[16] 		SWE
[17] 		UK
[18] 		US
[5] 		US
R&B
/HH
[19] 		US
Rap
[20]
Thank Me Later 1 81 117 32 35 — 15 1 1 1
Take Care
  • Released: November 15, 2011[26]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 1 15 32 30 19 — 5 1 1 1
Nothing Was the Same
  • Released: September 24, 2013[28]
  • Label: OVO, Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 1 2 11 4 4 10 2 1 1 1
Views
  • Released: April 29, 2016[30]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
  • MC: 6× Platinum[8]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[27]
  • GLF: 2× Platinum[29]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[25]
  • RIAA: 8× Platinum[6]
  • SNEP: 2× Platinum[35]
Scorpion
  • Released: June 29, 2018[36]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Certified Lover Boy
  • Released: September 3, 2021[42]
  • Label: OVO, Republic
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • ARIA: Platinum[27]
  • BPI: Platinum[25]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[6]
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum[43]
  • SNEP: Gold[35]
Honestly, Nevermind
  • Released: June 17, 2022
  • Label: OVO, Republic
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 1 2 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
For All the Dogs
  • Released: October 6, 2023
  • Label: OVO, Republic
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

Collaborative albums[edit]

List of collaborative albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[7] 		AUS
[13] 		FRA
[14] 		IRE
[15] 		NZ
[16] 		SWE
[17] 		UK
[18] 		US
[5] 		US
R&B
/HH
[19] 		US
Rap
[20]
Her Loss
(with 21 Savage)
  • Released: November 4, 2022
  • Label: OVO, Slaughter Gang, Republic, Epic
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
 1 2 10 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

Compilation albums[edit]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
CAN
[7] 		UK
[18] 		US
[5] 		US
R&B
/HH
[19] 		US
Rap
[20]
We Are Young Money
(as part of Young Money)
  • Released: December 21, 2009
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 — — 9 3 1
Rise of an Empire
(as part of Young Money)
  • Released: March 11, 2014
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 24 148 7 4 2
Care Package
  • Released: August 2, 2019
  • Label: OVO, Republic
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 1 4 1 1 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Reissues[edit]

Title Album details
For All the Dogs: Scary Hours
  • Released: November 17, 2023
  • Label: OVO, Republic
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Mixtapes[edit]

List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
CAN
[7] 		AUS
[13] 		FRA
[14] 		IRE
[15] 		NZ
[16] 		SWE
[17] 		UK
[18] 		US
[5] 		US
R&B
/HH
[19] 		US
Rap
[20]
Room for Improvement
  • Released: February 14, 2006 (US)[49]
  • Label: All Things Fresh
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — — — —
Comeback Season
  • Released: September 1, 2007 (US)[50]
  • Label: OVO
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — — — —
So Far Gone
  • Released: February 13, 2009
  • Label: OVO
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 7 34 — 57 — — 21 5 1 1
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
  • Released: February 13, 2015[52]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 1 2 55 13 3 16 3 1 1 1
  • MC: 2× Platinum[8]
  • ARIA: Platinum[27]
  • BPI: Platinum[25]
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[6]
What a Time to Be Alive
(with Future)
  • Released: September 20, 2015[53]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic, A1, Freebandz, Epic
  • Format: LP, digital download, streaming
 1 4 34 30 8 36 6 1 1 1
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[6]
  • BPI: Gold[25]
  • MC: Platinum[8]
More Life
  • Released: March 18, 2017
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 1 2 5 2 3 3 2 1 1 1
Dark Lane Demo Tapes
  • Released: May 1, 2020
  • Label: OVO, Republic
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays[edit]

List of EPs, with release date, label, selected chart positions, and certifications shown
Title EP details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
CAN
[7] 		US
[5] 		US
R&B
/HH
[19] 		US
Rap
[20]
So Far Gone
  • Released: September 15, 2009[57]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 15 6 3 2
Scary Hours
  • Released: January 19, 2018
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 — — — —
The Best in the World Pack
  • Released: June 15, 2019
  • Label: OVO, Frozen Moments, Republic[58]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 — — — —
Scary Hours 2
  • Released: March 5, 2021[59]
  • Label: OVO, Republic
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In 2016, the album sold 1,607,000 pure copies [32] In 2017, it sold 114,000 copies [33] and 18,000 copies in 2018[34]
  2. ^ In 2018 the album sold 330,000 pure copies, 51,000 in 2019, and 22,600 more in 2020 [37]
  3. ^ In 2017 it sold 363,000 pure copies [54] plus 13,000 pure copies in 2018 [34]

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