With a triple entry, Drake rewrites a portion of the history of the British charts. The Canadian rapper becomes the first artist to simultaneously debut with three studio albums in the Top 10 of the Official Albums Chart UK.
Leading the assault is ICEMAN, went straight to number one and became Drake's seventh album to reach the top in the UK.
A little behind, MAID OF HONOR debuts at number 6, while HABIBTI completes the hat trick by placing at number 7. With this exploit the artist's total appearances in the British Top 10 rises to 17, confirming an almost industrial ability to occupy the cultural space of contemporary pop.
The data takes on an even more emblematic weight when observing the historical precedent.
In fact, 33 years had passed since the last time an artist managed to debut with three albums in the Top 10 at the same time.
He was the last one to do it Prince in 1993 with The Hits / The B-Sides, The Hits 1 and The Hits 2. A comparison that moves Drake from the simple streaming domain to a more systemic, almost archival dimension of pop success.
Meanwhile, the British charts continue to be affected by the nostalgia effect fueled by the biopic dedicated to Michael Jackson. In fact, four of the King of Pop's albums are in the Top 40: The Essential Michael Jackson at number 2, Thriller at number 4, Bad at number 8 and Off The Wall at number 37.
SINGLES
It shows no signs of losing altitude Rein Me In, the duet by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean which continues to preside at the top of the Official Singles Chart UK. The song scored a twelfth consecutive week at number one, further extending its record as the longest-running male-female duet at the top of the British charts.
In the meantime Drake comes close to returning to the top without managing to snatch the crown held by the British duo. However, the Canadian rapper places three songs in the Top 10: Janice STFU debuts at number 2, National Treasures at number 3 and Make Them Cry at number 6. Another demonstration of quantitative strength that brings his total number of singles entering the UK Top 10 to 50. A figure that illustrates his structural permanence within the lexicon of global pop better than any slogan.
It also grows Gracie Abrams, who achieved his sixth entry into the Top 40 with Hit The Wall. The song anticipates the third album Daughter from Hell, scheduled for July, and gives a glimpse of a writing increasingly inclined towards a vulnerability calculated to the millimetre, suspended between diaristic confession and mainstream construction.
Among the loudest entrances of the week it stands out DARA with Bangaranga, which debuts at number 21 after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 last weekend in Vienna. An agitated and theatrical hyperpop splinter that seems to have transformed the aesthetics of chaos into radio strategy.
VINYLS
Drake's Iceman he is also first in the vinyl charts and the Record Store Chart.
