After beating the late Michael Jackson’s record for the most No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 for a male solo artist, Drake shared an illustration depicting an Iceman-inspired MJ with blue braids.
Drake has made history with his trilogy of new albums—Iceman, Maid of Honour, and Habibti—with all 42 eligible new songs he dropped this month debuting within the Billboard Hot 100. The Iceman highlight “Janice STFU,” which interpolates the chorus of Lykke Li’s 2011 track “I Follow Rivers,” debuted in the top spot, which means that Drizzy now has 14 No. 1 tracks, one more than MJ.
It also means he’s now tied for the most No. 1 hits overall with Rihanna and Taylor Swift. The only two artists with more top spots on the Hot 100 are Mariah Carey with 19, and the Beatles with 20.
The image of MJ comes across with a sort of Iceman-inspired color scheme, with MJ’s face in black-and-white while his braids stick out with an icy blue. “Neck broke from carrying the chain,” Drake captioned the post. “Back broke from carrying the game. Records broken carry on my name. Carry on carry on.”
Drake’s triple-dose release strategy scored him all three top spots on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with Iceman taking the crown and Habibti and Maid of Honour coming in second and third place, respectively. It wasn’t just his new music that charted, however, as several of his older records reentered the chart thanks to all the excitement around the new trilogy.
Joining the three new records are Take Care at No. 25, Views at No. 40, Some Sexy Songs 4 U with PartyNextDoor at No. 55, Scorpion at No. 65, Certified Lover Boy at No. 69, Thank Me Later at No. 81, For All the Dogs at No. 96, More Life at No. 130, and Nothing Was the Same at No. 167. The achievements makes Drake the first living solo album to ever have 12 albums on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time.
