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Drake's "ICEMAN" Holds No. 1 on Billboard 200 for Third Consecutive Week
6/8/2026, 8:16:54 AM
ICEMAN Secures Third Consecutive Week at No. 1
Toronto native Drake’s album ICEMAN remained atop the Billboard 200 for a third straight week on the chart dated June 13, reflecting the tracking week that ended June 4. The project logged 171,000 equivalent album units according to Billboard’s data, while another source reported approximately 173,000 units for the same period.
Historical Context and Drake’s Billboard Record
ICEMAN joins four other Drake releases—Views and Certified Lover Boy among them—that have each spent at least three weeks at No. 1, bringing his total of No. 1 albums to fifteen. Views holds his longest run with thirteen weeks in 2016; Certified Lover Boy logged five weeks in 2021, the last time Drake achieved a three-week stay before ICEMAN.
Quantitative Metrics
Streaming drove the third-week performance, delivering 174.42 million on-demand streams and 170,000 streaming-equivalent album units. Album sales contributed just under 1,000 units, with the remainder from track-equivalent units. Since its May debut, ICEMAN has accumulated roughly 859,000 units, and industry observers note it is nearing the one-million-unit milestone.
Official Statements & Data Provider Commentary
Billboard explained that the chart combines album sales, track-equivalent and streaming-equivalent units, while Luminate authenticates all submissions and removes data deemed suspicious or unverifiable. Luminate’s partnership with Billboard ensures that only verified consumption figures shape the weekly rankings.
Conflicting Reports & Gaps
Sources differ on the exact third-week total: Billboard-linked reports list 171,000 units, whereas Jubilee Cast cites approximately 173,000 units. Both agree that streaming accounts for the bulk of consumption, yet no public comment from Drake or his management has been recorded, leaving artist-level perspective absent.
Impact and Industry Significance
ICEMAN ties Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide and BTS’s ARIRANG as the longest-running No. 1 albums released in 2026, each with three weeks at the summit. The album also places Drake level with Adele for the ninth-most weeks atop the Billboard 200, at forty weeks each, underscoring his sustained chart dominance.
Upcoming Milestones
Analysts anticipate that continued streaming could push ICEMAN past the one-million-unit threshold within weeks. The album’s trajectory will be monitored alongside Drake’s other concurrent releases—HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR—which together set a historic precedent of occupying the chart’s top three positions.
Verbatim Quotes
- “Iceman earned 171,000 equivalent album units in the United States during the week ending June 4, according to data from Luminate as reported by Billboard.” — Billboard
- “The three projects collectively moved nearly 700,000 equivalent album units during their debut week.” — Jubilee Cast
