Drake Reaches A Historic Milestone On The Albums Chart — Again

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentDrake Reaches A Historic Milestone On The Albums Chart — AgainByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorApr 27, 2026, 02:28pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Drake's Nothing Was the Same reaches 520 weeks, or a full decade, on the Billboard 200. It's his second album to do so, following Take Care several years ago. LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Drake performs live on stage during day two of Wireless Festival 2025 at Finsbury Park on July 12, 2025 in London, England. Drake is headlining an unprecedented all three nights of Wireless Festival. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images for ABA)Getty ImagesThere are only a relatively small number of albums that have lived on the Billboard 200 – the chart company of the same name’s ranking of the 200 most popular EPs and full-lengths in the U.S. – for 10 years. An entire decade of moving thousands, sometimes 10,000 new equivalent album units or more, week after week after week is the kind of feat reserved for only the biggest names in the music business, and most well-known artists will never come even close to that milestone. This week, two superstars see hugely successful albums make it to that number in what could potentially be a first when it comes to the Billboard 200. For one of those acts, it’s a first, but for Drake, he manages the showing for the second time in his career.Nothing Was the Same Hits a Decade on the Billboard 200Drake’s Nothing Was the Same is one of nine albums by the Canadian hip-hop powerhouse to live on at least one Billboard tally at the moment, and it is the only one that appears on a single roster, the Billboard 200. As the project improves slightly from No. 185 to No. 180, it celebrates its five hundred twen...