Happy 40th Birthday to the gorgeous, mega talented, chart-topping, history-making, multiple Grammy-winning Rapper, Singer, Producer, Actor, Entrepreneur, Designer, Global Icon, Hip Hop Legend and Most-streamed Rapper in history, the One & Only Drake! 👏🎂🎉🌟🐐👑🖤 #Drake is in a League of his own and paved the way for many, after influencing how a lot of modern rap and R&B sounds today! He ranks among the best-selling artists of all Time with unmatched commercial success. He has sold over 180 million units globally and is the first Artist to surpass 350 million RIAA-certified units, making him the most certified Artist overall in RIAA history! He is also the highest-certified hip-hop artist in RIAA album units (67M). Drake holds the record for the most Diamond certifications in history (20) including 18 Diamond certified songs and 2 Albums ('Take Care' & 'Views'). His highest-certified single, "God's Plan", is certified 2× Diamond for 20 Million sales units in the US! Drake is also the most-streamed artist across all genres on Spotify, with over 143 Billion total streams! He is also the most-streamed artist on a daily basis currently with over 60 million streams per day! In 2024, he was named by Billboard as the 4th greatest pop star of the 21st century! Drake holds nearly All Billboard Records for a Male Artist! He has earned 15 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, tying Taylor Swift for the most among solo artists and ranking 2nd overall behind only the Beatles. He is also the only artist to have multiple albums log 400+ weeks each on the Billboard 200, and is the only act with 3 albums past 500 weeks ('Take Care', 'Nothing Was the Same' and 'Views')! Drake has 14 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the most for any male solo artist in history, surpassing Michael Jackson (13)! He also holds the Hot 100 records for the most top 10 hits (91), the most top 40 hits (241), the most total entries (407), and the longest streak of consecutive weeks on the chart (431). Drake ties Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 debuts in Hot 100 history, with 10 each. He has the most top 10 debuts on the Hot 100 (74), the most top 10 hits in a single calendar year (13), and the most songs that peaked at No. 2 (13). He also holds the records for the most No. 1 singles on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (33), the Hot Rap Songs chart (33), the Rhythmic Airplay chart (46) and leads on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay! Drake exploded onto the music scene in 2009 with the 'So Far Gone' mixtape and its breakout hit “Best I Ever Had,” which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Drake's first 3 albums, 'Thank Me Later' (2010), 'Take Care' (2011) and 'Nothing Was the Same' (2013) all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 global smash hit singles "Find Your Love", "Take Care" ft. Rihanna, "Started from the Bottom", and "Hold On, We're Going Home" ft. Majid Jordan. His 4th studio album 'Views' (2016) topped the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks and spawned the global smash hit single "Hotline Bling" which hit #2 on the Hot 100 and the Hot 100 chart-topping global smash hit "One Dance" ft. WizKid & Kyla, which has been credited for helping popularize dancehall and Afrobeats in contemporary American music. His 5th studio album 'Scorpion' (2018), spawned 3 Hot 100 No. 1 global smash hit singles: "God's Plan", "Nice for What", and "In My Feelings". His 6th album, 'Certified Lover Boy' (2021), set a new record for most US top-ten songs (9) from one album with its lead single, "Way 2 Sexy" ft. Future and Young Thug reaching No. 1. In 2022, he dropped the house-inspired album 'Honestly, Nevermind' and his collaborative album 'Her Loss' with 21 Savage which spawned Billboard Hot 100 #1 single "Jimmy Cooks". His 8th album, 'For All the Dogs' (2023), produced his 12th and 13th US Hot 100 No. 1s, "Slime You Out" ft. SZA and "First Person Shooter" ft. J. Cole. In 2024, Drake released the hit tracks "Push Ups", "Taylor Made Freestyle", "Family Matters", and "The Heart Part 6" as disses to Kendrick Lamar! On February 14, 2025, Drake released 'Some Sexy Songs 4 U', a collaborative album with PartyNextDoor which broke the first-day streaming record for the most streamed R&B/Soul album in the history of Apple Music! It earned a total of 287.04 million on-demand streams in its debut week, the largest streaming week of 2025 for any album and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, replacing 'GNX' by Kendrick Lamar and tying the Billboard record with Jay-Z and Taylor Swift for most number one albums by a Solo Artist (14)! 'Some Sexy Songs 4 U' debuted at No. 1 in Canada, marking Party's first and Drake's 15th chart topper! n 2025, Drake became the first artist to headline all three days of Wireless Festival and the fastest to sell it out in the festival’s history, with tickets gone in minutes. Right after the festival, Drake kicked off his 'Some Special Shows 4 U' tour in Europe including the UK! On July 5, 2025, Drake launched the rollout for his 9th studio album 'Iceman' with “What Did I Miss?”, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, extending his records on both. He followed with “Which One” (feat. Central Cee), which reached No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay, and “Dog House” feat. Yeat and Julia Wolf. On May 15, 2026, Drake surprise-released 'Iceman' alongside 'HABIBTI' and 'MAID OF HONOUR', becoming the first artist ever to debut three albums at Nos. 1, 2, and 3 on the Billboard 200 simultaneously! 'Iceman' debuted with 463,000 equivalent units and gave Drake his 15th No. 1 album, while “Janice STFU” debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 for his 14th career chart-topper. On October 2, 2026, Drake released the HABIBTI (FOMO) deluxe edition, with 4 new tracks including “Solar Eclipse” feat. Don Toliver, “Quebec,” “Cold Shoulder” feat. Don Toliver & Yebba and “Classic Pt. 2”, that were first previewed in his Fear of Missing Out film. 'HABIBTI' rocketed 116 - 2 on the Billboard 200 with 71,000 equivalent units (a 506% jump), nearly all from streaming. “Solar Eclipse” debuted at No. 5 on the Hot 100, giving Drake his record-extending 91st top 10 and his 33rd No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs! Drake has won 281 Awards from 613 nominations during his career including 5 Grammy Awards from 51 nominations, 7 American Music Awards, a record 42 Billboard Music Awards out of 102 Nominations, 15 BET Awards from 50 nominations, 7 MTV VMAs out of 49 nominations, 2 MTV Europe Music Awards, 2 Brit Awards, 6 Soul Train Awards, 6 Juno Awards, 11 iHeartRadio Titanium Awards for 1 Billion + spins & 13 SOCAN Awards among others! Drake was Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the 2010s and was named Artist of the Decade at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. From 2015 to 2017, he ranked in the top five on Billboard’s Year-End Top Artists chart (finishing No. 4 in 2015 and No. 3 in both 2016 and 2017), before claiming the No. 1 spot in 2018. He was also named the best-selling Global Recording Artist of both 2016 and 2018 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), becoming the first artist to win the honor twice. Drake is also a hugely successful entrepreneur, and founded the OVO Sound record label in 2012. He has served as "global ambassador" for the Toronto Raptors since 2013. In 2016, he became a partner of the bourbon whiskey Virginia Black. Drake heads the OVO fashion label and the Nocta collaboration with Nike, Inc.. He also founded the production company 'DreamCrew' and the fragrance house 'Better World' which continues to release new scents. A 2018 analysis estimated that his influence accounted for 5% (about CAD $440 million) of Toronto’s CAD $8.8 Billion annual tourism revenue! He has held endorsement deals with brands including Sprite, Burger King, White Castle, and Whataburger, and remains a high-profile ambassador for the online gambling platform Stake. Drake is veery much into helping others and gives back through personal donations and OVO-linked efforts. In January 2026 he contributed $150,000 to a charity run supporting cancer research for veterans, and more recently he pledged $1 million with Stake’s Ed Craven to LeBron James’ I PROMISE School in Akron, promising to deliver it in person. OVO’s annual Charity Golf Classic has also grown, with the 2026 edition supporting Toronto youth and community programs. After dominating 2026 with a surprise triple-album that rewrote Billboard 200 history, a deluxe edition, Wireless Festival triple-headlining and earning 30 new RIAA certifications the day before his 40th birthday, becoming the first artist in history to surpass 350 million RIAA certified units, Drake is all set for a full world tour in 2027, his first major North American run since the 'It’s All a Blur' Tour, with “other things on the horizon” and “some big shows". Even as he turns 40, Drake remains in a class by himself, unstoppable and already lining up the next chapter...