Drake’s ‘ICEMAN’ Holds Billboard 200 Top Spot for Third Week

Drake’s ICEMAN remains locked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a third consecutive week, moving 171,000 equivalent album units. The number is down 24 percent from the previous frame, yet still enough to hold off a field of former chart-toppers and a pair of high-profile debuts. Streaming accounts for nearly the entire figure: 170,000 units, equaling 174.42 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks. The record simultaneously leads the Top Streaming Albums chart for a third week.

The run puts ICEMAN in a select category. It becomes the fifth Drake album to spend at least three weeks at No. 1, and his first to do so since Certified Lover Boy logged five weeks in 2021. Views, with its 13-week reign in 2016, remains his longest-running leader. With 15 career No. 1 albums, Drake continues to close the distance to The Beatles’ all-time record of 19 — a chase that now looks less like speculation and more like a matter of pacing.

Elsewhere in the top tier, the chart reflects different modes of consumption. Paul McCartney enters at No. 5 with The Boys of Dungeon Lane, posting 63,000 units. The opening is powered by traditional album sales: 59,500 copies across 18 physical variants, including more than 10 vinyl editions, enough to claim the top slot on Top Album Sales. It marks McCartney’s 22nd top 10 across solo and Wings projects.

aespa lands its third top 10 as LEMONADE debuts at No. 9 with 41,000 units. Album sales drove 34,500 of that total, fueled by more than 20 CD variants containing signed editions and randomized collectibles — photocards, stickers, posters — a structure built for fan engagement rather than passive listening. The set arrived at No. 2 on Top Album Sales. At No. 10, Drake’s HABIBTI holds on with nearly 41,000 units, down 24 percent. The top three spots behind ICEMAN belong to familiar titles: Ella Langley’s Dandelion at No. 2, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem at No. 3, and Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide at No. 4.