Drake Becomes First Artist to Sell 200 Million Single Units Via RIAA

Drake can now declare he is a King too — à la Michael Jackson or Elvis — as a result of he is hit a milestone … the Recording Business Affiliation of America says he is bought extra single items than anybody. Ever. In historical past.

Mr. Morgan, Drake’s OVO Sound President, made the shock reveal amid Drizzy’s thirty seventh birthday celebrations … the Canadian rapper is the primary artist in RIAA historical past to surpass 200 million items, and he did it convincingly — his tally now stands at 220 mil!!!

A few of the greatest wins on his leger embody the 2011 album “Take Care,” and 2013 smash hit “Began From the Backside” … as each inch towards diamond plaques at 8x platinum.

BTW … RIAA single items embody purchases of data, everlasting downloads and streams — all classes Drake usually crushes with each new launch. OIder acts like Elvis, The Beatles and even MJ bought hundreds of thousands upon hundreds of thousands of data … however Drake tends to beat them by a rustic mile on digital downloads and streams.

Translation: It is good to be the King.

One other cool stat … his alt-left dance album, “Actually, Nevermind” formally cements that every one his studio releases have bought at the least a million items.

Two tracks from his new album, the J. Cole-featured, “First Particular person Shooter” and Yeat-featured, “IDGAF” at the moment sit within the Billboard Scorching 100’s High 10 additionally.

With a catalog this affluent, it is no surprise Drake is comfy entering a hiatus from music quickly … to cope with the abdomen points he says are inflicting him grief.