{"id":39533,"date":"2026-05-16T17:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/?p=39533"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:22:29","slug":"drakes-three-new-albums-get-gargantuan-first-week-sales-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/drakes-three-new-albums-get-gargantuan-first-week-sales-projections\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s Three New Albums Get Gargantuan First Week Sales Projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drake&#8217;s &#8220;ICEMAN&#8221; is leading the pack when it comes to first week sales projections, but &#8220;HABIBTI&#8221; and &#8220;MAID OF HONOUR&#8221; rank high regardless.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995268-drake-new-albums-first-week-sales-projections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HotNewHipHop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/profile\/drake\" target=\"\" rel=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/profile\/drake\">Drake<\/a>\u00a0shocked the world by dropping three albums in one night (<em>ICEMAN<\/em>,\u00a0<em>HABIBTI<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>MAID OF HONOUR<\/em>) instead of just the icy installment he originally promised. Unsurprisingly, it looks like this is going to cause an earthquake on the\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em> 200 albums chart, as we now have early first week sales projections for each of these records.<\/p>\n<article class=\"w-full lg:max-w-[680px] [&amp;&gt;div&gt;p&gt;iframe]:w-full [&amp;&gt;div&gt;p&gt;iframe]:aspect-video\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[&amp;&gt;div&gt;p&gt;iframe]:!h-auto [&amp;&gt;div&gt;p&gt;iframe]:!mx-auto [&amp;&gt;div&gt;p&gt;iframe]:min-w-[auto] [&amp;&gt;div&gt;p&gt;iframe]:lg:min-w-[382px] min-h-[200px] [&amp;_ol]:list-decimal [&amp;_ol]:list-outside [&amp;_ol]:pl-[30px] [&amp;_h3]:font-bold [&amp;_h3]:text-xl [&amp;_h3]:mb-8\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-8\">\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\"><em><a class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995248-drake-beats-kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-spotify-record-iceman-intro\" target=\"\" rel=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995248-drake-beats-kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-spotify-record-iceman-intro\">ICEMAN<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is leading the way with 480K-520K as first week sales projections, according to\u00a0<em><a class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kurrco\/status\/2055712498700157319?s=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kurrco\/status\/2055712498700157319?s=12\">Kurrco<\/a><\/em>\u00a0on Twitter. This is unsurprising given the album&#8217;s length, its singles and leaks building anticipation, and its rap-centric direction being what many fans longed for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-8\">\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\">As for the R&amp;B-centric\u00a0<a class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995260-who-is-qendresa-drake-slap-the-city\" target=\"\" rel=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995260-who-is-qendresa-drake-slap-the-city\"><em>HABIBTI<\/em>,<\/a>\u00a0it could reportedly move anywhere from 110K to 130K album-equivalent units in its first week. This seems to be the most agreed-upon LP of the bunch when it comes to overall consensus, avoiding criticisms of beef narratives and tapping into Drizzy&#8217;s lovelorn melodic talents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-8\">\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\">Finally, the clubby and divisive\u00a0<em><a class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995037-amazing-shape-drake-popcaan\" target=\"\" rel=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995037-amazing-shape-drake-popcaan\">MAID OF HONOUR<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is projected to sell anywhere between 115K and 135K album-equivalent units in its first week. While some of its playful risks and poppy appeals didn&#8217;t land for fans, others see it as refreshingly fun and genuinely challenging for his artistry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-8\">\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\">All in all, these early first week sales projections for these full-lengths suggest the Toronto superstar could amass a combined strength of 705K-785K album-equivalent units in their first week. We&#8217;ll have to wait another week to see what the final\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0tally is, and where their tracks will land on the Hot 100 chart.<\/p>\n<p>READ More &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995268-drake-new-albums-first-week-sales-projections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/995268-drake-new-albums-first-week-sales-projections<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"enjoy-1989387190\" class=\"enjoy-after-content enjoy-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4334670924766984\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4334670924766984\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6055607388\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake&#8217;s &#8220;ICEMAN&#8221; is leading the pack when it comes to first week sales projections, but &#8220;HABIBTI&#8221; and &#8220;MAID OF HONOUR&#8221; rank high regardless. Source: HotNewHipHop Drake\u00a0shocked the world by dropping three albums in one night (ICEMAN,\u00a0HABIBTI, and\u00a0MAID OF HONOUR) instead of just the icy installment he originally promised. Unsurprisingly, it looks like this is going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12252,9577,925],"tags":[9566,5389,14920,14178,14919,3353],"class_list":["post-39533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-new-music","category-news","category-whats-new","tag-albums","tag-drake","tag-habibti","tag-iceman","tag-maid-of-honour","tag-new-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39535,"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39533\/revisions\/39535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoythebeats.com\/remixclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}