Drake reaches another milestone with “Certified Lover Boy”.
The Toronto rap star continues his monumental run with last year’s “Certified Lover Boy” album as the project reaches double platinum status. Drake’s latest album has now sold over 2 million total units in the US, which made it his 6th consecutive multi-platinum album. The project which was reached platinum status in less than a month debuted at #1 with 613k first week sales, the highest for any rap album.
.@Drake‘s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ has now sold over 2 million total units in the US. It’s the only 2021 rap album to reach this milestone
— chart data (@chartdata) January 6, 2022
Kanye West’s Donda, J. Cole’s The Off-Season, Lil Nas X’s MONTERO, Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain, and Polo G’s Hall of Fame, to mention a few, all faced fierce competition in last year’s sales race. However, the 6 Gods’ fourth-quarter performance was too much to overcome.
The album is also the first rap project of 2021 to reach double-platinum status. The album was best selling rap album of 2021, and third on the overall list after Morgan Wallen and Olivia Rodrigo. Drizzy also dominated Genius and Youtube, as he was the third top artist on both platforms last year.
“Certified Lover Boy” was also nominated for Best Rap Album and multiple other categories on upcoming Grammy Awards, but Drake withdrew his name for unknown reasons.
The top 10 albums of 2021 in the U.S., by total equivalent album units, according to MRC Data (1/2):
1. @MorganWallen Dangerous: The Double Album (3.226 million)
2. @oliviarodrigo Sour (2.856 million)
3. @Drake Certified Lover Boy (1.970 million)
4. @Adele 30 (1.936 million)— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) January 6, 2022
