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Drake drops three albums at once: Iceman, Maid of Honour, and Habibti are out now
Drake released three studio albums on May 15, his first projects since the Kendrick Lamar rivalry dominated 2024.
Three at once
Drake did not ease back into things. On May 15, the Toronto rapper dropped three studio albums simultaneously: Iceman, Maid of Honour, and Habibti. According to Billboard, the trio marks his ninth, tenth, and eleventh studio albums, and his first releases since the public back-and-forth with Kendrick Lamar in 2023 and 2024.
What is on each record
Iceman is the anchor of the bundle, arriving with 18 tracks. The collaborators include 21 Savage, Molly Santana, and Future, who previously worked with Drake on What a Time to Be Alive. Maid of Honour runs 14 songs and features Central Cee, Sexyy Red, Popcaan, Stunna Sandy, and Iconic Savvy. The shorter Habibti brings 11 tracks, with contributions from Sexyy Red again, Loe Shimmy, and Partynextdoor.
Notably, previously released singles "Which One" and "Dog House" did not make any of the three albums, while "What Did I Miss" landed on Iceman.
The rollout was hard to ignore
Drake had been teasing Iceman throughout 2025 with a marketing campaign that stood apart from his previous rollouts. The most talked-about moment involved a large ice block structure installed in downtown Toronto. A streamer named Kishka found an Iceman folder inside the installation that revealed the May 15 release date. Drake's team paid him $50,000 for the discovery. The structure was later removed by Toronto's fire department for being a public hazard.
Drake also transformed his courtside seats at multiple Toronto Raptors games into frozen icicles as part of the campaign.
What the charts could look like
If any of the three albums reaches number one on the Billboard 200, Drake would hold a record 15 chart-toppers among rappers, breaking a tie with Jay-Z. Billboard also notes he has a chance to occupy the top three spots on the chart simultaneously, something only Michael Jackson has done before, though Drake would be the first to do it with three debuts at once.
His previous album, For All the Dogs, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 402,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate.
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