Drake Take Care Hits Number One

Wednesday, November 23 2011 9:28 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

If we talkin’ bout the numbers, it’s lookin’ like roughly 659,190 copies. As of tomorrow, Drake will return to the top of the Billboard charts. If the number holds up, Take Care becomes the second highest solo rap debut this year. Official tally in the morning.

UPDATE: Final number via SoundScan: 631,466

Digital: 264,845 | CD: 366,621

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Comments (99)

  1. So-Icy boi Fan Club says:

    I already knew this was gonna come…
    Congrats I guess, but that album was garbage to be honest…I know all the female fans & Homos will come mad at me, but it’s true…
    5% = Rap 95% = Love songs

    it’s a point where i think lil wayne is better off singing and Drake is better off rapping now lol.

  2. dirty team says:

    hip hop lost

  3. twobarkilla 2.01 says:

    FIRST BITCHES…I SUCK DICK LIKE I SUCK DRAKES DICK BITCHES…SUCK IT WORLD!

  4. Matt says:

    Webbie at 26k deserves its own post, sir.

  5. omag5 says:

    very good album, classic R&B style and good raps

  6. wayneslegacy says:

    Cash money making cash money! Wait tel nicki come out with the 2nd album bet its 700,000 easy

  7. fuk waka says:

    obviously even drake knows that its coz of the Rnb content and the female fans… but 600k + in the 1st week is Huge in any genre of music!!!

  8. M.T says:

    Congrats to Drizzy Drake. Fav tracks are “Lord Knows”, “Underground Kings”, and “Practice”. Take Care was worth buying and is the second best album of the year behind Cole World.

  9. Stunna says:

    take care the bizness

  10. Able Danger says:

    Damn Taylor Swift numbers, makes sense tho it’s the same fan base.

  11. Word says:

    No shit it hits number one. Congrats to Drake for a good album. Lord Knows and Undergound Kings were more than enough to make up for the sappy love songs thats become his trademark. You cant fault him for doing something thats he well known for. If Cole had sappy love songs, then id prolly complain a bit. But from Drake? Come on. Thats like faulting Eminem for rapping about gore and not enough true street shit. Its his trademark. I cant get mad at that.

    Cole World > Take Care > Ambition > All these other wack ass freshman.

  12. Cali says:

    I was expecting more.

  13. Fuck What You Heard says:

    I’m a J Cole fan, but i believe Cole had an estimate 217,324 coppies sold. Why are you guys still comparing Drake to J Cole?
    By the way, artists don’t rich off of album sales.

  14. uhuh says:

    @Able Danger
    ahahahahahahah so true!

  15. Product of Chicago says:

    Another YMCMB album outselling “The Throne”, what else is new. When Nicki drops 1st quarter next year she’ll flirt with 1mil in the first week. Young Money/Cash Money is dominating the industry on some Motown type steez, respect the TRUE crown holders. Plus doing it all with a distribution deal and full ownership of their master. One day y’all gonna get that camel piece out your mouth long enough to pay homage to the urban music dynasty that’s been doing it for over a decade already. While Hov is busy selling out his brothers that helped built his brand (Dame and Biggs) to cozy up to the Tall Isrealis, the Williams Brothers did it their way and kept it 100% black owned…pay homage joe

  16. Fuck What You Heard says:

    Get rich*

  17. Anon DCPL says:

    all you people are fools to still trust soundscan and billboard.

    all these numbers are fabricated in one way or another.

  18. man says:

    wonderful art. of course its number one. it didnt have enough ignorant stuff though so of course it wasnt liked by all Hip Hop fans. Drake doesnt have to be considered Hip Hop but when he’s rapping he is one of the best Hip Hop artists around now like it or not. and his singing makes him different but his art is amazing. some people just will never understand though smh

  19. NotoriousRambo. says:

    CANIBUS – “95% OF YOUR FANS WEAR HIGH-HEELS!”. <+++ FACT!

  20. Dujay says:

    “If the number holds up, Take Care becomes the second highest solo rap debut this year.”
    Take Care is not a debut, and who is first then cuz I don’t think anyone has sold that much with a debut this year?

  21. Product of Chicago says:

    @Dujay they mean debut week, as in 2nd highest rap album 1st week after C4′s 970K

  22. B.Dot says:

    ^
    Thank you. Wayne debuted with a million this year or close to it anyway

  23. Word says:

    @Product of Chicago – Hov still has more money than all of them though. Imean album sales are fine for ppl who only have their hand in the music industry, but Hov’s reach extends in a variety of industries. I dont think he could care less if C4 or Take Care outsold Watch The Throne. Dude is caked up off VARIOUS other business ventures. Thats something no one in YMCMB could ever know about. Nobody wants to do business with untrusworthy ass niggas like Birdman, Pot head skater boarders like Wayne, or Scizophrenic porn stars like Nicki. Drake, yeah maybe. Until niggas in YMCMB is pullin in bank like Jay, then he will always win on the long run.

  24. Word says:

    @B.Dot Why do comments sometimes no go through? Shit is mad annoying.

  25. B.Dot says:

    ^
    i know. alot of em automatically go into moderation and then i have to MANUALLY approve. its a fucking pain in the ass

  26. hate camels says:

    the fuck ? he got some ladys with his soft songs .pretty awful album

  27. Awesome says:

    Its a good day for R&B

  28. Nahh says:

    What the post is about:Drake take care hits number one.
    What the comments are about:lil Wayne sucks

  29. Justice XO says:

    Best song in the album imo is “Shots for me” the whole album is dope. OvOXo #TakeCare

  30. CHUNK says:

    in Ten Years from now, look back. Take Care is Classic.

  31. Yeah says:

    Drake > Kanye & Jay z…Number’s don’t lie GET MAD.

  32. .... says:

    @word

    yes he doesnt care but doesnt mean hes better then drake or wayne..drake has already hit milestones that jay hasnt hit in his 10 plus year career..jay has been a consisten good rapper…never major hits never major album sales but hes stuck around..even if the second half has been because kanye keeps him close by..i feel bad for kanye though cuz i think he would so much more of a legend if he didnt big up jay so much..your your own man nigga gets some balls..and for that he will always be below jay z

    but anyways drake is the leader of the new school wether you want to except it or not

  33. man says:

    who cares about money, an artists worth is based on how much he sells. and they dont even get much of that money. so if Hovs the richest. it doesnt make him the best. if anything the fact that he has stuck around the game for so long without falling off makes him the best. but as an artist all he does is talk about how much money he has now so if he’s compared to the artists now days. he isnt as good as them and the sells will always prove that. he doesnt rap for us anymore he raps for the ballers. but thats my dawg though i just wish he’d switch it up more. New Day, Murder To Excellence, and Welcome To The Jungles good though so i feel like he may be adapting to the game now

  34. Derick Rose says:

    TAKE CARE>>>>>>>>>>>>>WTT

  35. dirty team says:

    lil boosie>>>>>drake

    drake is garbage

  36. @Word Has A Crush on J. Cole says:

    Wow I’m surprised @Word made a comment on somebody else. But notice he he had to mention J. Cole. You Fag

  37. dirty team says:

    cash money is a pop label

  38. Drake says:

    i like dicks in my ass

  39. .... says:

    funny thing is that for a general consumer..they wouldnt even know nicki wayne and drake were in the same team
    and thats what makes it all great..just cuz one falls off doesnt mean the others will cuz they all 3 stand on there own….hence 50 cent sitution

  40. Didn’t Thank Me Later sell 400k? Take Care had more buzz.

  41. hoodierap says:

    guys relate to this, atleast i know i do. thats why guys buy Take Care. some people actually talk to females and all. i mean i guess the ones that dont like Drake should be coming out of the closet soon if they dont relate to him

  42. Umar says:

    pop corny album

  43. don says:

    rick ross>>>>>>>>>>ymcmb

  44. yo momaz pimp says:

    fake ass nigga think he SADE

  45. IDontGAF says:

    Album of the year no fucking doubt. And it outsold the throne and cole. Smh at you dusty faggots/no pussy getting niggas getting mad. Take care, Ymcmb belee dat blud

  46. Awesome says:

    Radioactive >

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