Drake’s “Take Care” album is making history by becoming the second-longest charting rap album on the Billboard 200 chart. It has spent 650 weeks on the chart, released in November 2011, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified 8x Platinum in the US.

According to Billboard, as of 2022, Take Care is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.[66] The album’s lead single, “Marvins Room” impacted urban radio on June 28, 2011; peaking at number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[67] Following by the second single, “Headlines”, which was released through his blog on July 31, 2011. The production on both of these songs was handled by Boi-1da and Noah “40” Shebib; it was released to radio and iTunes on August 9, 2011.[68] “Headlines” debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 98 on the Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

MARVIN’S ROOM

HEADLINES

“Make Me Proud” featuring Nicki Minaj, was released through Drake’s blog on October 13, 2011, as the album’s third single. The song was produced by T-Minus and Kromatik. It was released to iTunes on October 16, 2011.[70] The song peaked at number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100

MAKE ME PROUD (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ)

The album’s fourth single, “The Motto” featuring Lil Wayne, impacted rhythmic radio and urban radio stations on November 29, 2011. It was re-released to rhythmic radio on January 10, 2012. It officially impacted Top 40/Mainstream radio on April 10, 2012.[72] The single debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100, with first-week sales of 124,000 copies.[73] It has since sold over 3 million copies in the United States, becoming the most successful single from the album thus far and his third single overall to reach the milestone.

THE MOTTO (FEAT. LIL WAYNE & TYGA)

“Take Care” featuring Rihanna, was released as the album’s fifth single. It impacted US rhythmic contemporary radio on January 17, 2012.[74] Prior to its release as a single, the song entered the UK Singles Chart on November 20, 2011, at number 12. It also debuted at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100. “Take Care” became one of Drake’s highest-charting songs as a solo artist in the United Kingdom and United S, with first-week sales of 162,000 in the US.[71][75] In its seventeenth week on the Hot 100, the track rose to a new peak of number seven.[76] As of July 2012 the single has sold over two million digital copies.

TAKE CARE (FEAT. RIHANNA)

“HYFR (Hell Ya F**king Right)” was released as the album’s sixth single. Lil Wayne is also featured on this track. The music video shoot for the song took place on March 21, 2012. The video was released on April 6, 2012. It officially impacted rhythmic and urban radio on April 24, 2012.

H.Y.F.R. (FEAT. LIL WAYNE)

“Crew Love” was released as the album’s seventh single in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2012.[79] The song peaked at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart and number 80 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100.

CREW LOVE (FEAT. THE WEEKND)

According to Metacritic, Take Care was the ninth-highest-ranked album in year-end top 10 lists by music critics, based on 135 lists. It was named the best album of 2012 by the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times,[89] and was ranked number three by Now and MTV, number four by Slate, number five by Billboard and The Washington Post, number seven by Fact, number eight by The Globe and Mail, NPR, and Pitchfork,[90] number 14 by Slant Magazine,[91] and number 22 by Rolling Stone and Spin.[92][93] It was also named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize on June 14, 2012.[94] In 2012, Complex named the album one of the classic albums of the last decade.[95] Take Care won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 55th Grammy Awards.[96] In October 2013, Complex named it the fourth-best hip hop album of the last five years.[97] In January 2015, Billboard named it the sixth-best album of the 2010s (so far).[98] In September 2020, it was named the 95th greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone.

DRAKE TALKS WINNING GRAMMY