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Drake has officially made Billboard history by becoming the first artist ever to occupy the top three positions on the US albums chart at the same time.
The rapper’s three surprise projects, Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour, debuted at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Billboard 200.
Leading the way was Iceman, the long awaited album Drake had been hinting at for nearly two years. The release opened at No. 1 and earned him his 15th chart topping album, pushing him past Jay Z for the most No. 1 albums among solo male artists and R&B or hip hop acts.
With the achievement, Drake now ties Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 albums among solo artists overall. Only The Beatles remain ahead with 19 chart topping projects.
Iceman also delivered one of the biggest opening weeks of 2026, landing behind only BTS’s Arirang for the year’s highest sales total. It also marked the strongest debut week of the year for any R&B or hip hop album.
Right behind it on the chart were Habibti at No. 2 and Maid of Honour at No. 3, completing the unprecedented sweep.
Drake officially released Iceman on May 15 after first teasing the project back in July 2025 during the debut episode of his Iceman livestream series. During that stream, he previewed tracks including What Did I Miss? and Which One featuring Central Cee.
Just one day before release, on May 14, Drake shocked fans by announcing that he would be dropping three albums simultaneously.
Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide slipped from No. 1 to No. 4, while Ella Langley’s Dandelion rounded out the Top 5.
The current Top 10 also includes two albums from Michael Jackson, adding another historic touch to this week’s chart.
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John Summit is preparing for the biggest tour of his career this fall with the launch of his 20 date CTRL ESCAPE arena tour, beginning Oct. 1. The massive run arrives in support of his latest album CTRL ESCAPE, which was released on April 15.
The tour will officially kick off in Champaign, a meaningful starting point for Summit since it is the same city where he studied accounting at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign before transitioning into music full time. His past life working toward a career in accounting also heavily inspired themes throughout the new album.
Following the opening date, the tour heads into Canada for three performances before returning to the United States for a stretch of East Coast shows and southern stops, including two dates in his adopted home city of Miami. Summit will then return to his hometown of Chicago for two performances before wrapping up the run with stops in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and a final show in Oakland.
The arena trek adds to what has already been another packed year for the producer. This summer, Summit is scheduled to hold a residency at UNVRS in Ibiza, headline Lollapalooza in late July, and host the second edition of his Experts Only Festival on Randall’s Island in New York on Sept. 19 and 20.
Summit has already started teasing the arena production on social media, recently posting a rendering of the planned stage design. A full scale arena tour of this size remains relatively uncommon within electronic music and follows previous major headline performances at Folsom Field in Boulder and Madison Square Garden in New York.
See the complete tour schedule below.
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