{"id":73698,"date":"2026-05-28T02:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T02:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:23:29","slug":"drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They said Kendrick Lamar killed Drake in 2024. They said \u201cNot Like Us\u201d was the headstone. They said the 6God was done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two years, one triple-album supernova, and 14 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles later \u2014 Drake just engraved his name above Michael Jackson\u2019s on a record that stood for decades. The question was never whether Drake would come back. The real question was how hard he\u2019d swing when he did.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We have our answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cJanice STFU,\u201d from his latest album ICEMAN, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Drake his 14th career Hot 100 No. 1 single \u2014 officially breaking his tie with Michael Jackson for the most chart-toppers ever by a solo male artist in the chart\u2019s 67-year history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How Drake Flooded the Market With 43 Songs in One Night<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before we get to the records, let\u2019s talk about the move itself \u2014 because what Drake pulled off on May 15 deserves its own place in the release strategy hall of fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/drake-iceman-habibti-maid-of-honour-3-album-drop\/\"><strong>ICEMAN, HABIBTI, and MAID OF HONOUR were released simultaneously on May 15, 2026 through OVO Sound and Republic Records<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u2014 serving collectively as Drake\u2019s ninth, tenth, and eleventh studio albums. Production was handled by Drake\u2019s frequent collaborators including 40, Boi-1da, and Tay Keith, with guest appearances from Future, Molly Santana, and 21 Savage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s partly a flex of genre range: harder-edged rap on ICEMAN, a more R&amp;B\/sad-bangers feel to HABIBTI, and club-forward energy on MAID OF HONOUR. But releasing three albums simultaneously in 2026 is also a flex for streaming stats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The rollout itself was a masterclass in sustained anticipation. Drake teased the project with a series of public stunts \u2014 including a large ice-block installation in a downtown Toronto parking lot with the album\u2019s release date hidden inside, and he launched the project on May 15 by lighting Toronto\u2019s CN Tower in an icy blue hue before surprise-dropping the album alongside its companion releases the same night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forty-three new songs. One night. The streaming platforms buckled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you work in A&amp;R, streaming strategy, or label marketing, print these numbers and put them on your wall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ICEMAN opened with 140.2 million first-day streams globally on Spotify, instantly becoming the biggest album debut of 2026 and the second-largest hip-hop debut ever on the platform \u2014 trailing only Drake\u2019s own Certified Lover Boy. The Toronto rapper now officially holds the two biggest rap album debuts in Spotify history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Drake achieved the near-impossible on Spotify by becoming the highest-streamed artist for both album (ICEMAN) and song (\u201cMake Them Cry\u201d) in a single day, with ICEMAN also claiming the top spot on Apple Music\u2019s album charts in 79 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Drake duly became the most-streamed artist in a single day on Spotify this year \u2014 a 1,100% increase in simultaneous listeners on Apple Music \u2014 and claimed the biggest first-day streaming debut globally on Amazon Music in 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Across all three LPs, Drake\u2019s trilogy amassed 635 million streams on Spotify in its first week alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let that number breathe for a second. 635 million Spotify streams. In one week. From a rapper that half the internet declared culturally deceased 24 months ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Billboard Records: One by One<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The chart history Drake made this week didn\u2019t happen in one column \u2014 it happened across every significant Billboard metric simultaneously. Here\u2019s the full breakdown for the industry scorekeepers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hot 100 Singles Record:<\/strong> For decades, Michael Jackson held the record for male solo artists with the most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles with 13. Drake had been tied with Jackson at 13 since 2023. \u201cJanice STFU\u201d from ICEMAN debuted at No. 1, giving Drake his record-breaking 14th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>All-artist singles milestone:<\/strong> Drake now ties Taylor Swift and Rihanna for the most No. 1 singles among all artists, with 14. Only Mariah Carey with 19, and The Beatles with 20, have more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Billboard 200 Album record:<\/strong> ICEMAN earned 463,000 equivalent album units and secured Drake\u2019s 15th chart-topper on the Billboard 200, besting Jay-Z\u2019s previous record for most No. 1 albums among solo men and R&amp;B\/hip-hop artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The 1-2-3 sweep \u2014 never done before:<\/strong> ICEMAN, HABIBTI, and MAID OF HONOUR scored the top three spots on the Billboard 200 simultaneously \u2014 Drake becoming the first artist ever to occupy Numbers One, Two, and Three at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hot 100 entries record:<\/strong> Drake posted 42 entries on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing Morgan Wallen\u2019s record of 37 from last May. He also became the first act ever to amass more than 400 career entries on the Hot 100.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Top 10 stranglehold:<\/strong> \u201cJanice STFU\u201d was one of nine songs Drake placed in the Top 10 of the Hot 100, extending his record of total songs to crack the Top 10 to 90. The only non-Drake song holding ground was Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d at Number Five.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a week where Drake could have broken any one of these records and called it a career achievement, he broke all of them at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Michael Jackson Connection: Was This Was Always the Plan?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nothing about the MJ angle seems accidental. The album artwork leans hard into the iced-out aesthetic, paired with what reads as a nod to Michael Jackson\u2019s iconic crystal-studded glove \u2014 feeling like preservation, as if Drake is trying to freeze a version of himself before the narrative fully slips away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Drake celebrated surpassing MJ\u2019s record on Instagram, captioning an illustrated image of Michael Jackson with Iceman-blue braids: \u201cNeck broke from carrying the chain \/ Back broke from carrying the game \/ Records broken carry on my name \/ Carry on carry on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DY0BGAnkboG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That\u2019s not a clapback. That\u2019s a coronation statement. Drake has been telegraphing this moment for years, and the ICEMAN album name, the MJ-coded rollout, the CN Tower stunt \u2014 all of it was building toward a single headline: solo male artist, most No. 1s ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It feels like he built the whole album campaign around the record he intended to break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Kendrick Question: What the Critics Got Right (and Wrong)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here\u2019s where the story gets nuanced, because the chart numbers and the critical reception are living in two completely different universes right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By making Drake an underdog for the first time since his halcyon days as a mixtape rapper, Kendrick Lamar positioned him to make a spectacular comeback \u2014 and that comeback is ICEMAN. While the album does fall short of spectacular, it succeeds as a vindication: a dexterous if bloated project that also arrived alongside two surprise albums, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Critics generally found ICEMAN \u2014 the flagship project \u2014 to be the weakest of the three. The consensus forming is that HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR are clearly better records \u2014 not just because they are more consistently interesting forays into moody R&amp;B and party-starting club-rap, respectively, but because Drake actually lets himself loose, while ICEMAN is about how much he wants to be set free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On ICEMAN, Drake takes aim at everyone from Lamar to A$AP Rocky to Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The shots at Grainge, in particular, are worth noting for the industry people in the room. Drake is publicly firing at the head of the label he\u2019s signed to \u2014 and doing it on a release that just generated hundreds of millions in streaming revenue for that same label. That tension is not a small thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But for the RapIndustry.com audience, here\u2019s the critical nuance: critics talking about Drake\u2019s artistic decline don\u2019t pay his bills. Releasing three albums simultaneously is a move designed to dominate conversation and reshape the streaming landscape in a single moment \u2014 a strategy that carries real risk if the critical reception hardens into a broader narrative about decline. That risk hasn\u2019t materialized, at least not commercially. The charts don\u2019t lie, and right now, every chart is speaking Drake\u2019s name.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<a title=\"Hip-Hop hats, buckets, snapbacks, beanies.\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every label exec, manager, and independent artist in the game should be studying what OVO and Republic pulled off here \u2014 because the three-album simultaneous drop is going to be discussed in music business schools for a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The genius of the strategy is in how it weaponizes the streaming algorithm. Three albums means three times the playlist consideration. Three times the \u201cNew Release\u201d shelf space across every DSP. Three distinct genre identities to capture three different audience segments simultaneously. And when all three debut in the top three of the Billboard 200, the cultural conversation is completely overwhelmed \u2014 there is no room left in the news cycle for anyone else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It also neutralized the critical pile-on problem. When critics attacked ICEMAN for being too defensive and Kendrick-obsessed, fans were already three albums deep into a different mode with HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR. You can\u2019t sink a triple album drop with a bad review of the first disc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The rollout was equally engineered to perfection. The Toronto Fire Department had to melt massive ice blocks that Drake strategically placed around his hometown to hide the release date. Fans and paparazzi hunted for clues embedded within these installations, creating viral social media moments weeks before a single song dropped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Where This Leaves Drake\u2019s Legacy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let\u2019s be direct: as of this week, Aubrey Drake Graham holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles by any solo male artist in the history of recorded music. He owns the two biggest rap album debuts in Spotify history. He released three albums simultaneously and swept the top three positions of the Billboard 200 \u2014 something no artist, in any genre, has ever done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All of this happened two years after Kendrick Lamar declared him dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The rap is this: charts and cultural relevance are two different conversations. Kendrick Lamar won the battle. Drake responded by winning every measurable commercial metric available to him. Whether that constitutes \u201cwinning\u201d depends entirely on what you value \u2014 and for the music business audience this publication serves, the answer is complicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What isn\u2019t complicated is that the ICEMAN era just rewrote what a rap album rollout can look like. The streaming numbers, the marketing architecture, the genre diversification across three simultaneous bodies of work \u2014 every artist team in the building should be taking notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 6God didn\u2019t just come back. He came back and redrew the entire scoreboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They said Kendrick Lamar killed Drake in 2024. They said \u201cNot Like Us\u201d was the headstone. They said the 6God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[58,191,39],"class_list":["post-73698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-drake","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019 - Hip Hop News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drake&#039;s ICEMAN trilogy broke Michael Jackson&#039;s Hot 100 record, swept the Billboard 200 top 3, and rewrote the album release playbook. Full breakdown inside.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019 - Hip Hop News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drake&#039;s ICEMAN trilogy broke Michael Jackson&#039;s Hot 100 record, swept the Billboard 200 top 3, and rewrote the album release playbook. Full breakdown inside.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hip Hop News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-28T02:23:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1190\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/\",\"name\":\"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019 - Hip Hop News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,500&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-28T02:23:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-28T02:23:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"description\":\"Drake&#039;s ICEMAN trilogy broke Michael Jackson&#039;s Hot 100 record, swept the Billboard 200 top 3, and rewrote the album release playbook. Full breakdown inside.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,500&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,500&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/\",\"name\":\"Hip Hop News\",\"description\":\"Hip Hop News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019 - Hip Hop News","description":"Drake&#039;s ICEMAN trilogy broke Michael Jackson&#039;s Hot 100 record, swept the Billboard 200 top 3, and rewrote the album release playbook. Full breakdown inside.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019 - Hip Hop News","og_description":"Drake&#039;s ICEMAN trilogy broke Michael Jackson&#039;s Hot 100 record, swept the Billboard 200 top 3, and rewrote the album release playbook. Full breakdown inside.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/","og_site_name":"Hip Hop News","article_published_time":"2026-05-28T02:23:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg","width":1920,"height":1190,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/","name":"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019 - Hip Hop News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,500&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-05-28T02:23:29+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-28T02:23:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"description":"Drake&#039;s ICEMAN trilogy broke Michael Jackson&#039;s Hot 100 record, swept the Billboard 200 top 3, and rewrote the album release playbook. Full breakdown inside.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,500&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,500&ssl=1","width":800,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drake-breaks-michael-jacksons-hot-100-record-with-iceman\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Drake Breaks Michael Jackson\u2019s Hot 100 Record With \u2018ICEMAN\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/","name":"Hip Hop News","description":"Hip Hop News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"They said Kendrick Lamar killed Drake in 2024. They said \u201cNot Like Us\u201d was the headstone. They said the 6God","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["NEWS"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":7,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":9,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=800&resize=800,500&ssl=1",800,500,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">NEWS<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}