Drizzy is always breaking records!
From Billboard:
Drake’s Take Care takes over as the album with the most weeks on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart since the ranking began in 1965.
While Care dips 40-43 on the chart dated March 16, it secures an unprecedented 186th week on the list. The set, released in Novembr 2011, surpasses the previous champ, Kenny G’s Breathless, which clocked 185 weeks on the tally from 1992-1997.
Upon its initial release, Care became Drake’s first No. 1 debut on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and his second of nine No. 1 sets. The set also boasts Drake’s longest stay at No. 1 among those nine leaders, with 12 weeks at the summit. It was No. 1 on the year-end Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums recap for 2012. The next year, Care secured the superstar’s first Grammy Award, for best rap album.
As Care steps to the top of the class, here’s a rundown of albums with the most weeks on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums:
Weeks on Chart, Title, Artist
186, Take Care, Drake
185, Breathless, Kenny G
174, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole
168, Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem
148, Views, Drake
146, good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
146, Greatest Hits, 2Pac
145, Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd
140, The Eminem Show, Eminem
140, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Wu-Tang Clan
(image: Drake – Take Care via YouTube)