Drake Takes Over Hip-Hop Charts As “Take Care” Crushes New Releases
Drake claimed the highest spot on the Hip-Hop charts as his 2011 album “Take Care” outsold new releases.
Drake topped the Hip-Hop album gross sales chart for the week ending December 6 as his 2011 basic Take Care moved 21,000 items, beating out contemporary drops from Cardi B and Tyler, The Creator.
Greater than a decade after its launch, Take Care continues to outperform newer information, proving that Drake’s catalog nonetheless instructions consideration in a streaming-heavy market.
Since its authentic launch, Take Care has been extensively praised for its emotional depth and genre-blending sound. That includes appearances from Rihanna, Lil Wayne and The Weeknd, the album helped solidify Drake’s place as a dominant pressure in Hip-Hop.
Highest promoting albums by rappers this week 💿
21k – Take Care
20k – AM I THE DRAMA?
19k – CHROMAKOPIA
17k – GNX
17k – Some Horny Songs 4 U
15k – I Hope You are Pleased
15k – MASA
14k – Curtain Name
14k – The Final Wun
14k – Insurgent
14k – MUSIC
13k – all the things is loads.
13k – Views…— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) December 6, 2025
The album’s resurgence positioned it above Cardi B’s AM I THE DRAMA?, which landed in second with 20,000 items offered, and Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA, which got here in third with 19,000.
Drake additionally charted with a number of different initiatives, together with Views, Licensed Lover Boy and For All The Canine, every pulling in notable weekly numbers. His collaborative tape with PARTYNEXTDOOR, Some Horny Songs 4 U, added one other 17,000 items to his whole for the week, tying with Kendrick Lamar’s shock launch GNX.
The info exhibits how legacy albums proceed to thrive. Streaming platforms have allowed older initiatives to stay commercially related, and Drake’s dominance throughout a number of entries is a transparent instance.
Different notable placements embody Eminem’s Curtain Name, Kanye West’s Commencement and Kendrick Lamar’s good child, m.A.A.d metropolis, all of which held sturdy positions on the chart.
Gunna’s The Final Wun and Playboi Carti’s MUSIC every offered 14,000 copies, whereas Lil Child’s My Flip added one other 12,000 items to its long-running tally.
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