PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s first joint album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, made 246,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week of February 20 and debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 1), according to Luminate. In terms of charting, it ranks fourth and is the first leader for PARTYNEXTDOOR. Out of 17 top 10s, Drake’s song ranks 14th at number one. Drake is now tied with JAY-Z and Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 singles among solo artists in the chart’s nearly 69-year history. Only The Beatles have more overall, with 19 No. 1s.
Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s joint project had been hinted about for months, but it wasn’t officially revealed until February 3, just before its February 14 release date.
For the certified loving guy, a Valentine’s Day (February 14) release date worked out well. The official numbers from the collaborative album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U by Drake and PartyNextDoor were made public today, February 23.
The Billboard 200 chart, which is compiled by Luminate, ranks the top albums of the week in the United States according to multi-metric consumption as expressed in equivalent album units. Track equivalent albums (TEA), album sales, and streaming equivalent albums (SEA) are all considered units. Each unit is equivalent to one album sale, 10 singles from an album sold, 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand audio and video streams produced by album tracks. The full version of the updated chart, dated March 1, 2025, will be available on Billboard’s website on February 25.
Of the 246,000 first-week equivalent album units of $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, 219,000 are SEA units (which equate to 287.04 million official on-demand streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), 25,000 are album sales (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), and 2,000 are TEA units.
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U has the biggest album streaming week of 2025 with 287.04 million official on-demand streams of its tracks. Since Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, which debuted at the top of the Dec. 7, 2024, chart with 379.72 million streams, this is the most streaming week for any album.
Speaking of Lamar, Drake’s first album after their conflict intensified in March 2024 with the release of “Like That” by Future, Metro Boomin, and Lamar is called $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. Each artist released a barrage of diss tracks, but Lamar’s “Not Like Us” achieved the greatest commercial success, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three nonconsecutive weeks (including a return to the top a week ago after he performed the song during his Super Bowl LIX halftime show on February 9).
After returning to the top spot a week earlier following the halftime show, Lamar’s GNX drops to No. 3 (136,000 equivalent album units earned; down 42%), and $ome $exy $ongs 4 U takes its place at the top of the Billboard 200. Drake and Kendrick Lamar have switched places at the top of the Billboard 200 for the first time. Lamar and Drake are only in the top three simultaneously on the Billboard 200 for the third time.
On May 13, 2017, when Lamar’s DAMN. was in its second week at the top and Drake’s former leader More Life was at No. 2, and on May 6, 2017, when DAMN. made its debut at No. 1 and More Life was at No. 3, they were both in the top three. (In May-August 2017, DAMN. held the top spot for four nonconsecutive weeks, and in April 2017, More Life held the top spot for three consecutive weeks.)
In 2025, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U becomes the first joint No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2024, there were three collaboration No. 1s; in 2022, 2021, and 2020, there were none. Three of Drake’s 14 leaders work together. His prior collaborations were What a Time to Be Alive (with Future in 2015) and Her Loss (with 21 Savage in 2022).
Short n’ Sweet, the former number one album by Sabrina Carpenter, jumps 7-2 on the new Billboard 200 chart with 156,000 equivalent album units sold (up 208%) after being reissued on February 14 with five new tracks. Streamers and retailers republished the set in digital download, CD, cassette, and two vinyl versions. The edition includes a reworked version of Carpenter’s solo No. 1 Hot 100 smash, “Please Please Please,” which has been rerecorded as a collaboration with Dolly Parton.
In the most recent tracking week, Short n’ Sweet achieved its highest week since its Sept. 7, 2024, debut at the top of the chart with 362,000 equivalent album units, earning 156,000. The album has sold 156,000 units, of which 83,000 are SEA units (up 108%, or 111.95 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it jumps 7-4 on Top Streaming Albums), 71,000 are album sales (up 616%, or 6-1 on Top Album Sales), and 2,000 are TEA units (up 198%).
The Weeknd’s chart-topping Hurry Up Tomorrow drops 3-6 with 58,000 units (down 42%), Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 Debí Tirar Más Fotos drops 4-5 with 67,000 units (down 14%), and SZA’s chart-topping SOS drops 2-4 with 93,000 equivalent album units earned (down 14%) on the Billboard 200.
Morgan Wallen’s number-one single, One Thing at a Time, drops 8-9 (39,000; down 5%); Lamar’s DAMN. drops 9-10 (33,000; down 14%); Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess drops 5-7 on the Billboard 200 (49,000 equivalent album units earned; down 17%); and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft drops 6-8 (46,000; down 18%).
Billboard reports that “$ome $exy $ongs 4 U” made its debut at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. This honor represents several important turning points in Drake’s and PartyNextDoor’s careers.
“$ome $exy $ongs 4 U” is the “Loyal” singer’s first No. 1 album for PartyNextDoor. Drake, on the other hand, has a history of hits on the charts. $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, Drake’s fourteenth number one, has linked him with Taylor Swift and Jay-Z for the most number one singles as a solo artist. With a staggering 19, the Beatles are the most popular No. 1 song. Drake’s “big as The Beatles” line is therefore all but a reality.
Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, at No. 3, Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, at No. 5, The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow, at No. 6, Chappell Roan’s The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, at No. 7, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft, at No. 8, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At A Time, at No. 9, and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., at No. 10, complete the top ten.