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be Drake’s theme song: Started from the Bottom , a song that playfully highlights and celebrates Drake’s meteoric rise to superstar status. Collaborations From Time , featuring Jhené Aiko Hold On, We’re Going Home , featuring Majid Jordan Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2 , featuring Jay-Z V iews (Released April 29, 2016) From a pure sales standpoint, previous album releases made it look like Drake was sleeping. Each sold fewer copies than the one before! But this changed with his fourth album, V iews . The singles from the album were very successful. One Dance became Spotify’s most-streamed song of all time in October of 2016, and that same song was Drake’s first number one single in his home country of Canada. The album sales were phenomenal. As of 2016, the album had sold over 5 million copies worldwide, effectively matching the popularity and star power of his runaway debut album. All Me , featuring 2 Chainz and Big Sean (only available on the deluxe edition of N othing was the same )

worldwide, and the album was certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry

Association of America). Collaborations

Crew Love , featuring The Weeknd Take Care , featuring Rihanna Buried Alive Interlude , featuring Kendrick Lamar We’ll Be Fine , featuring Birdman Make Me Proud , featuring Nicki Minaj Lord Knows , featuring Rick Ross The Real Her , featuring Lil Wayne and André 3000 HYFR , featuring Lil Wayne

N othing W as the S ame (Released September 24, 2013) His third album had a very ambitious name: N othing W as the S ame . The second single from this successful effort, Hold On, We’re Going Home , topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The album itself debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. While it did not result in any wins, Drake was again nominated for multiple Grammy Awards for this album, and it sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It has been certified triple Platinum by RIAA, and also brought us the song that could well

Scan the code to listen to the standout song Headlines from Drake’s second studio album

Scan the code to see the official music video for Hold On, We’re Going Home

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