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Background

Released February 14, 2025 after multiple delays from a planned late-2024 date, teased through Drake's August 2024 '100 gigs' data dump and 'plottttwistttttt' Instagram rollout. Guest appearances from Pimmie, Yebba and Chino Pacas. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 246,000 album-equivalent units (the largest streaming week of 2025), giving Drake his fourteenth US No. 1 — tying Jay-Z and Taylor Swift for the most among soloists — and PARTYNEXTDOOR his first; all 21 tracks debuted on the Hot 100. Supported by four singles including 'Gimme a Hug,' 'Nokia,' 'Somebody Loves Me' and 'Die Trying.' The pair toured it as the Some Special Shows 4 U tour.

Legacy

A commercial success and critically mixed entry. No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (Drake's 14th), No. 1 in Canada, top-ten across roughly ten international markets, 56.6M first-day Spotify streams, and a record first-day for an R&B/Soul album on Apple Music; nominated for Favorite R&B Album at the 2025 American Music Awards. 'Nokia' (No. 2 Hot 100, 3x Platinum) became its breakout. Its critical footprint is as Drake's 'most R&B-centric' project since So Far Gone and as a post-feud reset whose runtime and lyricism drew the bulk of criticism.

Fun Fact

Days before release, Freddie Gibbs and others accused the album of borrowing the dollar-sign title styling and bunny imagery from Gibbs' Soul Sold Separately (2022), and rapper John River accused the duo of copying the Absolute World pose from his 2021 'Hope City II' video (Wikipedia).