Drake and 21 Savage’s Collab Album “Her Loss” Debuts at the Top of Billboard 200

Drake at the Billboard Music Awards Show in 2019
Drake at the Billboard Music Awards Show in 2019. Photo by Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock (10222625ff)

Rappers Drake and 21 Savage’s collaboration album Her Loss has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, ending the reign of Taylor Swift’s Midnights at the top. Swift’s newest release previously held the position for two straight weeks.

Her Loss is the 12th No. 1 album for Drake, moving him into the top three of all time. The only music acts with more chart-topping releases are Jay Z with 14 and The Beatles with 19. On the other hand, this is the third No. 1 record for 21 Savage.

According to Billboard, Her Loss had 404,000 equivalent album units in the United States in its first week. As expected, streaming played a big part in the strong performance of the record, with its 16 tracks receiving 513.56 million on-demand streams. The performance marked the fourth-largest streaming week of all time for a music release.

Drake and 21 Savage have a history of collaborating together, appearing on each other’s songs on multiple occasions in the past. The duo announced Her Loss on October 21st with plans to release the album seven days later. However, unforeseen circumstances delayed the release until November 4th. While the record was met with a positive response from the audience, the critics had mixed feelings about it.