Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry . These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training . As a kind of popular art , it stands in contrast to art music . Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music , although since the beginning of the recording industry , it is also disseminated through recordings . Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences.
139-521: Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor. An influential figure in popular music , he has been credited with popularizing R&B sensibilities in hip hop artists. Gaining recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2008), Drake began his recording career in 2006 with the release of his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement (2006). He followed up with
278-505: A US trademark application for a design resembling Health Canada 's tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) warning label. Drake and Nur served as executive producers on the dark comedy film Spree , released on January 24, 2020. In March 2020, it was announced that Drake will executive produce the Quibi adaptational series The 48 Laws of Power alongside Nur and Jason Shrier of DreamCrew, with Anonymous Content . In 2021, DreamCrew co-produced
417-638: A hip hop album, Drake also attempted to incorporate R&B and pop to create a languid, grandiose sound. In January 2011, Drake was in negotiations to join Eva Green and Susan Sarandon as a member of the cast in Nicholas Jarecki 's Arbitrage , before ultimately deciding against starring in the movie to focus on the album. "Dreams Money Can Buy" and " Marvins Room " were released on Drake's October's Very Own Blog, on May 20 and June 9, respectively. Acting as promotional singles for Take Care ,
556-530: A chance to gain popularity. In contrast to Western popular music, genres of music that originated outside of the West are often categorized as world music . This label turns otherwise popular styles of music into an exotic and unknown category . The Western concept of 'World Music' homogenizes many different genres of popular music under one accessible term for Western audiences. New media technology has led urban music styles to filter into distant rural areas across
695-533: A culture regarding music. Popular music in Indonesia is often categorized as hybrid forms of Western rock to genres that originated in Indonesia and are indigenous in style. The genre of music Dangdut is a genre of popular music specifically found in Indonesia . Dangdut formed from two other genres of popular music: indo pop and underground music coming together to create a new fusion genre. Dangdut takes
834-527: A drop in the use of major keys and a rise in the use of minor keys since the 1960s; 85% of songs were in a major key in that decade, while only around 40% of songs are in a major key now. The subject matter and lyrics of popular music have also undergone major change, becoming sadder as well as more antisocial and self-centered since the 1960s. There has also been an increasing trend of songs' emotional content, key, and tempo not following common associations; for example, fast songs with sad subject matters or in
973-618: A good example for us - they show great respect for themselves and their arts. Wherever they are, they wear their native dress and their music is known throughout the world. This is the right way." She discussed this to explain why Egypt and the Arab world needed to take pride in the popular music styles originating in their culture so the styles were not lost in the modernization. Local musicians learned Western instrumental styles to create their own popular styles including their native languages and indigenous musical features. Communities in throughout
1112-503: A larger number of music lovers to hear the new popular piano tunes. By the early 1900s, the big trends in popular music were the increasing popularity of vaudeville theaters and dance halls and a new invention—the gramophone player . The record industry grew very rapidly; "By 1920 there were almost 80 record companies in Britain, and almost 200 in the USA". The availability of records enabled
1251-451: A larger percentage of the population to hear the top singers and bands. Radio broadcasting of music, which began in the early 1920s, helped to spread popular songs to a huge audience, enabling a much larger proportion of the population to hear songs performed by professional singers and music ensembles, including individuals from lower income groups who previously would not have been able to afford concert tickets. Radio broadcasting increased
1390-434: A level of stability within societies to characterize historical periods, distribution of music, and the patterns of influence and continuity within the popular styles of music. Anahid Kassabian separated popular music into four categories: A society's popular music reflects the ideals that are prevalent at the time it is performed or published. David Riesman states that the youth audiences of popular music fit into either
1529-527: A majority group or a subculture . The majority group listens to the commercially produced styles while the subcultures find a minority style to transmit their own values. This allows youth to choose what music they identify with, which gives them power as consumers to control the market of popular music. Music critic Robert Christgau coined the term "semipopular music" in 1970, to describe records that seemed accessible for popular consumption but proved unsuccessful commercially. "I recognized that something else
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#17327978457371668-404: A minor key, or slow songs with happier content or in a major key. There are multiple possible explanations for many of these changes. One reason for the brevity of songs in the past was the physical capability of records . Vinyl record singles, which were heavily favored for radio play, only had room for about three minutes of music, physically limiting the possible length of popular songs. With
1807-531: A more globalized culture. The second reason is that the Chinese television and music industry since the 1980s has broadcast television shows from their neighboring Asian societies and the West. The third reason is the impact of the internet and smartphones on the accessibility of streaming music. In 2015, students in China accounted for 30.2% of China's internet population and the third and fifth most popular uses of
1946-572: A near-riot ensued due to overflowing crowds. The album became the top selling debut album for any artist in 2010 and had the highest sales week for any debut album in the 2010s and featured Lil Wayne, Kanye West , and Jay Z. Drake began his Away from Home Tour on September 20, 2010, in Miami, Florida, performing at 78 shows over four different legs. It concluded in Las Vegas in November 2010. Due to
2085-425: A pianist to reproduce popular songs and pieces. In addition to the influence of sheet music, another factor was the increasing availability during the late 18th and early 19th century of public popular music performances in "pleasure gardens and dance halls , popular theatres and concert rooms". The early popular music performers worked hand-in-hand with the sheet music industry to promote popular sheet music. One of
2224-410: A piece. From the 1960s through the mid-2000s, albums collecting songs were the dominant form for recording and consuming English-language popular music, in a period known as the album era . In the 2000s, with songs and pieces available as digital sound files, it has become easier for music to spread from one country or region to another. Some popular music forms have become global, while others have
2363-599: A popular underground subculture through the Middle East . Just like their Western counterparts, Middle Eastern metal followers expressed their feelings of alienation. But their thoughts came from war and social restrictions on youth. In interviews of Iranian teenagers between 1990 and 2004, the youth overall preferred Western popular music, even though it was banned by the government. Iranian underground rock bands are composed of members who are young, urban-minded, educated, relatively well-off, and global beings. Iranian rock
2502-427: A record company's singing star could be cross-promoted by the conglomerate's television talk shows and magazine arms. The "introduction of digital equipment (mixing desks, synthesizers, samplers, sequencers)" in the 1980s resulted in what Grove Dictionary of Music dubbed the creation of "new sound worlds", as well as facilitating DIY music production by amateur musicians and "tiny independent record labels ". In
2641-422: A return of the verse in one last A section (AABA). Verse-chorus form or ABA form may be combined with AABA form, in compound AABA forms. Variations such as a1 and a2 can also be used. The repetition of one chord progression may mark off the only section in a simple verse form such as the twelve bar blues. "The most significant feature of the emergent popular music industry of the late 18th and early 19th centuries
2780-481: A single from his fifth studio album, was released. It replaced his own "God's Plan" on the Billboard Hot 100 at number one, making Drake the first artist to have a new number-one debut replace their former number-one debut. He then announced the title of his fifth studio album as Scorpion , with a planned release date of June 29, 2018. " I'm Upset " was released on May 26 as the album's third single. Scorpion
2919-440: A song or piece becomes known to listeners mainly from hearing the music (in contrast with classical music , in which many musicians learn pieces from sheet music); its appeal to diverse listeners, its treatment as a marketplace commodity in a capitalist context, and other factors. Sales of 'recordings' or sheet music are one measure. Middleton and Manuel note that this definition has problems because multiple listens or plays of
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#17327978457373058-650: A week. What a Time to Be Alive debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making Drake the first hip hop artist to have two projects reach number one in the same year since 2004 . It was later certified 2× multi platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sales equivalent of over 2 million units. Drake announced in January 2016 that his fourth studio album would be launched during
3197-476: A wide appeal within the culture of their origin. Through the mixture of musical genres, new popular music forms are created to reflect the ideals of a global culture. The examples of Africa , Indonesia , and the Middle East show how Western pop music styles can blend with local musical traditions to create new hybrid styles. Some sort of popular music has existed for as long as there has been an urban middle class to consume it. What distinguishes it above all
3336-431: A wider range of people. Although due to the significance and strong position of culture in traditional African music, African popular music tends to stay within the roots of traditional African Popular Music. The genre of music, Maskanda , is popular in its culture of origin, South Africa. Although maskanda is a traditional music genre by definition, the people who listen to it influence the ideals that are brought forth in
3475-491: Is a cross-bred concentration of fashionable modes." In his mind, a liking "for the nasty, brutish, and short intensifies a common semipopular tendency in which lyrical and conceptual sophistication are applauded while musical sophistication— jazz chops or classical design or avant-garde innovation—is left to the specialists." American folk singer Pete Seeger defined pop music as "professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music". Form in popular music
3614-559: Is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, the former derived from Graham. In his youth, he attended a Jewish day school and became a bar mitzvah . Drake's parents divorced when he was five years old. After the divorce, he and his mother remained in Toronto; his father returned to Memphis, where he was incarcerated for a number of years on drug-related charges. Graham's limited finances and legal issues caused him to remain in
3753-593: Is a multi-disciplinary media company co-founded by Drake and Adel "Future" Nur in 2017, based in the US and works globally. The company functions as both a management company and entertainment group, housing a production company and content studio, known for the HBO television series Euphoria and the Netflix series Top Boy . In 2017, Drake and Adel "Future" Nur teamed up with LeBron James and Uninterrupted to produce
3892-412: Is a niche genre of music. In South India, Carnatic is a niche genre of music people enjoy listening to. Music genre popularity changes greatly over time. This can be influenced by a number of factors such as current trends or even historical events. In the 19th and 20th century, Classical music was far more popular than it is in modern times. This can be attributed to a wide variety of changes, including
4031-453: Is also known for his large and extravagant lifestyle, including for high-end themed birthday parties; he maintained this image in his early career by renting a Rolls-Royce Phantom , which he was eventually gifted in 2021. He cultivated a reputation as a successful gambler ; between December 2021 and February 2022, he was reported to have made bets of over $ 1 billion, which included winnings ranging between $ 354,000 and $ 7 million, however some of
4170-541: Is credited with innovating what has been referred to as "hyper-reality rap", characterized by its focus on themes of celebrity as distinct from the "real world." Drake's lyrical subject matter, which often revolves around relationships, have had widespread use on social media through photo captions to reference emotions or personal situations. However, this content has incited mixed reception from fans and critics, with some deeming him as sensitive and inauthentic, traits perceived as antithetical to traditional hip hop culture. He
4309-656: Is described by the traits that these band members possess. The youth who take part in underground music in the Middle East are aware of the social constraints of their countries, but they are not optimistic about social change. Iranian rock bands have taken up an internationalist position to express their rebellion from the discourses in their national governments. 44. HeadphonesAddict. "20+ Music Genre Statistics: Most Popular Music Genres (2022)". HeadphonesAddict , 8 July 2022, https://headphonesaddict.com/music-genre-statistics/. DreamCrew DreamCrew Entertainment
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4448-439: Is most often sectional , the most common sections being verse , chorus or refrain , and bridge . Other common forms include thirty-two-bar form , chorus form , and twelve-bar blues . Popular music songs are rarely composed using different music for each stanza of the lyrics (songs composed in this fashion are said to be " through-composed "). The verse and chorus are considered the primary elements. Each verse usually has
4587-503: Is popular in Indonesia is punk rock . This genre was shaped in Indonesia by the local interpretations of the media from the larger global punk movement. Jeremy Wallach argues that while Green Day was seen as the " death of punk ," in Indonesia they were seen catalyst for a larger punk movement. Punk in Indonesia calls on the English-speaking world to embrace the global sects of the punk subculture and become open-minded to
4726-551: Is ranked as the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He has won five Grammy Awards , six American Music Awards , 39 Billboard Music Awards , two Brit Awards , and three Juno Awards . He has achieved 13 number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 , a joint-record for the most number-one singles by a male solo artist (tied with Michael Jackson ). Drake holds further Hot 100 records, including
4865-703: Is the aesthetic level it is aimed at. The cultural elite has always endowed music with an exalted if not self-important religious or aesthetic status, while for the rural folk , it has been practical and unselfconscious, an accompaniment to fieldwork or to the festivals that provide periodic escape from toil. But since Rome and Alexandria , professional entertainers have diverted and edified city dwellers with songs, marches, and dances, whose pretensions fell somewhere in between." — Robert Christgau , in Collier's Encyclopedia (1984) Scholars have classified music as "popular" based on various factors, including whether
5004-467: Is typically considered to be emotional or boastful. However, Drake is often revered for incorporating "degrading" themes of money, drug use, and women into newer, idealized contexts, often achieving this through his augmentation of the typical meaning of phrases in which he combines an objective and subjective perspective into one vocal delivery. His songs often maintain tension between "pause and pace , tone timbre , and volume and vocal fermata ." Drake
5143-592: The Billboard Hot 100 . This prompted the mixtape's re-release as an EP , featuring four songs from the original, as well as the additions of the songs " I'm Goin' In " and "Fear". It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 , and won the Rap Recording of the Year at the 2010 Juno Awards . Due to the success of the mixtape, Drake was the subject of a bidding war from various labels, often reported as "one of
5282-466: The 1960s . One major change is that popular music has gotten slower; the average BPM of popular songs from the 1960s was 116, while the average of the 2000s was 100BPM. Additionally, songs getting radio play in the 1960s were, on average, only about three minutes long. In contrast, most of the songs in the Billboard Top 5 in 2018 were between 3:21 and 3:40 minutes long. There has also been
5421-415: The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards , including for Video of the Year . " HYFR " was the final single to be released from the album, and became certified 2× Multi-Platinum. On August 5, 2012, Drake released " Enough Said ", performed by Aaliyah and himself. Originally recorded prior to Aaliyah's 2001 death , Drake later finished the track with producer "40". In promotion of his second album, Drake embarked on
5560-513: The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards . On his 34th birthday, Drake announced Certified Lover Boy was set to be released in January 2021. This was later pushed back after he sustained a serious knee injury. In January 2021, Drake became the first artist to surpass 50 billion combined streams on Spotify. On March 5, Drake released an EP titled Scary Hours 2 , which includes three songs: " What's Next ", "Wants and Needs" with Lil Baby , and "Lemon Pepper Freestyle" with Rick Ross . These three songs entered
5699-696: The Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour with co-headliners Migos on August 12. This preceded a collaboration with Bad Bunny titled " Mia ", which featured Drake performing in Spanish. In February 2019, he received his fourth Grammy Award for Best Rap Song , for "God's Plan", at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards . During his speech, producers abruptly cut to a commercial break, leading viewers to speculate they were censoring his speech during which he criticized The Recording Academy . A legal representative for
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5838-490: The Billboard 200 for 13 non-consecutive weeks and contained the singles " Hotline Bling " and the US number one " One Dance " (featuring WizKid and Kyla ), which has been credited for helping popularize dancehall and Afrobeats in contemporary American music. Views was followed by the double album Scorpion (2018), which included the three US number-one singles: " God's Plan ", " Nice for What ", and " In My Feelings ". His sixth album, Certified Lover Boy (2021), set
5977-530: The Billboard 200, earning 505,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. It also set a streaming record, becoming the highest ever streamed album in 24 hours, with a total of 89.9 million streams on Apple Music and 61.3 million on Spotify . He later won a record 13 awards at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards in May. By this time, Drake had been present on the Hot 100 chart for eight consecutive years, and had
6116-592: The Summer Sixteen Tour to showcase their collective mixtape, as well as their respective studio albums. The latter dates of the tour were postponed due to Drake suffering an ankle injury. According to Pollstar , the Summer Sixteen Tour was the highest grossing hip-hop tour of all time, having earnt $ 84.3 million across 56 dates. On July 23, Drake announced that he was working on a new project, scheduled to be released in early 2017. During
6255-514: The UK Albums Chart . Drake also announced that his sixth studio album would be released in the summer of 2020. On August 14, " Laugh Now Cry Later " featuring Lil Durk was released, which was intended as the lead single from the upcoming album Certified Lover Boy , but not included on the final track listing. It debuted at number two on the Hot 100, and was nominated for Best Rap Song at
6394-555: The Weston Red Wings. Drake was a promising right winger , reaching the Upper Canada College hockey camp, but left at the behest of his mother following a vicious cross-check to his neck during a game by an opposing player. He moved to one of the city's affluent neighbourhoods, Forest Hill , in 2000. When asked about the move, Drake replied, "[We had] a half of a house we could live in. The other people had
6533-519: The bourbon whiskey Virginia Black . Drake heads the OVO fashion label and the Nocta collaboration with Nike, Inc. , and founded the production company DreamCrew and the fragrance house Better World. In 2018, he was reportedly responsible for 5 percent (CAD$ 440 million) of Toronto's CAD$ 8.8 billion annual tourism income. Among the world's best-selling music artists , with over 170 million units sold, Drake
6672-571: The 1970s, the trend towards consolidation in the recording industry continued to the point that the "... dominance was in the hands of five huge transnational organizations, three American-owned ( WEA , RCA , CBS ) and two European-owned companies ( EMI , Polygram )". In the 1990s, the consolidation trend took a new turn: inter-media consolidation. This trend saw music recording companies being consolidated with film, television, magazines, and other media companies, an approach which facilitated cross-marketing promotion between subsidiaries. For example,
6811-445: The 1990s, the availability of sound recording software and effects units software meant that an amateur indie band could record an album—which required a fully equipped recording studio in previous decades—using little more than a laptop and a good quality microphone . That said, the audio quality of modern recording studios still outstrips what an amateur can produce. There are many genres of music worldwide, over 300. Leading for
6950-420: The 2016 OVO Festival, Kanye West confirmed that he and Drake had begun working on a collaborative album. Soon after, the music video for "Child's Play" was released. On September 26, Please Forgive Me was released as an Apple Music exclusive. It ran a total of 25 minutes, and featured music from Views . At the 2016 BET Hip-Hop Awards , Drake received the most nominations, with 10, winning the awards for Album of
7089-399: The 53rd Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group . Thank Me Later was released on June 15, 2010, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 with sales of over 447,000 copies in its first week. Upon the album's release, 25,000 fans gathered at New York City's South Street Seaport for a free concert hosted by Drake and Hanson , which was later cancelled by the police after
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#17327978457377228-455: The Arab world place high value on their indigenous musical identities while assimilating to new musical styles from neighboring countries or mass media. Through the 1980s and 1990s, popular music has been seen as a problem for the Iranian government because of the non-religious meanings within the music and the bodily movements of dancing or headbanging. During this time period, metal became
7367-606: The European education system that the early nationalistic leaders grew up in. Not all African political songs were based on Western styles. For example, in South Africa, the political songs during the Anti-Apartheid Movement were based on traditional tribal styles along with hybrid forms of imported genres. Activists used protest and freedom songs to persuade individuals to take action, become educated with
7506-572: The Grahams " 20 minutes later, and would go onto release " Not Like Us " the following day. On May 5, Drake released " The Heart Part 6 ", a reference to Lamar's 2022 track " The Heart Part 5 ". In June 2024, Drake made an appearance on the second verse of the social media personality Snowd4y's " Wah Gwan Delilah ", a parody inspired by the 2006 Plain White T's hit, " Hey There Delilah ". On August 2, 2024, Drake appeared as an unannounced guest at
7645-674: The Grave", on his EP The Best in the World Pack to celebrate the NBA Championship win of the Toronto Raptors . On August 2, he released the compilation album Care Package , consisting of songs released between 2010 and 2016 that were initially unavailable for purchase or commercial streaming; it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 109,000 album equivalent units in its first week of sales. Drake released
7784-549: The HBO series Chillin Island created by Josh Safdie . The series featured guest appearances from artists including Young Thug , Lil Yachty , Rosalía , Gunna , Killer Mike , Coi Leray , and Vampire Weekend , among others. In 2022, they executive produced the documentary film Black Ice . DreamCrew Creative is a multi-disciplinary creative studio and is co-venture between Drake and Adel Nur. It oversees business projects such as
7923-474: The Hot 100, and was certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The music video for the single was shot in Kingston, Jamaica , and was criticized by Jamaica's minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett . The third single and fourth singles, " Miss Me " and " Fancy " respectively, attained moderate commercial success; however, the latter garnered Drake his second nomination at
8062-522: The OVO Sound Instagram page, the album's name, Hometown Love was teased. On August 6, OVO Sound published a link to a website with three new Drake songs: "It's Up" featuring 21 Savage, "Blue Green Red", and "Housekeeping Knows" featuring Latto . Drake has cited several hip hop artists as influencing his rapping style, including Kanye West, Jay-Z, MF Doom , and Lil Wayne, while also attributing various R&B artists as influential to
8201-498: The RIAA in 2019, with sales for the album marking 2.6 million in the U.S. The album's third and fourth singles, " The Motto " and Take Care ", were released on November 29, 2011 and February 21, 2012, respectively. Each song achieved commercial success, and "The Motto" was later credited for popularizing the phrase " YOLO " in the United States. The music video for "Take Care" met with widespread acclaim, receiving four nominations at
8340-725: The Same was released on September 24, 2013, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 658,000 copies sold in its first week of release. The album debuted atop the charts in Canada, Denmark, Australia and the United Kingdom. The album also enjoyed generally favourable reviews by contemporary music critics, commending the musical shift in terms of the tone and subject matter, comparing it to Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak . The album, which sold over 1,720,000 copies in
8479-582: The Seventies (1981): "In popular music, embracing the '70s meant both an elitist withdrawal from the messy concert and counterculture scene and a profiteering pursuit of the lowest common denominator in FM radio and album rock ... In the '70s the powerful took over, as rock industrialists capitalized on the national mood to reduce potent music to an often reactionary species of entertainment—and to transmute rock's popular base from audience to market." In
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#17327978457378618-456: The Toronto stop on PartyNextDoor's tour. Following his performance, consisting of solely his R&B songs, he announced a collaborative album between himself and Party, "On behalf of me and Party, we've been working on something for y'all. So, you get the summer over with, you do what you need to do. I know all you girls are outside. When it gets a little chilly, PartyNextDoor and Drake album will be waiting right there for you". On August 4, through
8757-504: The U.S. until Drake's early adulthood. Prior to his arrest, Graham would travel to Toronto and bring Drake to Memphis every summer. Graham claimed in an interview that Drake's assertions of him being an absent father were embellishments used to sell music, which Drake vehemently denies. Drake was raised in two neighbourhoods. He lived on Weston Road in Toronto's working-class west end until grade six and attended Weston Memorial Junior Public School until grade four, playing minor hockey with
8896-431: The U.S., and earned over 1 million album-equivalent units in the first week of its release, as well as gaining over half-billion overall streams. Despite its success, critical reception was mixed: the album drew criticism for its length, lack of a cohesive theme, and dearth of artistic challenge. Drake returned to host Saturday Night Live on May 14, serving as the show's musical guest. Drake and Future then announced
9035-537: The US Billboard Hot 100, it marked the 30th Drake song to reach the top five on the chart, breaking a 55-year-old record for most songs to reach the top five on the chart (29), held by the Beatles. Drake refused to submit his music for Grammy consideration for a second consecutive year. On October 22, Drake announced Her Loss , a collaborative album with 21 Savage which would release on October 28; it
9174-612: The US during the late 19th century was in New York's ' Tin Pan Alley ' district. The Tin Pan Alley music publishers developed a new method for promoting sheet music: incessant promotion of new songs. One of the technological innovations that helped to spread popular music around the turn of the century was player pianos . A player piano could be used to record a skilled pianist's rendition of a piano piece. This recorded performance could be "played back" on another player piano. This allowed
9313-449: The United States, was further promoted by the " Would You like a Tour? " throughout late 2013 to early 2014. It became the 22nd-most successful tour of the year, grossing an estimated $ 46 million. Drake then returned to acting in January 2014, hosting Saturday Night Live , as well as serving as the musical guest. His versatility, acting ability and comedic timing were all praised by critics, describing it as what "kept him afloat during
9452-557: The Year and Best Hip-Hop Video. Drake later announced the Boy Meets World Tour on October 10. During an episode of OVO Sound Radio, Drake confirmed he would be releasing a project titled More Life , described as a "playlist of original music". Drake later secured his second and third Grammy Awards, winning for Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Rap Song at the 59th ceremony . Upon release on March 18, 2017, More Life received mostly positive reviews, and debuted atop
9591-405: The ability of songwriters, singers and bandleaders to become nationally known. Another factor which helped to disseminate popular music was the introduction of "talking pictures"— sound films —in the late 1920s, which also included music and songs. In the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s, there was a move towards consolidation in the recording industry, which led several major companies to dominate
9730-437: The academy released a statement stating "a natural pause [led] the producers [to] assume that he was done and cut to commercial," and added the organization offered him an opportunity to return to stage, but he declined. On February 14, Drake re-released his third mixtape, So Far Gone , onto streaming services for the first time to commemorate its 10-year anniversary. On June 15, Drake released two songs, "Omertà" and "Money in
9869-406: The album was the first to chart nine songs in the top 10, with " Way 2 Sexy " becoming Drake's ninth number-one single. Certified Lover Boy was nominated for Best Rap Album and "Way 2 Sexy" was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards . He was later named Billboard' s Top Artist of the Year for 2021, and was the fourth most streamed artist on Spotify for the year, and
10008-465: The album's lead singles, " Pop Style " and the dancehall -infused " One Dance ", on April 5. Both debuted within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100; however, the latter proved more commercially successful, with "One Dance" becoming Drake's first number-one single in Canada and the US as a leading artist. The single also became Drake's first number one single as a lead artist in the United Kingdom, and peaked at number one in many other countries. Views
10147-461: The album's release date was thrice postponed up to June 15, 2010. On March 9, 2010, Drake released the lead single " Over ", which peaked at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as topping the Rap Songs chart. It received a nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards . His second single, " Find Your Love ", became a bigger success. It peaked at number five on
10286-577: The album, " Slime You Out ", featuring SZA . The song charted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. On October 5, Drake released the album's second single, " 8AM in Charlotte ", on his social media accounts. On September 16, Drake released For All The Dogs , which debuted atop the Billboard 200. On March 8, 2024, Drake remixed " Act II: Date @ 8 " with 4Batz via OVO Sound . On March 22, 2024, Kendrick Lamar dissed Drake, as well as J. Cole, on Future and Metro Boomin's song " Like That ", beginning
10425-967: The albums Nothing Was the Same (2013) and Views (2016). Additionally, his music has drawn influence from regional scenes, including Jamaican dancehall and UK drill . Drake is known for his egotistical lyrics, technical ability, and integration of personal backstory when dealing with relationships with women. His vocal abilities have been lauded for an audible contrast between typical hip-hop beats and melody, with sometimes abrasive rapping coupled with softer accents, delivered on technical lyricism. His songs often include audible changes in lyrical pronunciation in parallel with his upbringing in Toronto, and connections with Caribbean and Middle Eastern countries which include such phrases as "ting", "touching road", "talkin' boasy" and "gwanin' wassy". Most of his songs contain R&;B and Canadian hip hop elements, and he combines rapping with singing. He credits his father with
10564-617: The ambient production and despondent lyrics previously prevalent. After he won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards on 10 February 2013, Drake announced his third album, Nothing Was the Same , and released its first single . The album's second single, " Hold On, We're Going Home ", was released in August, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Nothing Was
10703-605: The biggest bidding wars ever". He had secured a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment on June 29, 2009. Drake joined the rest of the label's roster on the America's Most Wanted Tour in July 2009. However, during a performance of "Best I Ever Had" in Camden, New Jersey , Drake fell on stage and tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Drake planned to release his debut album, Thank Me Later , in late 2008, but
10842-464: The charts at numbers one, two, and three, respectively, making Drake the first artist to have three songs debut in the top three on the Billboard Hot 100. He was named Artist of the Decade at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards . Certified Lover Boy was released on September 3, 2021, becoming Drake's tenth number-one album on the Billboard 200; every song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, while
10981-429: The contemporary United States, one of the most popular forms of music is rap. DJ Kool Herc, is famously known for creating hip-hop itself in the 1970s. With the technique he created when mixing two identical records back and forth, he was able to make unique-sounding sounds that later gave birth to rap itself. In modern times, rap is used to bring awareness to a problem such as: racism, sexism. It developed communities in
11120-403: The difference in songs' subject matter and emotional content, popular music since the late 1960s has increasingly been used to promote social change and political agendas. Artists since that time have often focused their music on current events and subjects relevant to the current generations. Another theory is that globalization makes audiences' tastes more diverse, so different ideas in music have
11259-427: The early popular music performers to attain widespread popularity was a Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind , who toured the US in the mid-19th century. In addition to living room amateur music-making during the 19th century, more people began getting involved in music during this era by participating in amateur choirs, joining brass bands or playing in amateur orchestras. The center of the music publishing industry in
11398-483: The easiest school to go to." During his teenage years, Drake worked at a now-closed Toronto furniture factory owned by his maternal grandfather, Reuben Sher. Drake said he was bullied at school for his racial and religious background, and upon determining that his class schedule was detrimental to his burgeoning acting career, he dropped out of school. Drake received his high school diploma in October 2012. At 15, Drake
11537-417: The fast-growing genre's ability to communicate, educate, empower, and entertain. Artists who would have started in traditional music genres, like maskanda, became hip hop artists to provide a stronger career path for themselves. These rappers compare themselves to the traditional artists like the griot and oral storyteller, who both had a role in reflecting on the internal dynamics of the larger society. In
11676-628: The feud . During this time, there were also other disses toward Drake from Future, ASAP Rocky, and The Weeknd. On April 19, 2024, Drake released " Push Ups " after early versions were leaked online as a response track whilst also addressing Future and Rick Ross, followed up with " Taylor Made Freestyle " later that day. On April 30, 2024, Lamar released a diss track named " Euphoria " in response, as well as " 6:16 in LA " on May 3, 2024, exclusively on Instagram . That same day, Drake released " Family Matters " exclusively on YouTube in response. Lamar released " Meet
11815-403: The fifth artist with over 10 number one albums, after the Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen , and Barbra Streisand (both 11). " Jimmy Cooks " also became Drake's eleventh US number-one song. On July 14, it was announced Drake would reunite with Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj on a Toronto exclusive concert series on July 28, July 29, and August 1. After the debut of "Staying Alive" on
11954-438: The first male artist to have three songs debut at number one. On May 1, 2020, Drake released the commercial mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes , with guest appearances from Chris Brown , Future, Young Thug , Fivio Foreign , Playboi Carti , and Sosa Geek. The mixtape is a compilation of new songs and tracks that leaked on the internet. It received mixed reviews and debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, and at number one on
12093-420: The former was eventually unincluded on the album's final track listing, while "Marvins Room" gained 3× Multi-Platinum certification by the RIAA, as well as peaking at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. " Headlines " was released on August 9 as the album's lead single. It met with positive critical and commercial response, reaching number thirteen on the Hot 100, as well as becoming Drake's tenth single to reach
12232-468: The forms of gambling he promotes, such as roulette , have negative expected values . Popular music The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States . Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to
12371-472: The globe. The rural areas, in turn, are able to give feedback to the urban centers about the new styles of music. Urbanization, modernization, exposure to foreign music and mass media have contributed to hybrid urban pop styles. The hybrid styles have also found a space within Western popular music through the expressions of their national culture. Recipient cultures borrow elements from host cultures and alter
12510-433: The incorporation of the genre into his own music, including Aaliyah and Usher . Drake has also credited several dancehall artists for later influencing his Caribbean -inflected style, including Vybz Kartel , whom he has called one of his "biggest inspirations". Drake is considered to be a pop rap artist. While Drake's earlier music primarily spanned hip hop and R&B, his music has delved into pop and trap since
12649-691: The internet were respectively, internet music and internet video use. The youths described being able to connect to the emotions and language of the Chinese music, but also enjoyed the melodies found within Anglo-American music. The students also believed that listening to the English music would improve their English language skills. Modernization of music in the Arab world involved borrowing inspiration from Turkish music and Western musical styles. The late Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum , stated, "We must respect ourselves and our art. The Indians have set
12788-474: The introduction of singing into his rap mixtapes, which have become a staple in his musical repertoire. His incorporation of melody into technically complex lyrics was supported by Lil Wayne, and has subsequently been a critical component to Drake's singles and albums. Drake's style of R&B is characterized by vacant beats and a rap-sung dichotomy, which has also seen incredible mainstream success, spawning several imitators. The lyrical content that Drake deploys
12927-456: The invention of CDs in 1982, and more recently with streaming , music can be as long or short as both writers and listeners wish. However, songs have shortened again, partially due to the ubiquity of streaming. The average song length in 2018 was 3 minutes and 30 seconds, 20 seconds shorter than the average in 2014. The most probable cause of this is that artists are now paid per individual stream, and longer songs could mean fewer streams. As for
13066-518: The meaning and context found in the host culture. Many Western styles, in turn, have become international styles through multinational recording studios. Popular African music styles have stemmed from traditional entertainment genres, rather than evolving from music used with certain traditional ceremonies like weddings, births, or funerals. African popular music as a whole has been influenced by European countries, African-American and Afro-Latin music, and region-specific styles that became popular across
13205-563: The mixtapes Comeback Season (2007) and So Far Gone (2009) before signing with Young Money Entertainment . Drake's first three albums, Thank Me Later (2010), Take Care (2011) and Nothing Was the Same (2013) each debuted atop the Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 -top ten singles " Find Your Love ", " Take Care " (featuring Rihanna ), " Started from the Bottom ", and " Hold On, We're Going Home " (featuring Majid Jordan ). His fourth album Views (2016) lead
13344-431: The most popular genres worldwide, pop music takes the first spot. In countries like the United States, rock, rap and hip-hop, blues and R&B have a long history of taking the leading spots. The most popular genres of music rank differently throughout the world. However, there are also very niche genres of music. For example, in Canada the most popular niche genre of music is video game soundtracks. In Sweden, black metal
13483-501: The most recorded entries by a solo artist. Drake hosted the first annual NBA Awards on June 26, and also appeared in The Carter Effect documentary. Drake released a mini EP titled Scary Hours on January 20, 2018, marking Drake's first solo release since More Life . Scary Hours featured the songs " Diplomatic Immunity " and " God's Plan ", with the latter debuting at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song
13622-654: The most streamed rapper. On December 6, he withdrew his music for consideration for the Grammys, with multiple outlets noting his contentious relationship with the Recording Academy. Drake accumulated 8.6 billion on-demand streams in 2021, making him the most overall streamed artist of the year in the United States; one out of every 131 streams was a Drake song. On March 3, 2022, Drake placed fourth on Forbes ' s ranking of highest paid rappers of 2021, with an estimated pre-tax income of $ 50 million. On April 16, it
13761-502: The most top 10 singles (78), and the most charted songs (338). From 2018 to 2023, Drake held the record for the most simultaneously charted songs in one week (27), the most Hot 100 debuts in one week (22); and held the most continuous time on the Hot 100 (431 weeks). He additionally has the most number-one singles on the R&;B/Hip-Hop Airplay , Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs , Hot Rap Songs , and Rhythmic Airplay charts. Aubrey Drake Graham
13900-603: The music. A popular maskandi artist, Phuzekhemisi, had to lessen the political influence within his music to be ready for the public sphere. His music producer, West Nkosi, was looking for the commercial success in Phuzekhemisi's music rather than starting a political controversy. Political songs have been an important category of African popular music in many societies. During the continent's struggle against colonial rule, nationalistic songs boosted citizens' morale. These songs were based on Western marches and hymns reflecting
14039-439: The noisy instrumentation from underground music, but makes it easier to listen to, like indo pop. Dangdut attempts to form many popular music genres like rock, pop, and traditional music to create a new sound that lines up with the consumers' tastes. This genre has formed into a larger social movement that includes clothing, youth culture, the resurgence of Islam, and the capitalist entertainment industry. Another music scene that
14178-403: The public, who merely buy or reject what music is being produced. He claims that the listeners in the scenario would not have been able to make the choice of their favorite music, which negates the previous conception of popular music. Moreover, "understandings of popular music have changed with time". Middleton argues that if research were to be done on the field of popular music, there would be
14317-486: The record holder for most number one hits among rappers. He then appeared on the Travis Scott album Astroworld , featuring uncredited vocals for the song " Sicko Mode ", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Drake announced in July 2018 that he planned to "take 6 months to a year" to himself to return to television and films, producing the television series Euphoria and Top Boy . He then began
14456-897: The record industry. In the 1950s and 1960s, the new invention of television began to play an increasingly important role in disseminating new popular music. Variety shows regularly showcased popular singers and bands. In the 1960s, the development of new technologies in recording, such as multitrack recorders gave sound engineers and record producers an increasingly important role in popular music. By using multitrack recording techniques, sound engineers could create new sounds and sound effects that were not possible using traditional "live" recording techniques, such as singers performing their own backup vocals or having lead guitarists play rhythm guitars behind their guitar solo . The next decade saw moves away from these sensibilities, as Robert Christgau noted in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of
14595-497: The rise of technology. In America during the 1980s, rock music was at its peak and then slowly lost its top spot as pop music began to climb the charts. Since the early 2000s, pop music has charted number one in American music charts, but since 2017, RnB and Hip Hop have taken that spot. In addition to many changes in specific sounds and technologies used, there has been a shift in the content and key elements of popular music since
14734-404: The same melody (possibly with some slight modifications), but the lyrics change for most verses. The chorus (or "refrain") usually has a melodic phrase and a key lyrical line which is repeated. Pop songs may have an introduction and coda ("tag"), but these elements are not essential to the identity of most songs. Pop songs that use verses and choruses often have a bridge, a section which connects
14873-430: The same song or piece are not counted. Evaluating appeal based on size of audience (mass appeal) or whether audience is of a certain social class is another way to define popular music, but this, too, has problems in that social categories of people cannot be applied accurately to musical styles. Manuel states that one criticism of popular music is that it is produced by large media conglomerates and passively consumed by
15012-421: The single "Replacement Girl" featuring Trey Songz . The song sampled "Man of the Year" by Brisco , Flo Rida and Lil Wayne , retaining Lil Wayne's verse; the rapper invited Drake to Houston to join his Tha Carter III tour. On tour, Drake and Lil Wayne recorded multiple songs together, including "Ransom", " Forever ", and a remix to "Brand New". In 2009, Drake released his third mixtape So Far Gone . It
15151-426: The solo may be improvised based on the chord progression . A solo usually features a single instrumental performer (e.g., a guitarist or a harmonica player) or less commonly, more than one instrumentalist (e.g., a trumpeter and a sax player). Thirty-two-bar form uses four sections, most often eight measures long each (4×8=32), two verses or A sections, a contrasting B section (the bridge or "middle-eight") and
15290-411: The song " War " on December 24, 2019, which was widely noted for its UK drill -inspired instrumental. The following day, he revealed that he was in the process of completing his sixth studio album. On April 3, he released " Toosie Slide " with a music video, which features a dance created in collaboration with social media influencer Toosie. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making Drake
15429-519: The sports documentary The Carter Effect which discusses the impact of Vince Carter in Canada. In 2019, Drake and Nur served as executive producers for the HBO teen drama series Euphoria and the revival of the British crime drama series Top Boy distributed by Netflix . Later in 2019, the co-founders produced the Showtime documentary Ready for War . In September 2019, DreamCrew filed
15568-449: The spring, releasing the promotional single " Summer Sixteen " later that month. The album was originally titled Views from the 6 , but was later shortened to Views . "Summer Sixteen" debuted at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, and proved controversial— Drake's self-comparisons with more tenured artists divided many critics, who described his self-comparison as "goodly brash" or "conventionally disrespectful." Drake soon released
15707-595: The struggle, and empower others to be politically conscious. These songs reflected the nuances between the different classes involved in the liberation struggle. One of the genres people of Africa use for political expression is Hip hop . Although hip hop in Africa is based on the North American template, it has been remade to produce new meanings for African young people. This allows the genre to be both locally and globally influential. African youth are shaped by
15846-559: The summit of the Billboard Hot Rap Songs . It was eventually certified 4× Multi-Platinum in the United States and Platinum in Canada. The music video for the single was released on October 2. Take Care was released on November 15, 2011, and received generally positive reviews from music critics . It also won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards , and achieved great commercial success, eventually being certified six times platinum by
15985-433: The tastes of a large segment of the population, whereas pop music usually refers to a specific musical genre within popular music. Popular music songs and pieces typically have easily singable melodies . The song structure of popular music commonly involves repetition of sections, with the verse and chorus or refrain repeating throughout the song and the bridge providing a contrasting and transitional section within
16124-538: The tenth act to achieve ten number ones. In early May, Drake re-signed with Universal Music Group in a multifaceted deal reported to be worth as much as $ 400 million, making it one of the largest recording contracts ever. On June 16, Drake announced his seventh album, Honestly, Nevermind , which released a day later; he also announced a third iteration of his Scary Hours EP series. Honestly, Nevermind sold 204,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, becoming Drake's eleventh US number-one album and making him
16263-594: The then-record (9) for most US top-ten songs from one album with its lead single, " Way 2 Sexy " (featuring Future and Young Thug ), reaching number one. In 2022, he released the house -inspired album Honestly, Nevermind and his collaborative album with 21 Savage , Her Loss , which yielded the number-one single " Jimmy Cooks ". His eighth album, For All the Dogs (2023), featured his twelfth and thirteenth number ones, " Slime You Out " (featuring SZA ) and " First Person Shooter " (featuring J. Cole ). In 2024, Drake
16402-653: The top half, we had the bottom half. I lived in the basement, my mom lived on the first floor. It was not big, it was not luxurious. It was what we could afford." At age 10, Drake appeared in a comedic sketch which aired during the 1997 NHL Awards, featuring a riff of Martin Brodeur and Ron Hextall and their record as being the only goalies to have scored multiple goals. He attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute for high school, and attended Vaughan Road Academy in Toronto's multicultural Oakwood–Vaughan neighbourhood; Drake described Vaughan Road Academy as "not by any means
16541-408: The tough and murky SNL waters". In late 2014, Drake announced that he began recording sessions for his fourth studio album. On February 12, 2015, Drake released If You're Reading This It's Too Late onto iTunes with no prior announcement. Despite debate on whether it was an album or a mixtape, its commercial stance quantifies it as his fourth retail project with Cash Money Records , a scheme that
16680-455: The tour's success, Drake hosted the first OVO Festival in 2010. Drake had an eco-friendly college tour to support the album. Drake announced his intentions to allow Noah "40" Shebib to record a more cohesive sound on his next album than on Thank Me Later . In November 2010, Drake revealed the title of his next studio album would be Take Care . He sought to expand on the low-tempo, sensuous, and dark sonic esthetic of Thank Me Later . Primarily
16819-606: The transnational genre. In a 2015 study involving young students in Shanghai , youths stated they enjoyed listening to both Chinese, other Asian nationalities, and Anglo-American popular music. There are three ways that young people of China were able to access global music. The first reason was a policy change since the late 1970s where the country was opened up to the rest of the world instead of being self-contained. This created more opportunities for Chinese people to interact with people outside of their country of origin to create
16958-446: The verse and chorus at one or more points in the song. The verse and chorus are usually repeated throughout a song, while the bridge, intro, and coda (also called an "outro") tend to be used only once. Some pop songs may have a solo section, particularly in rock or blues -influenced pop. During the solo section, one or more instruments play a melodic line which may be the melody used by the singer, or, in blues- or jazz-influenced pop,
17097-622: The worldwide Club Paradise Tour . It became the most successful hip hop tour of 2012, grossing over $ 42 million. He then returned to acting, starring in Ice Age: Continental Drift as Ethan . By the Club Paradise Tour 's European leg, Drake had begun working on his third studio album, which he said would retain 40 as the album's executive producer, include the influence of British producer Jamie xx , and stylistically differ from Take Care , departing from
17236-488: Was Drake's first song as a solo artist to reach number one. It also became his first song to be certified Diamond by the RIAA, and it is currently tied for the fourth highest certified digital single ever in the US He was later featured on BlocBoy JB 's February 2018 debut single " Look Alive ". The song's entry on the Hot 100 made Drake the rapper with the most top 10 hits on the Hot 100, with 23. On April 6, " Nice for What ",
17375-493: Was Drake's longest project, with a run-time of just under 90 minutes. The album broke both the one-day global records on Spotify and Apple Music, as it gained 132.45 million and 170 million plays on each streaming service, respectively. It eventually sold 749,000 album equivalent units in its first week of sales, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Drake earned his sixth US number-one with " In My Feelings " on July 21. The success of "In My Feelings" also made Drake
17514-424: Was [from] Canadian TV." According to showrunners Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn , Drake regularly arrived late on set after spending nights recording music. To prevent this, Schuyler claimed Drake struck an agreement with the set's security guards to gain entry to the set after recording to be allowed to sleep in a dressing room. Drake's first recorded song, "Do What You Do", appeared on The N Soundtrack , which
17653-470: Was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto , Ontario . His father, Dennis Graham, is an African-American drummer from Memphis, Tennessee , who once performed with musician Jerry Lee Lewis . His mother, Sandra "Sandi" Graham ( née Sher), is a Canadian Ashkenazi Jew , who worked as an English teacher and florist. Graham performed at Club Bluenote in Toronto, where he met Sandra, who was in attendance. Drake
17792-419: Was calculated Drake generated more streams in 2021 than every song released prior to 1980 combined; his music accumulated 7.91 billion streams, while songs pre-1980 had generated 6.32 billion. Drake was then confirmed as a guest artist on Future's I Never Liked You (2022); one of the songs he featured on, " Wait for U ", debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Drake's tenth number-one song and making him
17931-450: Was going on—the distribution system appeared to be faltering, FM and all", he later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), citing that records like The Velvet Underground and The Gilded Palace of Sin (by Flying Burrito Brothers ) possessed populist qualities yet failed to impact the record charts . "Just as semiclassical music is a systematic dilution of highbrow preferences, semipopular music
18070-483: Was introduced to a high school friend's father, an acting agent. He found Drake a role on the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation , in which Drake portrayed Jimmy Brooks , a basketball star who became physically disabled after he was shot by a classmate. When asked about his early acting career, Drake replied, "My mother was very sick. We were very poor, like broke. The only money I had coming in
18209-578: Was involved in a high-profile rap feud with Kendrick Lamar , producing the diss songs " Push Ups , " Taylor Made Freestyle ", " Family Matters ", and " The Heart Part 6 ". As an entrepreneur, Drake founded the OVO Sound record label with longtime collaborator 40 in 2012. In 2013, he became the "global ambassador" of the Toronto Raptors , joining their executive committee and later obtaining naming rights to their practice facility OVO Athletic Centre . In 2016, he began collaborating with Brent Hocking on
18348-437: Was made available for free download through his OVO blog website, and featured Lil Wayne, Trey Songz, Omarion , Lloyd , and Bun B . It received over 2,000 downloads in the first 2 hours of release, finding mainstream commercial success from the singles " Best I Ever Had " and " Successful ", both gaining Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with the former also peaking at number two on
18487-465: Was nominated for four awards at the 2023 Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year for his writing on Beyoncé's Renaissance . In February 2023, Drake was named the most streamed act ever on Spotify. On July 23, via an announcement for his poetry book Titles Ruin Everything , Drake announced his eighth studio album, titled For All the Dogs . On September 15, Drake released the lead single of
18626-509: Was previewed in London before its premiere a day later. It was released as an Apple Music and iTunes exclusive on April 29 before being made available to various other platforms later that week. Views would become Drake's most commercially successful album, sitting atop the Billboard 200 for thirteen weeks, as well as simultaneously leading the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 for eight weeks. It achieved sextuple-platinum status in
18765-430: Was released by The N (the night-time block for Noggin ), as it was the network that the series was airing on in the United States. Being musically inspired by Jay-Z and Clipse , Drake self-released his debut mixtape , Room for Improvement featuring Trey Songz and Lupe Fiasco , in 2006. Drake described the project as "pretty straightforward, radio friendly, [and] not much content to it." Room for Improvement
18904-464: Was released for sale only and sold roughly 6,000 copies, for which Drake received $ 304.04 in royalties . He performed his first concert on August 19, 2006, at the Kool Haus nightclub as an opening act for Ice Cube , performing for half an hour and earning $ 100. In 2007, Drake released his second mixtape Comeback Season . Released from his recently founded October's Very Own label, it spawned
19043-469: Was rumoured to allow Drake to leave the label. However, he eventually remained with Cash Money, and If You're Reading This It's Too Late sold over 1 million units in 2015. On July 31, 2015, Drake released four singles: " Back to Back ", " Charged Up ", " Hotline Bling ", and " Right Hand ". On September 20, Drake released a collaborative mixtape with Future , which was recorded in Atlanta in just under
19182-489: Was the extent of its focus on the commodity form of sheet music". The availability of inexpensive, widely available sheet music versions of popular songs and instrumental music pieces made it possible for music to be disseminated to a wide audience of amateur, middle-class music-makers, who could play and sing popular music at home. Amateur music-making in the 19th century often centred around the piano , as this instrument could play melodies , chords and basslines, thus enabling
19321-403: Was then delayed to November 4 after Drake's longtime producer, 40 , was diagnosed with COVID-19. Her Loss debuted atop the Billboard 200, accumlating first week sales of 404,000 album-equivalent units. Eight of the album's songs debuted in the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, extending Drake's record for most top ten entries, with 67 (with a record 49 as a lead artist). On November 15, Drake
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