Drake scores the Official UK Chart double with Dark Lane Demo Tapes and Toosie Slide

Congratulations to Drake, who scores the Official Chart double this week as his Dark Lane Demo Tapes mixtape and song Toosie Slide claim Number 1 on the Official Albums and Singles Charts.

The entries earn the Canadian rapper his third UK Number 1 album and sixth chart-topping single. Dark Lane Demo Tapes scored 20,000 chart sales to secure the top spot, 95% of which came from streams, while Toosie Slide racked up 49,000 chart sales.

Drake is the third artist to pull off the chart double in 2020, following Stormzy’s Heavy Is The Head album / Own It single and Eminem’s Music To Be Murdered By album / Godzilla single, both in January.

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However, Drake has achieved the rare feat of landing the double for a third time across separate releases in his career, after his album Views / One Dance single both held Number 1 in the same week in May 2016 and album Scorpion / In My Feelings single in July 2019.

Drake becomes the tenth act in UK chart history to achieve the Official Chart Double at least three times across separate releases in their career. The other nine are: Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Madonna, Queen, Cliff Richard, ABBA, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones.

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Elsewhere on this week’s Official Albums Chart, The Strokes are back in the Top 5 with The New Abnormal, rocketing 82 places to Number 4 following its release on vinyl – this week’s best-seller on the format. The band’s sixth album debuted at Number 3 last month.

London rapper Yxng Bane lands his highest charting album yet with Quarantime: The Lost Files debuting at Number 11, just ahead of Scottish indie band Tide Lines who enter at Number 12 with sophomore album Eye of the Storm, their first Top 20.

Further down, Niall Horan’s former Number 1 Heartbreak Weather flies 32 places back into the Top 40 at Number 31 following its release on vinyl, and finally, My Turn by US rapper Lil Baby returns to the chart at Number 32 thanks to a deluxe edition of the collection featuring six additional songs.

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Official Singles Chart

As well as claiming the Number 1 with Toosie Slide, which lifts from 4 to 1, Drake lands two new entries in this week’s Top 20. Chicago Freestyle ft. Giveon lands at Number 10, and Pain 1993 ft. Playboi Carti enters at Number 17. The entries take Drake’s total of UK Top 40 hits to 51.

There’s lots of movement in this week’s Top 10: Doja Cat’s Say So zooms eight places to a new peak at Number 2 following the release of new remix of the song featuring Nicki Minaj, and Savage by US rapper Megan Thee Stallion vaults 19 spots to Number 3 after a new version featuring Beyoncé was released last week. The climb earns Megan her first UK Top 10.

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DaBaby’s Rockstar ft. Roddy Ricch leaps 21 places to enter the Top 10 at Number 6, TikTok smash Rover by S1mba ft. DTG hops five places to Number 7, and AJ Tracey’s Dinner Guest ft. Mostack debuts at Number 8 – this week’s highest new entry.

Meanwhile, last week’s Number 1, Times Like These by Radio 1’s Stay Home Live Lounge Allstars, drops to Number 9.

Further down, there are big climbs this week for If The World Was Ending by JP Saxe ft. Julia Michaels, up nine to 16; This City by Australian singer-songwriter Sam Fischer is up seven places to 24; Don’t Need Love by 220 Kid & Gracey lifts ten spots to 28; Kings & Queens by Ava Max jumps six places to 33.

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