Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' Becomes First Platinum Selling Album of 2015 | lovebscott.com

Drake’s ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ Becomes First Platinum Selling Album of 2015

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Drake has yet another win under his belt this week.

His If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late album/mixtape has become the first album released in 2015 to sell a million copies in the United States.

via Billboard:

The album was released on Feb. 12 through Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late is the second album to sell a million copies in 2015, after Taylor Swift‘s 1989 (which was released in 2014). 1989 has sold 1.463 million in 2015 and 5.124 million total.

If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late is Drake’s fourth million-selling album, following Nothing Was the Same (released in 2013; 1.72 million), Take Care(2011; 2.26 million) and Thank Me Later (2010; 1.8 million).

Drake took to Instagram to celebrate the milestone. Check out his post below!

Platinum off the tape. Views up next. Thank you once again. ????????????????6?

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