Drake celebrates his fortieth birthday on October 24, 2026, with God's Plan reaching double-diamond status in the United States. The certification recognizes twenty million equivalent units, while Views becomes diamond a decade after release. Thirty new RIAA certifications take the Canadian rapper past 350 million certified US units, combining the continued reach of older recordings with recognition for more recent work in his catalog.
Drake is entering his forties with a new group of commercial distinctions for recordings released across different stages of his career. On October 23, the RIAA awarded thirty new certifications, led by the double-diamond recognition for God's Plan. The announcement arrived a day before his birthday, giving a personal milestone an accompanying set of achievements within the US music market.
Double diamond corresponds to twenty million certified units. The figure combines eligible sales and streaming under the association's rules, rather than establishing that twenty million people bought the single. It is one of the highest levels of recognition available to a recording. The distinction concerns qualifying consumption in the United States and should not be described as a measure of worldwide listening.
Released in January 2018, God's Plan spent eleven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later appeared on Scorpion. Drake also gave it a memorable visual identity through Karena Evans' video. Filmed in Miami, it followed him providing financial assistance to people and organizations, making those encounters a central part of how audiences remember the track.
The other major album distinction goes to Views, released in April 2016. Ten years later, it has reached ten million certified US units and diamond status. Its recordings include One Dance, Controlla, Too Good and Hotline Bling, connecting rap and R&B with dancehall and Afro-Caribbean influences. The certification recognizes continuing consumption beyond the record's initial period of chart success.
Two other songs, In My Feelings and Marvin's Room, also received diamond recognition. They represent different moments in the catalog of Drake: the former arrived in 2018, while the latter dates to 2011. Each reached the ten-million-unit level, showing how recordings with distinct moods and release histories can continue accumulating eligible consumption over many years.
In My Feelings became one of Scorpion's defining hits, helped by a widely shared dance trend that encouraged users to create their own videos. It also reached No. 1 on the Hot 100. Marvin's Room offers a more introspective approach, combining singing and personal narration within the atmosphere associated with the Take Care period. The new awards recognize both kinds of recording.
One Dance, featuring Wizkid and Kyla, has moved to fifteen-times-platinum status, equivalent to fifteen million US units. Released in 2016, it became another international chart success for Drake. Its rhythm and blend of pop and R&B elements made it a prominent recording in that period, while the new certification marks a further stage in its commercial life.
The Recording Industry Association of America recognizes eligible sales and streaming through different certification rules for singles and albums. Platinum singles reach one million units and diamond singles ten million. Album calculations also include qualifying track consumption converted into equivalent units. Consequently, a diamond album does not necessarily represent ten million physical copies sold, just as a single's units are not simply a headcount.
With the new awards, Drake became the first artist to pass 350 million RIAA-certified units. The record concerns combined certified performance in the American market, rather than worldwide sales of physical records. He also holds eighteen diamond song distinctions associated with recordings on which he appears as a lead or collaborating performer. That figure should be kept separate from album certifications.
Several larger projects also reached new levels. Scorpion is now nine-times platinum, More Life six-times platinum and Certified Lover Boy five-times platinum. So Far Gone reached three-times platinum, while Care Package became platinum. Those titles extend the announcement across releases from different periods, showing that the new distinctions were not limited to a single recent album or a handful of current tracks.
Among newer work, ICEMAN became platinum five months after its May 2026 release. Drake therefore received recognition for recent material alongside songs released more than fifteen years earlier. The thirty certifications represent updated levels for music already available, rather than thirty newly released tracks. Each award describes another threshold crossed by an existing recording or project.
The singles list includes Knife Talk at eight-times platinum, Fair Trade at five-times platinum and Way 2 Sexy at four-times platinum. Girls Want Girls reached three-times platinum. Other newly recognized tracks include First Person Shooter, IDGAF, Yebba's Heartbreak, Champagne Poetry, Love All and No Friends in the Industry, alongside material from his later collaborative releases. The announcement also covers On BS, Circo Loco, Major Distribution, Pussy & Millions and Privileged Rappers, adding further collaborations to the range of recordings recognized in this update.
The announcement coincided with birthday celebrations that began in Toronto before moving to New York. Drake attended a gathering above the CN Tower and a Toronto Raptors game, then was seen in New York on October 22. The new plaques arrived amid those personal events, with God's Plan at twenty million certified units and Views reaching diamond ten years after its release.
