Drake Nearly Makes Gold With "Thank Me Later"!

In spite of Drake’s Thank Me Later debut album leaking two weeks before its scheduled release date, the album has done surprisingly well on the charts.

When the album leaked earlier this month, Drake took to his Twitter page to say that he wasn’t worried because he had been “giving away music for free for years” and was confident his fans would still go out and purchase the album. Although the album hasn’t done the numbers anticipated prior to the leak and eventual release, the album is still doing well for its first week on the charts. It is currently the number one album on iTunes’ Hip-Hop charts.

The first official project from the Young Money rapper is certified platinum in Canada after moving over 100,000 copies. While the album also did well here in the U.S., it failed to reach the 500,000 copies mark needed to reach the RIAA’s Gold status -- the album has sold 462,989 copies in the States. That still is considerably well considering the album was leaked prior to release. The Canadian rapper recently celebrated his platinum status in Canada and posed with his plaque commemorating his stellar first week sales.

Thank Me Later features appearances by Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, T.I. and Young Jeezy. Most of the album's production is handled by Drake's longtime producer Boi-1da.

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