Drake

A lawsuit was planned against the label. On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of July 4, 2009, both "Best I Ever Had", and "Every Girl" by Young Money Entertainment entered the top ten at positions 3 and 10 respectively. Drake is only the second artist to have his first two top ten hits in the same week. The first was fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado who entered the top ten in 2001 with "I'm Like A Bird" the same week as Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On", a remix of which included a credited contribution from Furtado. Read Less

This followed what Billboard purported to be "one of the biggest bidding wars ever". Drake toured with Wayne and other rap artists on the America's Most Wanted Tour. Read Less

However, the album's release date would eventually be postponed to November 15, 2011. Drake posted a new track, "Dreams Money Can Buy", on his October's Very Own blog on May 20. The song was never featured on the album's official release. On June 9 another track from the album, "Marvins Room" was made available on his blog. After the song began to gain considerable airplay on Urban radio, "arvins Room" was officially released on July 22, 2011, via iTunes as a promotional single. The single performed relatively well, obtaining a Gold certification by the RIAA, peaking at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching the top 10 of the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. On June 28 he released a music video for "Marvins Room" that featured him feeling depressed in a club.

The first single from Take Care was released officially to iTunes on August 9, 2011 and was titled "Headlines". The song received positive critical reviews and was also commercially successful. The song reached No. 13 on the Hot 100 and was eventually certified Platinum both in the United States and Canada. The song also became his 10th single to reach the summit of the Billboard Rap Songs chart, which led him to be the artist with the most No. 1 hits on that chart ever, a record which he still presently holds with 12 number one hits. Read Less

The second single released "Make Me Proud" which features Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, was released on October 16, 2011. The single was commercially successful reaching a peak position of No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also holds the record for largest jump on the Billboard Hot 100 for a male artist (tied with Akon's Smack That), when the song vaulted from No. 97 to No. 9 in a 88 position jump. The song also reached the peak of both the Billboard Rap Songs chart and the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart, marking Drake's 11th and 8th No. 1s on both charts respectively. "Make Me Proud" also became Drake's fourth consecutive single from the Take Care era to receive a Platinum certification by the RIAA.

"The Motto", which features American rapper Lil Wayne, was released as the third from Take Care on November 29, 2011. The track proved to be one of the most successful singles Drake has ever released, performing very well commercially. It peaked at No. 14 on the Hot 100 and topped both the Rap and R&B/Hip-Hop songs charts, further extending his lead for most No. 1 hits on the rap chart and matching a record set by fellow rapper Jay-Z, for most No. 1 hits on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart for a Rap artist. The song has also proved to have cultural impact, especially in the United States, popularizing the phrase YOLO which is featured in the song's hook with the line "You only live once: that's the motto, nigga, YOLO". Read Less