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Drake<\/strong> can now claim he’s a King too — \u00e0 la Michael Jackson<\/strong> or Elvis<\/strong> — because he’s hit a milestone … the Recording Industry Association of America says he’s sold more single units than anyone. Ever. In history.<\/p>\n

Mr. Morgan<\/strong>, Drake’s OVO Sound President, made the surprise reveal amid Drizzy’s 37th birthday celebrations … the Canadian rapper is the first artist in RIAA history to surpass 200 million units, and he did it convincingly — his tally now stands at 220 mil!!!<\/p>\n

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Some of the biggest wins on his leger include the 2011 album “Take Care,” and 2013 smash hit “Started From the Bottom” … as both inch toward diamond plaques at 8x platinum.<\/p>\n

BTW … RIAA single units include purchases of records, permanent downloads and streams — all categories Drake regularly crushes with every new release. OIder acts like Elvis, The Beatles and even MJ sold millions upon millions of records … but Drake tends to beat them by a country mile on digital downloads and streams.<\/p>\n

Translation: It’s good to be the King.<\/p>\n

Another cool stat … his alt-left dance album, “Honestly, Nevermind” officially cements that all his studio releases have sold at least one million units.<\/p>\n

Two tracks from his new album, the J. Cole<\/strong>-featured, “First Person Shooter” and Yeat<\/strong>-featured, “IDGAF” currently sit in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10 also.<\/p>\n

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With a catalog this prosperous, it’s no wonder Drake is comfortable entering a hiatus<\/strong> from music soon … to deal with the stomach issues he says are causing him grief.<\/p>\n

The time away should give Drake’s peers plenty of time to play catch up. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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