The album cover and booklet were shot by Toronto-based photographer Caitlin Cronenberg. The fact that Drake was significantly larger than life-size on the cover was widely discussed, and CN Tower's Twitter account later confirmed it to be photoshopped. The cover artwork for Views was released via Drake's Twitter account on April 24, 2016, which features Drake sitting atop the CN Tower in Toronto. On April 29, 2016, it was revealed that the title had been shortened to Views. According to Drake on Twitter, "the 6" is a reference to his hometown of Toronto, Ontario.
The album's title was first announced as Views from the 6, as it first appeared from a report in a July 2014 article from Billboard. It won Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Rap Album at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, among other awards. The album has been certified six times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Despite this, it became one of Drake's most commercially successful albums having sold over seven million certified units worldwide. The album received lukewarm reviews from critics, many of whom found it to be an overlong retread of Drake's previous work. All 20 songs from the album charted on the US Billboard Hot 100. It spent a 13 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and became Drake's first number-one album on the UK Albums Chart. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with over one million album-equivalent units in its first week of release, including 852,000 copies, and achieving a then-record over 245 million streams. The album was supported by five singles: " Hotline Bling", " One Dance", " Pop Style", " Controlla", and " Too Good".
Similar to his previous records, the album sees Drake discussing romance, experiences with betrayal, and celebrations of loyalty and friendship. The album marks Drake's first full foray into Jamaican dancehall music, while also featuring other genres such as R&B, trap, Afrobeat, UK funky, and pop. Views takes influence from West Indian and West African music. Featured guest appearances include PartyNextDoor, Pimp C, Dvsn, Wizkid, Kyla, and Rihanna. 40 also primarily handled the production on the album alongside Nineteen85, Maneesh Bidaye, Kanye West, and Jordan Ullman, among others. Recording sessions took place from 2015 to 2016, with both Drake and his longtime collaborator and record producer 40 serving as the record's executive producers. It was released on April 29, 2016, by Cash Money Records, Republic Records, and Young Money Entertainment. New dates will be released in the next week…see you all soon.Views is the fourth studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake. Club Paradise Tour will also be moved to when students are back from the Christmas/New Year break so that I can get to more schools. This music means too much to me to get attached to dates and I do apologize for the delay but I promise that it is only for the benefit of our experience together. November 15th you will get Take Care the exact way I created it with no trimmings. My options were to take the songs off and make the birthday release happen, or to take an extra couple weeks to get the paper work right and give you the album they way I NEED you to hear it. So I have completed 19 songs (17 on physical and 2 on bonus), and have run into a roadblock of clearing 3 samples in time to make the October 24th date. It truly felt like when I was here 3 years ago making So Far Gone. I managed to create this album in my hometown of Toronto and the thoughts and stories I wanted to get across just became so clear. “The new date for Take Care is November 15th, 2011. November 15th you will get Take Care the exact way I created it with no trimmings.”
“My options were to take the songs off and make the birthday release happen, or to take an extra couple weeks to get the paper work right and give you the album they way I NEED you to hear it.
“I have completed 19 songs (17 on physical and 2 on bonus), and have run into a roadblock of clearing 3 samples in time to make the October 24th date,” Drake writes. 8), Drizzy Drake took to his site, October’s Very Own, to inform his fans that he decided to push back Take Care in order to include three samples he’s currently waiting on. 15, originally slated to hit shelves on his birthday (Oct. In order to give fans the experience he knows Take Care is capable of, Drake has decided to push back his sophomore album to Nov.
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