Drake: Artist Essentials

First released: 2018 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2018. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2018 studio recording
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: God's Plan

Scorpion - original program and preceding singles
The original 2018 program identifies Gods Plan, Nice for What, In My Feelings, Nonstop, Im Upset and Mob Ties. The distributor separates the earlier same-year singles from the June album. Only year precision is assigned. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2015 (year verified)

The licensed recording retains its original 2015 date within the later Views program. The 2016 album is a later placement, not this recordings first release.

Recording: Original 2015 studio recording
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Hotline Bling

Views - original program and recording dates
The original 2016 program identifies One Dance with Wizkid and Kyla, the official Controlla, Too Good with Rihanna and Feel No Ways. The Hotline Bling track retains its earlier 2015 release date; its later album placement does not redate the recording. Pop Style edition variants are outside this selection. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2016 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2016. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2016 studio recording with Wizkid and Kyla
Credit: Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
Role in this collection: Primary artist with Wizkid and Kyla

Original single: One Dance

Views - original program and recording dates
The original 2016 program identifies One Dance with Wizkid and Kyla, the official Controlla, Too Good with Rihanna and Feel No Ways. The Hotline Bling track retains its earlier 2015 release date; its later album placement does not redate the recording. Pop Style edition variants are outside this selection. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2013 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2013. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2013 studio recording with Majid Jordan
Credit: Drake featuring Majid Jordan
Role in this collection: Primary artist with Majid Jordan

Original single: Hold On, We're Going Home

Nothing Was the Same - original program
The original 2013 album program identifies the selected recordings, including the complete two-part Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2 with JAY-Z. Started from the Bottom and Hold On, Were Going Home have earlier same-year single dates; those events remain separate from the album. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2009 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2009. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2009 studio recording
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original mixtape: So Far Gone

So Far Gone - original mixtape program
The original mixtape program identifies the selected recordings, including the full approximately 6:15 Successful with Trey Songz and Lil Wayne. The 2019 streaming reissue does not replace the 2009 original public-release year, independently confirmed by the artist archive. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Drake Related - So Far Gone release archive
The official artist archive dates the original mixtape to February 2009. Only the year is used for this selection of original recordings; the later commercial EP and streaming reissue are separate editions. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2011 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2011. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2011 studio recording with Rihanna
Credit: Drake featuring Rihanna
Role in this collection: Primary artist with Rihanna

Original album: Take Care

Take Care - original program and preceding singles
The original 2011 program identifies the selected album recordings and named guests. Headlines and Marvins Room have earlier same-year single dates. The Motto is the Lil Wayne recording included in the 2011 bonus program; a later Tyga remix is not selected. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Drake Related - Take Care release archive
The official artist archive confirms the original album in November 2011. This supports project chronology, without claiming a song-specific private inspiration. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2013 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2013. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2013 studio recording
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Started from the Bottom

Nothing Was the Same - original program
The original 2013 album program identifies the selected recordings, including the complete two-part Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2 with JAY-Z. Started from the Bottom and Hold On, Were Going Home have earlier same-year single dates; those events remain separate from the album. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2011 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2011. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2011 studio recording
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Headlines

Take Care - original program and preceding singles
The original 2011 program identifies the selected album recordings and named guests. Headlines and Marvins Room have earlier same-year single dates. The Motto is the Lil Wayne recording included in the 2011 bonus program; a later Tyga remix is not selected. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Drake Related - Take Care release archive
The official artist archive confirms the original album in November 2011. This supports project chronology, without claiming a song-specific private inspiration. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2018 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2018. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2018 studio recording
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Nice for What

Scorpion - original program and preceding singles
The original 2018 program identifies Gods Plan, Nice for What, In My Feelings, Nonstop, Im Upset and Mob Ties. The distributor separates the earlier same-year singles from the June album. Only year precision is assigned. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 2017 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 2017. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.

Recording: Original 2017 full album presentation, approximately 4:58
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: More Life

More Life - original program and preceding single
The original 2017 program identifies Passionfruit and Do Not Disturb. Fake Love retains its earlier October 2016 track date and is dated from that earlier single year, not from the 2017 project. Passionfruit is the full approximately 4:58 original album presentation. | Reviewed 2026-10-18