Morr, born Janae Gagnier, was found dead in her Texas apartment on August 29, 2021.
Ntuli, who was a close friend of Drake's, was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Dubai in early 2021. Ĭertified Lover Boy was dedicated to the late models Nadia Ntuli and Miss Mercedes Morr. In October, Drake announced that the album would be released in January 2021, but it was postponed once again due to Drake suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury. On August 14, 2020, Drake announced the title of the album. On July 29, 2020, Drake's recording engineer Noel Cadastre revealed the album was "90% done".
ĭrake later previewed two new songs, one an unreleased track titled "Lie to Me" and the other a demo version of his 2020 DJ Khaled collaboration " Greece", on Instagram Live. Drake officially announced his sixth studio album just hours before the release of Dark Lane Demo Tapes, and scheduled for release in late 2020. The two snippets were dubbed "I Did" and another snippet with Roddy Ricch was dubbed "In the Cut". That same month, frequent collaborator Boi-1da previewed two snippets of songs with Drake during a Verzuz with Hit-Boy. In March, on Instagram Live, Drake confirmed a finalized version of "Not Around", a leaked song later retitled to "TSU", would feature on Certified Lover Boy. On December 10, Drake made a guest appearance at DaBaby's concert in Toronto, where he revealed that he was working on the album: "I'ma go back to the crib and try to finish this album up so we can turn up in 2020". In June 2019, he teased the album via Instagram, where he captioned a post with "Album mode". The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards until Drake withdrew the nomination.ĭuring one of his concerts, in April 2019, Drake announced that he had started to work on a new album. Furthermore, Certified Lover Boy achieved the all-time record for the most US top-ten singles from one album, with its lead single, " Way 2 Sexy", arriving atop the Billboard Hot 100 and marking Drake's ninth US number-one single. The sum reset the record for the largest opening week in the US for an album in 2021, and broke Apple Music and Spotify records for the biggest opening-day streams on those platforms. Nevertheless, Certified Lover Boy was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 with 613,000 album-equivalent units, as Drake's tenth US number-one album. Upon release, Certified Lover Boy was met with mixed reviews from music critics, most of whom felt the album was comparable to Drake's other releases, but criticized the level of lyrical insight and the production's lack of sonic variety. Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Giveon, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Future, Young Thug, Yebba, 21 Savage, Project Pat, Tems, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, and Kid Cudi appear as guest artists. Its production was handled by frequent collaborators 40, Nineteen85, PartyNextDoor, OZ, and Vinylz, among others. It was released on September 3, 2021, by OVO Sound and Republic Records. Certified Lover Boy is the sixth studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake.
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