L.A. Times - Entertainment — Canadian soap opera-star-turned rapper Drake titled his 2009 debut EP "So Far Gone." He's proving to be anything but. Canadian soap opera-star-turned rapper Dr... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Canadian soap opera-star-turned rapper Drake titled his 2009 debut EP "So Far Gone." He's proving to be anything but, as the young star's full-length entrée "Thank Me Later" entered the U.S. pop chart at No. 1, tallying first-week sales of... more info

VH1 News — Drake's Thank Me Later sold nearly half a million copies to debut atop the Billboard albums chart, selling more than the rest of the top five albums combined. more info

MTV.com News — Katy Perry, Drake and Eminem dominate the iTunes charts.By Gil Kaufman Drake Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images Though he failed to join mentor Lil Wayne in the one milli club in his first week on the charts, there's no shame in Drake's g... more info

Idolator — Despite the fact that his debut LP leaked weeks ahead of its release date, Drake’s Thank Me Later still managed to land at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and become the third highest debut of the year (with 447,000 copies sold). As the trade publicati... more info

Crazed Hits — Drake’s debut album “Thank Me Later” has sold more than 446,000 copies in its first week, making it the third highest debut of the year behind Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” and Sade’s “Soldier of Love,” which sold 481,000 and 5... more info

MTV.com News — MTV special follows rapper/singer through the release of his debut, Thank Me Later. By Jayson Rodriguez Drake in "Better Than Good Enough" Photo: MTV News & Docs Drake is an open book. After the release of his breakthrough mixtape, So Far ... more info

Pitchfork — From left: Takara Larson, Michael Collins, and Nimai Larson of Prince Rama Brooklyn/Boston-based three piece Prince Rama make psych music. Deep psych music. This isn't folk with a few tribal drums or plain old rock with some flanged triangle thrown i... more info

MTV.com News — Early estimates show the album had the third-best first week sales of the year.By Gil Kaufman The Game may have been off by a bit when he predicted Drake would sell 650,000 in his first week, but according to preliminary figures provided by Nielse... more info

VH1 News — According to early estimates, Drake's Thank Me Later will top the album charts after selling nearly half a million copies in its first week. more info