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For All the Dogs

For All the Dogs is the eighth studio album by Canadian rapper Drake. It was released through OVO Sound and Republic Records on October 6, 2023. The album features guest appearances from Teezo Touchdown, 21 Savage, J. Cole, Yeat, SZA, PartyNextDoor, Chief Keef, Bad Bunny, Sexyy Red, and Lil Yachty. Production was handled by Drake, Teezo Touchdown, and Lil Yachty themselves, along with 40, Sango, Oz, Bnyx, Southside, Boi-1da, Vinylz, Tay Keith, FnZ, Jahaan Sweet, the late DJ Screw, Stwo, Gordo, Justin Raisen, and the Alchemist, among others.

For All the Dogs

October 6, 2023 (2023-10-06)

2022–2023

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The Scary Hours edition of the album was released on November 17, 2023, containing six additional tracks. The album was supported by five singles: "Slime You Out", "8AM in Charlotte", "Rich Baby Daddy", "First Person Shooter" and "You Broke My Heart" for the Scary Hours edition. It follows both of Drake's albums that were released in 2022: his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, and his collaborative studio album with 21 Savage titled Her Loss. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, For All the Dogs performed well commercially, debuting at number one on the Canadian Albums and US Billboard 200 charts, among other countries.

Artwork[edit]

The artwork for For All the Dogs was revealed on August 2023 on an Instagram post, with the album title and "Cover by Adonis" as its caption, meaning that it was drawn by Drake's son Adonis.[17] It shows a white goat with evil red eyes standing straight in front of a black background, with a Parental Advisory label on the bottom-right corner.[39] Adonis described his artwork as "a carefree piece of work". Drake called the work "an inspiration to his 2016 album Views". Drake dedicated the artwork to his 5th grade artwork which shows a cat with blue eyes.[40]

Commercial performance[edit]

In Drake's home country of Canada, For All the Dogs debuted at number one on the Billboard Canadian Albums, marking Drake's fourteenth number-one album in the country.[41] The album also debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 402,000 album-equivalent units, including 10,000 pure album sales.[42] The album earned a total of 514.01 million on-demand streams in the debut week, that resulted in the largest streaming week of 2023 for any album and the fourth-largest ever.[42] For All the Dogs is Drake's thirteenth number-one album in the US.[42] All 23 tracks debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, with seven of them appearing in the top-ten. Drake also became the first artist to tally at least 300 Hot 100 entries.[43] With For All the Dogs, Drake extended many of his Hot 100 chart records, including the most top-five hits (41), top-ten hits (76), top-20 entries (132), top 40 hits (199) and overall charted titles (320).[43] In its second week, the album remained in the top ten in the US Billboard 200 and fell to number two, earning 164,000 album-equivalent units.[44] After the release of the deluxe edition, For All the Dogs: Scary Hours, the album returned to number one on the Billboard 200, with 145,000 album-equivalent units.[45] For All the Dogs debuted at number two on the new Billboard Top Streaming Albums chart dated October 28. The following week, the album reached number one on the chart.[46][47] As of December 27, 2023, For All the Dogs was the eighteenth best-selling album of the year according to Hits, moved a total 1,121,000 album-equivalent units, including 13,000 pure album sales, 53,000 song sales, 1.422 billion audio-on-demand streams, and 49 million video-on-demand streams.[48] It also gave Drake his sixth number-one album in the United Kingdom and marked his second chart-topping album in less than a year, following his collaborative album with 21 Savage titled Her Loss (2022).[49] In its second week, the album remained in the top ten in the UK and fell to number three.[50]

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Sample credits

Chris Athens –

mastering

Dave Huffman – mastering (1–8, 10–23)

Noel Cadastre – (1–11, 13, 15–20, 22, 23), engineering (all tracks)

mixing

– mixing (1–3, 10–14, 17–22)

Noah Shebib

Hector Castro – engineering (9)

Oupsing – mixing assistance (1–8, 10–23)

Jad El Khoury – engineering assistance (9)

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