Drake was nominated for so many different things, it's unreal. He was nominated for American Music Awards, ASCAP Awards, BET Awards, BET Hip-Hop Awards, Billboard Music Awards, BRIT Awards, People's Choice Awards, Grammy Awards, GQ Awards, Juno Awards, MOBO Awards, MTV Video Music Awards (different kinds), and so many other types of award shows and types of stuff. Drake was nominated for the Grammys atleast 18 times, but won a couple of times.

Drake released his first album in 2006 called "Room for Improvement". Then when he realized tons of people were listening to him and they loved it, he then released another album in 2007. The album he released in 2007 was called "Comeback Season". Then in 2008, he took a break and never released an album that year. In 2009, he named his album "So Far Gone". In 2010, he never made an album either. In 2011, he released his popular album, Take Care. In 2013, he released his studio album "Thank Me Later" album. Then in 2013 at the end of the year, he released his "Nothing Was The Same" and it went platinum a couple weeks after. That was the second time one of his albums went platinum.

Drake had and is still having a successful career. He had the most successful hip-hop tour of 2012, making over $42 million. He also has more than any other rapper on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and passed Jay-Z in August 2012. He is one of the two artists that has occupied the chart's top three positions. Drake was tied with Rihanna for the most nominations for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.