We're less than a day away from the release of Drake's ninth studio album "ICEMAN," and traders are trying to predict who will be featured on it.
So far, the leaders on the album's market include Central Cee at 80%, Future at 77%, and 21 Savage at 22%.
Rappers who landed near the middle of the album's prediction market include Lil Wayne at 55%, Young Thug at 55%, and Karol G at 50%.
ICEMAN's sales
Traders aren't very confident that Drake's first week of sales will live up to some of his past albums, like 2016's "Views" which sold 852,000 copies in its first week. The forecast shows traders believe Drake will sell 538,000 copies in its first week. Markets also price the new album selling more than 600,000 copies at only 27%.
Topping the charts
Traders are also speculating on Drake’s chances of staying atop the Billboard 200. The forecast predicts "ICEMAN" will spend 3.1 weeks at No. 1. Chances that the album will hold the top spot for more than two weeks are at 70%, more than three weeks at 43%, and more than four weeks at 11%.
Drake's "ICEMAN" is scheduled for release on Friday, and fans have already heard three tracks from the album. Hot New Hip Hop reported that Drake has already taken shots at several major features in his early release tracks. The song "1 A.M. in Albany" featured some "cutthroat bars" targeted at names like Kendrick Lamar, LeBron James, Joe Budden and Dr. Dre. So far, it's the track most fans are talking about even though it received "some mixed reactions" on social media.
The fourth track from "ICEMAN" is scheduled for release later tonight at 9:45 pm Eastern.
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