You're completely missing the point
Drake was featured on Whats My Name when he was relatively unknown outside the USA/Canada/UK, the song was a hit worldwide, and
nobody from those countries gave two ***** about what happened to him after. He does music with Beyonce, and still
no one outside of English speaking countries give two *****. Music with Justin Timberlake?
Nobody cared. Collab with Justin Bieber?
Nobody paid attention. Finally, after Rihanna got him a worldwide smash, he got a worldwide hit because he trend-hopped and made a dancehall song and only then did his album chart well in non-English speaking countries because people were busy streaming that ONE song
Like I said, I stand corrected on the albums thing. Very impressive that Drake's 8 releases outsell Bruno's 2