" God 's Plan " got mostly positive reviews from music critics , calling it a typical Drake song . An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Karena Evans and uploaded onto Drake 's official YouTube channel on February 16 , 2018 . In the video Drake is giving away nearly one million US dollars to people and institutions in Florida . It received five nominations at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards , including for Video of the Year and three nominations at the 61st Grammy Awards for Record of the Year , Song of the Year , and Best Rap Song , winning the last one . Commercially the song became the 29th song in history to debut at number one on the US '' Billboard '' Hot 100 , making it Drake 's fourth chart-topper in that country , and second as a lead artist . The single topped the charts in fourteen countries , including the UK and Canada and reached the top ten in nine others . The song broke first-day streaming records on both Apple Music and Spotify , and was the most streamed song of the year on both services
2018 MTV Video Music Awards
2018 MTV Video Music Awards
God's Plan (song)