Drake scripts history; becomes first artiste to hit 100 billion Spotify streams

Canadian rapper-singer has achieved yet another career milestone. On June 19, he became the first artist in the music industry to reach 100 billion streams on Spotify.

This achievement includes all his credits as a lead artist and a featured artist. Some of his top-streamed songs include ‘One Dance’ (3.1 billion streams), ‘God’s Plan’ (2.5 billion streams), ‘Passion Fruit’ (1.6 billion streams), ‘Work’ (1.4 billion streams), and ‘In My Feelings’ (1.3 billion streams).

This accomplishment comes just two months after Drake was reported to be nearing the milestone of 97 billion streams. With a massive figure of 78,140,542 monthly listeners, the rapper-singer achieved the feat shortly after his highly publicised feud with Kendrick Lamar. According to Chart Data, on Spotify, he has an average of 234 million streams per song and 5 billion streams per album.

Upon hearing the news, Drake's fans quickly turned to social media to celebrate the moment. Some fans even argued that he had won the feud against Kendrick Lamar, urging Lamar to ‘catch up.’ One fan wrote, ‘King, you’ve done it again. Raising the bar for us all. So effortlessly, so cleanly,’ while another commented, ‘The biggest hip hop artist ever, no other hip hop artist can recreate this anytime soon.’

‘Kendrick can never achieve this even in the next 10 years,’ another fan added.

While Drake currently holds the top spot, Taylor Swift is behind with 84.4 billion streams.

On the work front, the ‘One Dance’ singer recently released a series of singles, including his Kendrick Lamar diss tracks like ‘Push Ups,’ ‘Taylor Made Freestyle,’ ‘Family Matters,’ and ‘The Heart Part 6,’ followed by his recent collaboration on Sexxy Red’s single, ‘U My Everything.’

The beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar began when the latter took aim with his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That.’ In the following weeks, the two artists exchanged several diss tracks. While Drake’s ‘Family Matters’ alone notched over 75 million streams, Lamar also created waves with ‘Meet The Grahams’ and ‘Not Like Us.’

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