Drake Becomes First Artist To Reach This Unbelievable Spotify Milestone

Drake is easily one of the biggest artists of all time. Whenever he drops a new project, you can be sure that he will sell over 500K units in the first week. Moreover, he typically always goes number one, unless he is going up against Taylor Swift. Overall, his streaming numbers are also massive. He is constantly breaking new records on platforms like Tidal, Spotify, and of course, Apple Music. With each passing day, it feels like Drizzy is breaking some sort of record, and that is not slowing down, at all.

For instance, according to HipHopDX, Drake just hit a milestone that has never been achieved in the history of Spotify. This week, Drizzy hit a total of 95 billion streams. Overall, these are unfathomable numbers. Very few artists have hit 1 billion streams as a whole. However, Drake has managed to do that 95 times over. This is thanks to numerous multi-billion-stream songs and some of the biggest albums in hip-hop. At this point, no one can stop Drizzy’s monumental trajectory.

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Drake Leads The Pack

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US rapper Drake poses in the press room during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bridget BENNETT / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

One can only imagine what kind of numbers he will hit in the future. He is going to continue dropping albums, and we imagine those will also break records. Even if Drake isn’t your cup of tea, you have to appreciate the greatness we are witnessing. Only time will tell what he can achieve as he approaches his 40s.

Let us know what you think of this new milestone from Drake. When do you think he will hit 100 billion streams? Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will continue to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists and their upcoming projects. 2024 is shaping up to be an incredible year.

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Beyoncé Hits Another New Milestone

Beyoncé continues to reign supreme in the music industry, effortlessly adding more feathers to her already illustrious cap. Her latest triumph comes with “Texas Hold ‘Em” soaring to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart merely two weeks post-release. Moreover, the Queen Bey’s domination doesn’t stop there, as she recently celebrated two more remarkable career milestones. Chart Data, the authority on all things chart-related, disclosed that as of Friday (March 1), Beyoncé has etched her name in history by clinching the record for the most unique chart airplay appearances among female artists. This milestone catapults her above the previous record holder, the iconic Mariah Carey.

This feat underscores Beyoncé’s unparalleled versatility and widespread appeal, with her songs gracing a staggering 18 different airplay charts. While some may expect her to dominate charts like Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Airplay, and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, her influence extends even further, reaching unexpected territories like Country Airplay, Latin Airplay, and even Smooth Jazz Airplay.

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Beyonce Breaks New Record

Moreover, Beyoncé shows no signs of slowing down on the streaming front either. Chart Data confirms that “Texas Hold ‘Em” has officially crossed the monumental threshold of 100 million streams on Spotify. What’s even more impressive is that this achievement makes it Beyoncé’s fastest song to hit this milestone, further solidifying her status as an unstoppable force in the music world. Even Dolly Parton had to give her congratulations!

With each milestone she conquers, Beyoncé continues to redefine the boundaries of success and influence in the music industry. Her unparalleled talent, unwavering work ethic, and ability to connect with audiences across genres cement her as not just a musical icon, but a cultural phenomenon. As she continues to push boundaries and break records, one thing remains certain: Beyoncé’s reign knows no bounds. Are you looking forward to more country music from the Queen Bey?

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J. Cole’s “No Role Modelz” Hits Massive Spotify Accomplishment

J. Cole hasn’t dropped that much new solo material as of late, although his feature run has been absolutely legendary. Still, that doesn’t mean that his beloved work fell off people’s rotation at all; if anything, you could say it’s stronger than ever. Moreover, arguably the rapper’s biggest hit, “No Role Modelz,” just accomplished something stunning and garnered over two billion streams on Spotify recently. Few rap hits can claim this title, and fewer still are such balanced offerings of style, substance, and singularity. The Dreamville boss should feel very proud of this, even if he’s always found inspiration in artistic growth rather than commercial metrics.

Furthermore, if you want proof of J. Cole’s skills, look no further than another titan of the game: Nicki Minaj. Her praise for his contribution to Pink Friday 2 was quite wholesome and indicative of his status. “This man J. Cole had a 2 hour talk with me,” she wrote. “2. Two!!!! Didn’t realize I was sitting on a therapist couch but ummm 2 days later I heard this verse & couldn’t stop crying. The end. In a world where we know EXACTLY how & WHEN to tear each other apart, there are still Kings & Queens who know how to put ppl back together. Patch them up. Heal them. Empower them. Understand them. Listen to them. Make them do the most beautiful thing a human being can do. Smile.”

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J. Cole’s “No Role Modelz” Enters The Two-Billion Streams Club

In other news, the North Carolina MC also recently received 23 new certifications from the RIAA, so this milestone is contributing to a wild streak of success in many different lanes in 2023. What’s more is that these new plaques ranged across his entire discography. That’s proof that J. Cole is still atop the game, whether it’s about the weight of his catalog or his current success. We can’t wait to see what he’ll do next, even if it might be his last full-length project for some time.

Meanwhile, do you think that “No Role Modelz” is one of Cole’s best-ever songs? Are you going to see him and Drake on tour later in 2024? However you may feel, let us know in the comments section down below. Also, stay posted on HNHH for the latest news and more updates on J. Cole.

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Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday 2” Already Highest-Selling Female Rap Album Of 2023

Nicki Minaj is just ahead of the release of her eagerly-awaited new album, Pink Friday 2. The project serves as a sequel to her iconic 2010 debut, Pink Friday. Nicki gave the Barbz a taste of what’s to come with her single “Last Time I Saw You” at the end of August, and they were not disappointed. The melancholy track calls back to Nicki’s bubblegum roots, and only built more anticipation for the project. Pink Friday 2 is slated for release on November 17, 2023.

Yesterday, the hitmaker dropped off the second, vinyl-exclusive album cover for the project, and fans are loving it. The artwork features Nicki surrounded by billowing pink satin fabric, and has a dramatic edge on the surreal original. She also dropped a pre-order link for the album on the two different versions of vinyl, and fans certainly came through. Reportedly, Pink Friday 2 is already the highest-selling album from a female rapper this year, and it hasn’t even dropped yet. It’s pretty safe to say that this one will be major.

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Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 Drops November 17

The impressive feat doesn’t come as too much of a shock, however, as Nicki’s known to have a fiercely-dedicated fanbase. She’s also gone in on promotion since announcing the album. She even recently shared plans to make every Friday Pink Friday ahead of the release. The mother of one will be providing fans who’ve pre-saved the album with special surprises each Friday leading up to the exciting arrival.

“I’m so grateful to have you guys still here holding me down,” she told the Barbz last week. “This album is the gift for your continued love & patience. You’re going to see why this one is better than all of them combined. #PinkFriday2.” What do you think of Pink Friday 2 already becoming the highest-selling female rap album of the year? Are you looking forward to the release? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates on Nicki Minaj.

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Nicki Minaj Reaches Historic Spotify Milestone

Nicki Minaj has become the first female rapper in history to have 75 songs surpass 100 million streams on Spotify. According to Hip Hop All Day, the next highest artist is Doja Cat with 39 overall. The feat comes after her Beam Me Up Scotty song, “Seeing Green,” featuring Drake and Lil Wayne cracked 100 million streams. Its success was fueled by a reissue of the 2009 mixtape by Minaj in 2021.

Minaj recently discussed the success of Beam Me Up Scotty on streaming services during a rant on Twitter, back in July. “Let’s not forget beam me up scotty doing 80K first week. A mixtape with 12 year old songs that were free to listen to on YouTube so glad Drizzy gave me that pep talk when he sent me #SeeingGreen so glad Weezy sent me a voice note rapping when I needed it.”

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Nicki Minaj With Drake & Lil Wayne

LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 21: (L-R) Recording artists Lil Wayne. Nicki Minaj, and Drake attend the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas. Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/BBMA2017/Getty Images for dcp)

The continued dominance of Nicki Minaj comes ahead of the release of her next album, Pink Friday 2, which will be dropping later this year. She released a new single from the effort, “Last Time That I Saw You,” last Friday. While discussing the track with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, she explained that she didn’t plan on releasing it as a single initially.

“This time when I heard the beat, the first thing I did was I wrote the hook. And when I wrote the hook, to me, it felt it was… The vibe of it was really talking about a loss, a real loss you know. But to not make the song feel only directed at one kind of loss. When I wrote the singing verse, I tried to expand it and think even about relationships,” she explained. “And then by the time I got to the rap, it was like I had included all relationships that I had lost before, because I mentioned even best friends and stuff like that. I just wanted the next song that I put out, Zane, to represent my growth, but not just as an artist, but as a human being. I’ve experienced so many things that I hadn’t experienced five years ago, and that’s just the truth.” Be on the lookout for the rest of Pink Friday 2 on November 17, 2023.

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Travis Scott’s “UTOPIA” Now Has Over 1 Billion Streams On Spotify Alone

Is anyone really surprised that Travis Scott’s long-awaited UTOPIA is among the most successful albums of the year so far? The project keeps amassing a lot of commercial milestones, the most recent one being that it surpassed a billion streams on Spotify alone. Moreover, this isn’t taking into account the avalanche of other platforms’ streams, physical sales, and bundles that propelled it into platinum-eligible status. Even vinyl sales records for hip-hop albums shattered with the Houston MC’s latest full-length. As such, it’s poised to be not just one of the most money-making moments of the year, but one of the most culturally impactful, in the sense that its hype and conversation has been incessant.

If you’re curious, the most streamed song from UTOPIA on Spotify (excluding the single “K-POP,” which has 123 million as of writing this article) is a no-brainer. Travis Scott and Drake’s reunion on “MELTDOWN” has over 101 million streams, and next up is the Playboi Carti collab “FE!N.” Other often-streamed tracks off it are “I KNOW ?,” “TELEKINESIS,” and “MY EYES.” The least streamed is, unsurprisingly, the interlude-like “PARASAIL” with 24 million streams, followed by the Westside Gunn and James Blake-assisted “LOST FOREVER” with 28 million (which is absolutely criminal).

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Travis Scott Keeps Amassing Wild Numbers For UTOPIA

With these numbers in mind, it’s no surprise that UTOPIA will likely go number one on the Billboard charts for a fourth consecutive week. However, there are still some standards to live up to when it comes to Travis Scott’s commercial success. For example, each of his past three studio albums amassed over 2 billion streams on the platform. It probably won’t be long until this new project reaches that mark as well, but only time will tell how the album continues to age.

As much money as it’s netting La Flame, UTOPIA has undoubtedly been his most divisive release so far. Amid fans’ own criticisms of the project, there’s his Astroworld controversy to account for, which many fans thought he didn’t do a compelling job of taking responsibility for on the album. Regardless, maybe a couple of more years will change this perception for better or worse. Stay posted on HNHH for the latest news and updates on Travis Scott.

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Cardi B Has The Most Streamed Album By Female Rapper On Spotify

Earlier today, Spotify released a list of the 50 most streamed rap albums in the platforms history. Artists like Drake, Eminem, Kanye West, Juice Wrld, and Kendrick Lamar found their projects all over the list. XXXTENTACION places two albums in the top 10 including his 2018 album ? at the number one spot. The oldest album on the list was 2Pac’s 1996 album All Eyez On Me. While the newest album on the list was Lil Baby’s My Turn which is nearly a year and a half old. Of the top 50 albums, only two are made by women.

Nicki Minaj’s classic The Pinkprint turns up at the number #39 spot, just one ahead of her collaborator 6ix9ine’s DUMMY BOY. But the most streamed female rap album in Spotify history goes to Cardi B. Her album Invasion Of Privacy shows up at number 16 nestled in between records from Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar. It’s not surprising the album is so high given the fact that it contains two of the biggest rap hits of the past 5 years “Boday Yellow” and “I Like It.” The latter features J Balvin and Bad Bunny and has racked up over 1.5 billion streams.

Cardi B Smashes Her Competition

What makes Cardi’s success even more impressive is that Invasion Of Privacy is still her only album to date. She’s been teasing a sophomore release repeatedly all year including even making a burner Instagram account to mess with fans. While no new information ever materialized Cardi B hasn’t kept fans completely starved in 2023. She joined Latto for a remix of her song “Put It On Da Floor” that immediately became a hit. Latto seemed to thank Cardi by gifting her a gorgeous Chanel bag that she showed off on Twitter last week.

Latto’s present wasn’t the only thing that Cardi B showed off on Twitter recently. Last week she introduced fans to a gorgeous custom pink and bronze piano she had made for her house. What do you think about Cardi B having the most streamed female rap album of all time on Spotify? Let us know in the comment section below.

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50 Cent Receives 1 Billion Stream Plaque From Spotify

One of the biggest ways to prove a song is popular these days is by checking its streaming numbers. Some of the biggest hits of the past few years have racked up billions and billions of streams. Post Malone’s “Rockstar” and “Sunflower” have both generated more than 2.7 Billion streams. The Weeknd’s mega-hit “Blinding Lights” leads the way with over 3.6 billion streams. What’s even more impressive is when songs that predate streaming altogether manage to hit streaming milestones. Artists like Queen, Eminem, Coldplay, Nirvana and The Killers have all found success on the platform. Each artist has at least one song with a billion streams that came out before Spotify was founded.

Recently, 50 Cent joined that group with a milestone of his own. His 2003 smash-hit “In Da Club” recently became the newest song to join the billion streams club. The song now has over 400 million more streams that his second biggest hit on the platform, “Candy Shop.” The track joins The White Stripes hit song “Seven Nation Army” among tracks from 2003 to hit 1 billion streams. To celebrate, Spotify sent 50 Cent a plaque sporting a silver plated version of their logo to celebrate.

50 Cent Hits 1 Billion Streams

Recently 50 Cent was hailed as a good luck charm for an appearance at an NHL game. The rapper sounded the siren to kick off Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals a few weeks ago in Las Vegas. The game ultimately became the clinching win for the Las Vegas Golden Knights to take home the Stanley Cup.

50 Cent also started some controversy earlier this month when he spoke out against the WGA strike. In his assessment, the strike would make things worse for writers rather than better. His comments were widely condemned by many pro-union artists. The scenario got even worse when one of his producers threatened to hit striking writers with his SUV. What do you think of 50 Cent’s song “In Da Club” hitting 1 billion streams? Let us know in the comment section below.

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DaBaby Celebrates Streaming Milestone

According to Hip Hop All Day, DaBaby is now the only male rapper to have three songs, released in this decade, reach one billion streams each on Spotify. He shared the post on his Instagram page earlier today to celebrate. He also included a clip of several children dancing from his recent “SHAKE SUMN” music video. Some commenters on the original post are calling the news into question. Many believed that other artists, like Post Malone, Quavo, and more, should have been considered as candidates.

“Welcome DaBaby,” Hip Hop All Day wrote, adding, “His 2020 run will go down in the history books.” When one social media user asked about Post Malone, the account responded. “He’s never been a rapper but he has 10,” they wrote. The songs that reached one billion streams on Spotify are Pop Smoke’s “For The Night” featuring DaBaby and Lil Baby, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” featuring DaBaby, and DaBaby’s “ROCKSTAR” featuring Roddy Rich.

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DaBaby Shares The News On Instagram

Last week, reporter Meghann Cuniff shared a memo from prosecutors pertaining to the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case. According to the memo, it was alleged that Tory Lanez and DaBaby had planned to ambush Megan Thee Stallion’s 2021 Rolling Loud show. The memo also states that the two artists were within close proximity to Megan Thee Stallion despite a protective order. “During the victim’s performance, the defendant went through security clearance and entered the green room,” it says.

The memo continues, “These areas were within 100 yards of the stage where the victim was performing, in violation of the protective order. It was also brought to the victim’s attention that the defendant and DaBaby attempted to rush the stage… In no way was the victim previously aware of nor did she consent to the defendant’s presence at the venue when she would be performing.” Tory Lanez and DaBaby were allegedly unsuccessful in their attempt to rush the stage.

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Drake Sets A Historic Record In Spotify History Following “Search & Rescue” Success

There’s hardly a Billboard record that Drake hasn’t broke yet but the same can be said for his success on streaming platforms, such as Spotify. There’s no doubt that Drake is one of the most streamed artists in the world and the rapper continues to set new records with each release. Most recently, Drake reached a huge milestone on Spotify as the most streamed rapper in the world. Thanks to the success of “Search And Rescue,” which recently reached 100M streams on Spotify, Drake surpassed 80 billion plays across his whole discography on Spotify, per ChartData.

Drake’s pull on Spotify hasn’t gone unnoticed over the years. In 2021, Spotify declared Drake as the most-streamed artist in the U.S. with 8.6 billion on-demand streams. In addition, one out of 131 streams that year also belonged to his songs. Needless to say, Drake continues to reign supreme on Spotify and it seems like he could possibly continue his dominance in the near future. He recently debuted the long-awaited “At The Gates” ft. Lil Uzi Vert on Sound42 while fans have speculated that the release of Scary Hours 3 is near.

Drake’s History With Spotify

In a matter of months, Drake raked in another 5 billion streams on Spotify. Back in January, the rapper reached a milestone of 75 billion streams. However, Drake used the opportunity to urge streaming services to compensate artists for their success. “We should get bonuses like athletes to motivate the future artists to be consistent and competitive,” Drake wrote. “Feel free to send me a Lebron sized cheque. I have enough dinner plates.” Spotify has yet to respond but it’s certainly something that’s worth considering.

Besides his Spotify milestone, Drake is gearing up to embark on his first tour in nearly five years. The rapper and 21 Savage will hit the road for the It’s All A Blur tour across North America. The tour kicks off on June 29th at Memphis’ FedExForum before closing out at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on October 7th. Hopefully, we’ll get some more music from Drake before then. Check out Chartdata’s tweet above and sound off with your thoughts in the comments.