Drake becomes first artiste to hit 100 billion Spotify streams

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Award-winning Canadian rapper, Aubrey ‘Drake’ Graham, has surpassed 100 billion streams on Spotify across all credits.

The rapper was made “the first artist in history to earn a milestone 100 billion streams on Spotify,” according to a Tuesday night announcement from music tracking company Chart Data via X.

Compared to the next closest rapper, Eminem, he has more than twice as many streams.

Drake has had 100 billion Spotify plays overall. An average song receives 234 million plays, while an album receives an average of 5 billion plays.

His 2016 smash single “One Dance,” which features British pop sensation Kyla and Nigerian Afrobeats musician Wizkid, has received 3.2 billion plays on the platform, making it his most streamed song.

‘One Dance’ holds the Guinness World Record for the first song to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.

Drake Graham leads the pack with seven nominations at the annual BET Awards nominations.

The “BET Awards” 2024 will air live on Monday, 1 July 2024, at 2:00 am WAT/3:00am CAT on BET Africa DStv Channel 129 and GOtv Channel 21. The awards’ pre-show will air at 1:00am WAT/2:00am CAT, with a repeat of the awards ceremony at 18:00 WAT/19:00 CAT.

Drake holds the top spot with seven “BET Awards” 2024 nominations. Drake’s nominations include ‘Album of the Year’ for For All The Dogs (Scary Hours Edition), ‘Best Male R&B/Pop Artist,’ ‘Best Male Hip Hop Artist,’ ‘Best Collaboration’ with Sexyy Red and SZA “Rich Baby Daddy,” ‘Viewer’s Choice’ with Sexyy Red and SZA “Rich Baby Daddy,” and twice for ‘Video of the Year’ for “First Person Shooter” with J. Cole and “Rich Baby Daddy” with Sexyy Red and SZA.

Drake released ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ to diss Kendrick Lamar, and featured AI-generated versions of the late 2Pac, and Snoop Dogg’ voices.