
Drake has broken the Spotify record for the biggest opening day streams with a new album. Post Malone held the previous record with 78.7 million plays on his Beerbongs & Bentleys project, but Scorpion ended up having a huge total of 132 million streams on June 29th.
The 6 God‘s “Nonstop” song also had 9.3 million plays worldwide on the first day of Scorpion being released, which has broken another Spotify record for the biggest opening day streams with a new track. J. Cole previously held this record.
On the day of Scorpion being released, the music platform even tweeted that the album was being streamed more than 10 million times per hour, which means it looks like Drizzy will be on track to break Post Malone’s first-week streaming record of 431.3 million plays. Crazy!
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According to the RIAA, Nicki Minaj‘s “Chun-Li” single off her forthcoming Queen album has been certified Gold.
The Young Money Barbie has also released a teaser at how the J. Reid-produced song was made by releasing 3 parts from her upcoming The Making Of Queen documentary.
“Chun-Li has been certified GOLD. Thank you to everyone for your support. got on the mic & made this song up in 5 mins just having fun @ 4 in the morning. Then took about an hour to put words to the melody. Released it 2 days later. We captured it all on video. Thinking about putting that part of the documentary out early so you guys can get a real glimpse into my world. Love you so much & can’t wait to share this album with all of you who’ve waited so patiently & been so supportive.”
You can check out a sneak peek at how “Chun-Li” was created after the jump below. Congratulations to Nicki for going Gold!
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2 years after being certified triple Platinum, the Recording Industry Association Of America have confirmed Drake‘s Nothing Was The Same album has now gone quadruple Platinum.
According to the RIAA, Nothing Was The Same surpassed 4 million in sales and streams on April 2nd after it was first released on September 24th, 2013.
Congratulations to the 6 God on this amazing accomplishment!
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Drake‘s “God’s Plan” song, which can be found on his Scary Hours EP, has debuted No. 1 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart.
This track that was produced by Boi-1da, Yung Exclusive and Cardo is Drizzy‘s second ever No. 1 on “Hot 100” as a lead artist (“One Dance” was his first). It is also his fourth overall following Rihanna’s “Work” and “What’s My Name?” singles that both feature him.
Drizzy Drake‘s “God’s Plan” record was also streamed a huge amount of 14 million times in 24 hours on Apple Music, which of course broke the record for most plays in a single-day worldwide. It even broke the same record on Spotify. Congratulations to the 6 God on this amazing accomplishment!
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According to the RIAA, Chris Brown‘s “Love More” single featuring Nicki Minaj was officially certified Platinum on November 10th.
This means that the FRESHM3N III-produced track has been bought and streamed over 1 million times since it was first released back in 2013.
Congratulations to Breezy and the Young Money Barbie on this great accomplishment!
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According to the RIAA, Nicki Minaj‘s “Feeling Myself” collaboration with Beyonce was officially certified double Platinum on November 10th.
This means that the Hit-Boy-produced song has been purchased and streamed over 2 million times since it was first released on the Young Money Barbie‘s The Pinkprint album back in 2014.
Congratulations to Nicki and Queen B on this awesome accomplishment!
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According to the RIAA, Jason Derulo‘s “Swalla” single featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign was officially certified Platinum on August 14th after going Gold on June 30th.
This means that the Ricky Reed-produced song has been bought and streamed over 1 million times since it was first released earlier this year on February 24th.
Congratulations to Jason, Minaj and Dolla $ign on this awesome accomplishment!
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July 3, 2018 by Danny M
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