Canadian rapper Aubrey "Drake" Graham has achieved a remarkable milestone, surpassing 100 billion streams on Spotify across all credits, making him the first artist in history to reach this feat, as announced by music monitoring company Chart Data on Tuesday.
Drake's achievement is unparalleled, with more than double the streams of the next closest rapper, Eminem. The breakdown of his 100 billion Spotify streams reveals an impressive average of 234 million streams per song and an average of 5 billion streams per album.
His most streamed song on the platform is the 2016 hit "One Dance," featuring Nigerian Afrobeats singer Wizkid and British pop star Kyla, which has amassed an astounding 3.2 billion streams. "One Dance" holds the Guinness World Record as the first song to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.
In addition to his streaming success, Drake leads the pack with seven nominations at the annual BET Awards. The "BET Awards" 2024 will be broadcast live on Monday, July 1, 2024, at 2:00 am WAT/3:00 am CAT on BET Africa DStv Channel 129 and GOtv Channel 21, with a pre-show airing at 1:00 am WAT/2:00 am CAT and a repeat of the awards ceremony at 18:00 WAT/19:00 CAT.
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' for "Rich Baby Daddy" with Sexyy Red and SZA, 'Viewer's Choice' for "Rich Baby Daddy" with Sexyy Red and SZA, and twice for 'Video of the Year' for "First Person Shooter" with J. Cole and "Rich Baby Daddy" with Sexyy Red and SZA.
In recent news, Drake released "Taylor Made Freestyle," where he dissed Kendrick Lamar and featured AI-generated versions of the late 2Pac and Snoop Dogg's voices.
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