OVO Sound boss Drake’s career is far from over. The hip-hop star’s new Scorpion album is doing ridiculous streaming numbers less than a day after coming out.
According to reports, the project has already earned Drake record-breaking status on digital services Apple Music and Spotify.
Drake's "Nonstop" has broken the US Spotify record for biggest single day (5.75m streams on 6/29).
— chart data (@chartdata) June 30, 2018
Drake's 'Scorpion' garnered 170m global streams on Apple Music in its first 24 hours, the most streams in a day on any single service.
— chart data (@chartdata) June 30, 2018
Drake's 'Scorpion' has broken the US Spotify record for biggest opening day (80.5m album streams on 6/29).
— chart data (@chartdata) June 30, 2018
Drake's "Nonstop" has broken the global Spotify record for biggest opening day (9.3m streams on 6/29).
— chart data (@chartdata) June 30, 2018
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On the new album, Drake hints at his contractual obligation with Cash Money possibly ending.
Birdman was quoted in 2015 telling Angie Martinez that Drake and Nicki Minaj would remain with Cash Money even if Lil Wayne parted ways with the label, but at this point it seems like the Toronto rapper has found a way out. While the exact details aren’t known, the last song on the A-side of Scorpion (“Is There More”) is perfectly clear with the lyrics “Soon as this album drop I’m out of the deal”. (SOHH)
This week, Drake’s dad Dennis Graham hyped up the Scorpion performance numbers.
The new album almost immediately racked up a grip of hip-hop co-signs.