Drake's "Scorpion" Is The First Album To Hit A Billion Streams In A Week: Report

BYAron A.Updated on September 26, 202212.3K Views

Rapper Drake poses in the press room with his awards for Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album for 'Views,' Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Streaming Artist, Top Streaming Song (Audio) for 'One Dance,' Top R&B Song for 'One Dance,' Top R&B Collaboration for 'One Dance,' Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Album for 'Views,' and Top Rap Tour during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Drake's "Scorpion" makes history.

This whole week has been about Drake since he released his fifth studio album, Scorpion. Despite being met with luke warm reviews, the rapper's latest project addressed a whole lot of questions that the public was seeking answers for including his son. Scorpion went on to break the first week streaming record within a few days of its release. However, it looks like the momentum kept up and now, Drake is the first artist to hit a billion streams in week.

According to Billboard, Drake has made history once again after Scorpion reached a billion global streams within its first week. This makes Drizzy the first artist to ever reach that accomplishment. Prior to Drake's new album, Post Malone held the record for most streams in a week with a little under 700M for beerbongs & bentleys. Drake beat that record within the first three days. Off of streams alone, his latest album could've placed him at the top of the Billboard album charts.

Drake's latest project is also the first album to be released under Billboard's new formula for calculating the weight of on-demand streams. Streams through paid subscriptions such as TIDAL, Spotify and Apple Music hold more weight than free streams.

For anyone who's looking to get a physical copy of Drake's latest project, it will be available for purchase on July 13th.

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Aron A.

Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.

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