Since its April 29 release, tracks from Drake’s fourth full-length album Views [Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records] have been streamed over 1 billion times in the U.S. – and it was done in only 3 weeks’ time. This makes for the second time he’s generated 1 billion streams on an album.
The GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum artist holds the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 for five consecutive weeks, reigning supreme. He’s the “first male to lead both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Top 200 concurrently for more than three weeks in over a decade.”Continuing this historic streak of number ones, lead single One Dance[feat. Wizkid & Kyla] captures #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for four straight weeks, while it’s clutched #1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks.
This summer, Drake takes over arenas across the country alongside special guest Future on the Summer Sixteen Tour. The full itinerary can be found below.
The hip-hop titan reigns for a 12th total week, passing Justin Bieber's sum. Plus, Paul Simon soars in at No. 7.
Drake remains the top musical act in the United States, ranking at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated June 25) for a 12th total week. The sum marks the most among males, passing Justin Bieber's 11 total weeks at No. 1.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across Billboard's most influential charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, Top Album Sales, Top Album Sales and the Social 50. The Artist 100 blends data measuring album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Drake crowns the Artist 100 for a 12th total week, besting Bieber for the most weeks at No. 1 among males, dating to the chart's July 2014 inception, while, among all acts, only Taylor Swift has led longer (31 weeks).
Drake holds atop the Artist 100 with streaming marking the biggest share of his chart points (46 percent), followed by digital song sales (23 percent). As previously reported, Dance spends a fifth week at No, 1on the Hot 100, while parent album 'Views' logs a sixth week at the summit on the Billboard 200. Drake tops the Artist 100, Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously for a fifth total week (having first tripled up on the May 21 charts). Only Swift (seven weeks), Adele (six) and The Weeknd (two) have previously achieved the threefold feat.
Beyonce holds at No. 2, her highest rank, on the Artist 10, followed by Bieber (4-3), Rihanna (5-4) and Ariana Grande (8-5).
Just beyond the Artist 100's top five, Paul Simon rockets in at No. 7, powered by the arrival of his new album, Stranger to Stranger. The LP is the best-selling set in the U.S., opening atop Top Album Sales with 67,000 copies sold. It also launches at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums and American/Folk Albums and No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
Plus, late icon Prince roars 32-10 on the Artist 100, up by 218 percent in airplay after radio stations nationwide celebrated what would've been his 58th birthday June 7. Prince led the Artist 100 for two weeks (May 7 and 14) following his death April 21.