Drake could have misplaced the streaming battle amid his battle with Kendrick Lamar, however he has now tied with The Beatles on yet one more chart file, whereas additionally establishing a brand new file of his personal.
As identified by Chart Data on Thursday (Could 9), Drizzy has formally joined The Beatles as the one acts in historical past to chart on the Billboard 200 for no less than 3,000 cumulative weeks.
However being that they’re a gaggle, this now establishes Drake as the primary solo artist in historical past to chart for no less than 3,000 cumulative weeks on each the Scorching 100 and Billboard 200.
In the meantime, Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s high-profile feud is having two very completely different results on their streaming stats.
In response to Billboard, Kendrick has loved an enormous spike on streaming platforms in latest days, whereas the 6 God has seen his figures fall barely.
The Compton rapper’s diss songs “Euphoria,” “Meet the Grahams” and “Not Like Us” have all logged hundreds of thousands of streams, with the previous racking up a staggering 27.6 million on-demand streams within the U.S. alone between Could 3 and 6.
“Euphoria” debuted at No. 11 on this week’s Billboard Scorching 100 and will climb to No. 1 on subsequent week’s chart. “Not Like Us” can also be in competition for the highest spot having registered 21.1 million streams in its first three days of launch.
he tracks have additionally offered a lift for the varied songs sampled by Kendrick, with Teddy Pendegrass’ “You’re My Newest, My Best Inspiration” seeing a 76 p.c enhance in streams.
Al Inexperienced’s “What a Great Factor Love Is” additionally shot up 283 p.c after being flipped on “6:16 in LA” which has not but been launched on streaming platforms.
Past his diss data in opposition to Drake, Kendrick’s again catalog can also be having fun with a windfall, along with his general discography incomes 50.62 million streams from Could 3-6 — up 49 p.c from the identical Friday-to-Monday monitoring interval final week.
Drizzy’s discography, in the meantime, suffered a 4.9 p.c dip between these identical intervals, regardless of him releasing two diss tracks of his personal.