Kendrick Lamar has simply earned one other accolade together with his hit track “Alright” topping Spotify’s Biggest Hip-Hop Songs of the Streaming Period listing.
Spotify Names Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” the No. 1 Biggest Hip-Hop Tune of the Streaming Period
On Monday (Might 20), Spotify unveiled their 100-song listing of tracks that dominated the streaming period with Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 anthemic file “Alright” coming in at No. 1. The Pharrell and Sounwave-produced joint, which seems on To Pimp a Butterfly, has over 686 million streams on Spotify, 173 million views on YouTube and was a track that outlined the 2010s, in accordance with Billboard.
Kendrick Lamar’s lauded file, which boasted empowerment and reassurance throughout the Black neighborhood, additionally providing hope by means of constructive affirmations, earned 4 Grammy nominations and took dwelling two gramophones in 2016 for Greatest Rap Tune and Greatest Rap Efficiency. To Pimp a Butterfly additionally garnered the Grammy Academy’s consideration, receiving nods for Album of the Yr and Greatest Rap Album, taking the win for the latter.
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Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” Is No. 2 on Spotify’s Hip-Hop Streaming Period Record
Cardi B got here in proper behind Okay-Dot, at No. 2, along with her hit “Bodak Yellow.” Coming in at 890 million Spotify streams, Bardi’s profession skilled a meteoric rise following the discharge of her breakout track, which additionally served because the lead single on her Grammy Award-winning first album, Invasion of Privateness. “Bodak Yellow,” impressed by Kodak Black’s “No Flockin,” additionally topped the Billboard 100 chart, making Cardi the primary solo lady rapper to perform this feat since Lauryn Hill with “Doo Wop (That Factor)” in 1998.
Loads of songs which might be nonetheless gaining streams might be discovered on Spotify’s listing of the Biggest Songs of the Streaming Period. In actual fact, coming straight after Kendrick and Cardi are Drake’s “God’s Plan” (2018), Lil Uzi Vert’s (XO Tour Llif3″ (2017) and Future’s “March Insanity” (2015).
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Take a look at Spotify’s full listing beneath.