Drake hits 130B streams
Drake became the first artist in history to surpass 130 billion Spotify streams, with five of his albums topping seven billion plays apiece — and a leaked track referencing Serena and Venus Williams plus ScHoolboy Q also surfaced online this week, stirring fresh buzz. The streaming milestone cements his dominance on the platform. (hypebeast.com)
Five Drake albums have each cleared more than seven billion Spotify streams: Views (~12.04 billion), Scorpion (~11.75 billion), More Life (~8.72 billion), Take Care (Deluxe) (~7.04 billion), and Certified Lover Boy (~7.02 billion). (kworb.net) Those album totals put Drake at the top of Spotify’s all‑time artist leaderboard, with Taylor Swift listed around 122.5 billion total streams and Bad Bunny around 119.1 billion. (spotifystats.com) Streaming momentum accelerated this year: industry trackers reported Drake added roughly 4 billion Spotify streams in the first 77 days of 2026 after a reported 17.6 billion streams across 2025. (1031thewolf.com) An 11‑second snippet of an unreleased Drake song surfaced on March 11 and circulated on X, explicitly name‑dropping Serena Williams, Venus Williams and ScHoolboy Q in the leaked lines. (xxlmag.com) Media commentators and creators such as DJ Akademiks flagged the clip as possibly old or leaked via hacking and linked the bars to the ongoing Kendrick Lamar–related back-and-forth, while many fans assumed the snippet was associated with Drake’s teased project Iceman. (musictimes.com)
