NEW YORK: Drake smashed a streaming record Sunday as the Apple-backed Canadian rapper’s latest album scored the biggest debut on the US charts this year.
The songs on “Views,” which came out on April 29, were streamed 245.1 million times in the United States in the week through Thursday, according to tracking service Nielsen Music. The figure far outpaces the previous record-holding album, “Purpose” by fellow Canadian star Justin Bieber, whose songs were streamed around 100 million times in the week after its release in November.
“Views” sold more than one million copies either in direct sales or the equivalent in streaming, making it the best-selling album in the United States in its first week since Adele’s massive “25” — which she kept off streaming services — in November, Nielsen Music said.
The songs on “Views,” which came out on April 29, were streamed 245.1 million times in the United States in the week through Thursday, according to tracking service Nielsen Music. The figure far outpaces the previous record-holding album, “Purpose” by fellow Canadian star Justin Bieber, whose songs were streamed around 100 million times in the week after its release in November.
“Views” sold more than one million copies either in direct sales or the equivalent in streaming, making it the best-selling album in the United States in its first week since Adele’s massive “25” — which she kept off streaming services — in November, Nielsen Music said.
