Drake becomes first artist to crack 50 billion Spotify streams

hollywood.com:

Drake has made music history by becoming the first artist to break the 50 billion streams barrier on Spotify.Unconfirmed reports about the rapper’s latest career milestone emerged over the weekend (January 16-17, 2021), when Drake himself shared a social media post about the achievement on his Instagram Story timeline and simply added an upside down smiley face, but now Spotify bosses have made the news official, confirming the feat to Variety.The new honor shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to fans – Drake has repeatedly dominated end-of-year streaming lists with the popularity of chart smashes like One Dance, Hotline Bling, and In My Feelings, while 2018 single God’s Plan boasts more than 1.67 billion hits alone on Spotify.He also ended.