Drake Sets New Streaming Record Amid Lawsuit against Spotify

Drake shocked the world today by announcing his intention to sue Spotify and Universal Music Group for promoting Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss "Not Like Us" through bots, payola, and other illegal means.

What is particularly surprising about this is that UMG is also Drake's label, and streaming services like Spotify have been very good to the Canadian wonder over the years.

Case in point, Drake just had his ninth song from 2018 pass a billion streams -- the most any artist has put up past a billion in any year.

Drake now has NINE songs from 2018 that have surpassed 1 BILLION streams — the most any artist has ever released in a calendar year 🔥🤯

▫️Gods Plan
▫️SICKO MODE
▫️In My Feelings
▫️MIA
▫️Nice For What
▫️Going Bad
▫️Yes Indeed
▫️Nonstop
▫️Look Alive https://t.co/WM2squ2Rhr pic.twitter.com/uIxGa9M0Xm

— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) November 25, 2024

Drake has 21 billion plus songs overall, the most for any rapper.