Drake and NBA YoungBoy have long held a stranglehold on streaming platforms, routinely registering among the most streamed artists for a year. According to Chart Data, the two men are once again neck and neck when it comes to mass consumption of their music.
So far in 2022, Drake and YoungBoy hold the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in regard to the most-streamed acts in music. Drizzy currently outpaces YoungBoy by a 200 million stream margin with three billion streams compared to 2.8 billion. At No. 4, the late Juice WRLD holds steady with 2.2 billion streams so far in the young year, followed by several Hip Hop and R&B heavyweights, including The Weeknd at two billion, Kanye West at 1.9 billion, Lil Durk at 1.7 billion, Eminem at 1.5 billion and Future at 1.5 billion.
Since 2017, Hip Hop has reigned as the most popular genre on streaming platforms, and Drake and YoungBoy have only added to their dominance. When Chart Data calculated total streams for artists through the first two months of the year, Drizzy had already pulled in a staggering 1.4 billion streams. YoungBoy was close behind with 1.3 billion streams through the 10-week period, but other dominant acts such as Kodak Black and Rod Wave haven’t continued with the same level of fan consumption.
NBA YoungBoy Receives Plaque For Having 100 Gold & Platinum Singles
YoungBoy’s success differs largely from Drake in terms of streams as the Baton Rouge rapper isn’t as consistent a presence on radio. Still, his success has yielded over six billion streams alone for his Sincerely Kentrell album and recently, he was gifted a plaque for having over 100 singles achieve gold or platinum status.
In February, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) revealed YoungBoy had 71 certifications, far surpassing both J. Cole and Future’s totals. The figure quickly jumped in the months following the RIAA’s initial statement and YoungBoy flashed the result of his hard work on Instagram, despite being at odds with his label home, Atlantic Records.
Look at that top 10. Just take a good look at it. Music has turned into a joke. Bunch of bad rappers and Morgan whoever that is and Taylor Swift…. Seriously? Cornball Drake from the mean streets of Canada at number 1. It’s like the torch was passed to a generation of no talent retards. So glad I grew up when I did. Better music, movies, and entertainment overall. Hopefully rap dies soon so I don’t have to hear African Americans talking like they’re half retarded anymore. Movies are all bad rehashes of existing movies. Nothing original… all bad copies.
I couldn’t possibly agree with you more. All these new artists are talentless at best and this is what the new generation worships. Every review of drake’s new album said it was mediocre at best but this is the people’s champ. NBA hasn’t had a single song I could make it past 40 seconds of and he’s competition with drake’s dipshit ass. Taylor swift is the most generic fucking thing in both pop and country and yet she’s worshipped like a goddess. Music is dying or if not already dead. These are sad times we live in and even worse, they’re not ending any time soon.
Lmao, people have been saying the same shit since the 90s. Its not dying, there is great non mainstream music. Be original and expand your search for original stuff. Mainly meant for “Truth”
Name some artist then. Put your money where your mouth is
He can’t cuz he’s just like the rappers he’s listening to and got diarrhea of the mouth and can’t say anything.
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Lol who’s gonna confess about NBA’s fake numbers. Nobody listens to him outside of US, buying all his streams
Are yoi sure? I listen to him, my friends listen to him and a whole lotta people in my school too, a lotta people in the continent listen to him, you just mad, hater, plus YB doesn’t care, cause he releases a lot of songs in a year, he will get all then streams, go find ya daddy man
Also, YB is st odds with his label and is being black balled, but watch him get 200 plaques real soon
Wait til Game drops DrillMatic…. sorry I couldn’t say that with a straight face. These are all paid spins/streams from larger labels to make sure their artists look good.
NBA YoungBoy sucks ass as a rapper tho. He makes Tony Yayo sound like Rakim in comparison. I feel 100X dumber and agitated after listening to 1 minute of any of his songs. And by the end of the song regardless of what it is I get so angry cuz I still don’t know WTF he’s saying in by the end of the song so I immediately feel the urge to want to punch somebody. Wait, I get it..his music is good for starting fights and pissing people off.
Clearly you don’t know wtf you are talking about. You can’t listen to what he is saying? Are you dumb or stupid? He is not a great rapper but he is far from wack. His music is introspective, that is why people gravitate towards me.
nope not even close, but good on you for meeting your quota for this month. thats 200m streams, its not close… CLOWN.
And then again “Nobody Listens To Eminem” ? anyway black people are racist I’m just glad they are just 10% in the United States ?? and they don’t run hop hop, fuck Jay-Z
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So music is officially dead? These are the top two most listened to artists? Gayke and youngboy? That’s why I mostly listen to older music.