Hate it or love it, Drake owned 2016. His VIEWS album was not only certified platinum — four times — it was also the year’s highest-selling LP in the United States, according to Billboard.
Drizzy’s fifth studio album pushed 4.14 million equivalent album units, including streams and single sales. The project sold 1.61 million in strict album sales.
The Toronto superstar had the largest Billboard 200 debut of 2016 with VIEWS selling 1 million units in its first week. The project spent 13 weeks at the top spot and is currently at #8 after 35 weeks on the list.
The publication reports that VIEWS had 3.04 billion streams for the year. The project reportedly reached the 3 billion streams mark on Spotify alone in November and it was the first album ever to reach 1 billion streams on Apple Music in September. 3+1=4 … but ok…
Drake also had the highest-selling single in the United Kingdom with “One Dance” selling 1.95 million units overseas, Billboard shares. The song was also Drizzy’s first single ever to reach the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the U.S. It was Spotify’s first-ever track to hit 1 billion streams as well.
Drake celebrated New Year’s by reflecting on his monster 2016 and promising another run in 2017, including the release of his More Life project.
Let the hate begin in 3,2,1… #DrakeIsLoveDrakeIsLife
No hate here, just truth. Drake is wack as fuck. Just because you selling your garbage music doesn’t mean your dope. Remember MC Hammer?? and Vanilla Ice?? Same shit!! Drake will be remembered as one of the corniest to ever do it. In the future, you ain’t even gonna be listening to Drake because you gonna be too embarrassed. Let the cheerleading begin in 3,2,1… #DrakeWackAndCornyAsFuck
I like what you said about people being embarrassed to listen to drake in the future lmao I fucking hope so but that won’t happen until the fucks who listen to him and get older and realize how much of fuck ups they really are
As of the type of music one enjoys determines their future success. I enjoy Drake making racks and just enjoyed my first year in a 5 bedroom house I built. I will keep listening to Drake and keep winning.
As if the type of music one enjoys determines their future success. I enjoy Drake making racks and just enjoyed my first year in a 5 bedroom house I built. I will keep listening to Drake and keep winning.
More like a 5 dude house, homo. That turtleneck isnon nice and snug to keep your throats warm for all of those dick sucking battles. LOL. Drake is a closet homosexual. His fans are like minded. Talking about your imaginary home. Fuck boy…
The 100% God honest truth is that I got a bad wife and 3 kids. So yeah, it’s 5 people that live here. My life is 100% real. You’re sad truth is that it makes you feel better to think its not. Drake makes good music as a rapper, pop star….whatever you want to call him. He’s successful and so am I. In real life.
Maybe he can pay Mo-G and all the Houston rappers that he “was inspired by” lmdao
lol meanwhile his mans in London can keep living in council estates. What s culture vulture
These comments are funny but sort of true. I hear that OVO asks creative people for ideas then just steals them when they decide to make a video or album cover , or need a new flow. Good luck w that karma
Quite the accolades for an R&B album. Wonder what the top selling rap album was.
Can’t believe people actually spent money on that wack ass Drake shit.
Nobody actually bought drakes album, hhdx has managed to get another headline wrong… streams count towards certication now so when everyone says drakes views sold really well it actually didn’t… it’s just that every fuck boy that listens to hotline bling 20 times a day counts as an album sale… drake was literally created to top the charts and the bent the rules so he would… he’s not actually a revolitionary artist in any way
It’s not really the highest “selling” album, more like the highest “streamed” album. Looks like maybe 30% of its total “sales” were actually bought.
I hope the 70+ writers were paid well for putting this pop bullshit together…
It is clearly stated that he SOLD 1.6 million(streams not included) 4 million(streams included). 1.6 mil is increadible in 2016. The boy outsold Beyonce and Rihanna. Stop hatin! He makin money with weak albums. Your favrite rapper barely sells 50 000 with a solid album. The kids love this mixed race bxstxrd. Learn to live with it.
IIts not bad for astart?
Darke isnot wack he usis one of the besrbest rappers out there and who ever quote that Drake is bad needs help?
I just double checked and its confirmed………….its still wack as fuck
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Like I said before….. let’s make 2017 the year of the underground rapper! Fuck all this mainstream top 40 charts garbage .