Drake’s new album VIEWS continues to set streaming records. When Beyoncé’s latest album, Lemonade, generated 115.2 million streams in the week ending April 28, that became the biggest one-week streaming total for any album (surpassing the first week of Justin Bieber's Purpose last November). VIEWS has now spurred more streams in each of its first three weeks of release, as The New York Times reports, citing data from Nielsen. In its first week, VIEWS garnered 245 million streams, setting a new record. In its second week, that dipped to 141 million. And in its third week, as the album ceased to be an Apple Music exclusive, it gained another 186 million streams, en route to a third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. In those three weeks—the three biggest U.S. streaming weeks ever—VIEWS has racked up a total of 572 million U.S. streams.
Meanwhile, VIEWS single “One Dance,” which recently became Drake’s first solo No. 1 song on the Hot 100 before being dethroned to No. 2 by Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” has reclaimed the top spot, Billboard reports. Drake also recently passed Bieber to become Spotify's most-streamed artist.
Elsewhere in the charts last week, Chance the Rapper’s mixtape Coloring Book received 57 million streams, good for No. 8 on the Billboard 200. Coloring Book is currently available only on Apple Music, and it can only be streamed, not bought.
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