achievement Drake’s Certified Lover Boy surpasses 2 billion streams on Spotify

[nooniebao]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

15 minutes ago, Paranoid Android said:

This album has done really well given everything, but is commercially disappointing anyway.  Which seems to be the going rate for all the 10s superstars. I am really curious to see if the mythical R9 will hold beyond the first week.

It’s definitely a commercial disappointment (and it’s not even up for debate) however, if I’m to play devils advocate…

 

This album didn’t have a “God’s Plan/Nice For What” prior to album release or even a “One Dance”.

 

I personally think the poor critical reviews as well as the overall mixed reception towards the album from the GP, primarily on the social media front, has contributed to the albums moderate-low longevity following the massive first-week hype. The album was also a huge artistic regression. Maybe the era would’ve done better if he released it following “Laugh Now, Cry Later” or even the “Scary Hours EP” singles.

 

15 minutes ago, Paranoid Android said:

I am really curious to see if the mythical R9 will hold beyond the first week.

Me too, because the first week will be huge regardless and her streaming overall will be great.

 

Longevity depends on whether or not there’s a lead single prior to album release, if a second single does well and is a hit upon release and how well she promotes it. In the streaming era, deluxe editions, re-releases and remixes are also what help with longevity. In Rihanna’s case, several of the aforementioned points she’s never catered too so we’ll just have to see. It’ll either smash consistently or smash then quickly drag/fall like “30”. 

Edited February 8, 2022 by GoodGuyGoneGhetto

[Devin]

Not too bad for a “flop album” they say. 

[R.E.M.]

My most streamed album of 2021 did THAT

[onewillowsilk]

1 hour ago, Devin said:

Not too bad for a “flop album” they say. 

He's also the artist with the most albums to reach 2B streams on Spotify (7) and Dark Lane Demo Tapes will be extending that lead soon (it's currently at 1.9B streams). 

[onewillowsilk]

2 hours ago, Paranoid Android said:

This album has done really well given everything, but is commercially disappointing anyway.  Which seems to be the going rate for all the 10s superstars. I am really curious to see if the mythical R9 will hold beyond the first week.

How is it commercially disappointing? It had 0 pre-released singles and dropped with a week's notice with no monster smash hit attached to the album and it still managed to break Scorpion's Apple Music/Spotify's streaming records and while almost matching its US streaming debut with 4 fewer tracks (745M for Scorpion and 743 for CLB). No other non-Drake album has ever debuted with more than 433M US streams. It scored 9 top 10 hits, breaking Scorpion's record for the most on an album (7), spent 5 weeks at #1 and is still stable in the top 10, spending 20 of its total 21 weeks charting in the top 10. The only song Drake has really pushed off the album is Way 2 Sexy. Girls Want Girls was sent to radio but never got a music video and Knife Talk got one but was never officially pushed as a single. He's since given up on doing anything else to promote the album. 

 

I know it's Drake's first album after Scorpion, which was a smash era, but this had 0 pre-release singles. Scorpion had like 3, 2 of which debuted at #1 and went on to be monster smash hits. CLB was never that. Drake could have easily tacked on Laugh Now Cry Later/Wants and Needs to the album and he chose not to so his intentions for this album were clearly different. 

 

I don't know how anyone can call the album a commercial disappointment by ANY standard. Maybe when you see how other high-profile mainstream albums that drop this year perform, you'll revisit your take. 

[Ribs]

Oh how he has fallen. 

[Cheers]

The King of Rap!

[OrgVisual]

If this is a flop then i can name several high profile albums that "flop" harder

 

not to mention he's pulling bigger numbers on AM than Spotify

[Katamari]

On 2/7/2022 at 8:17 PM, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

It’s definitely a commercial disappointment (and it’s not even up for debate) 

 

moderate-low longevity following the massive first-

 

 

currently 29 on the BB200. looks like he won in the end

 

Edited September 14, 2023 by Katamari

[Bey_Rihstan]

1 hour ago, Katamari said:

currently 29 on the BB200. looks like he won in the end

 

dsgdgfhj not you bumping this 

 

i was confused as to why it Just now crossed 2B streams 2 years later

[bad guy]

HTE outstreamed

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by bad guy

[idkwiam]

13 hours ago, Katamari said:

currently 29 on the BB200. looks like he won in the end

 

It has 4.2B Spotify streams in 2 years despite debuting with 140m streams. It was definitely big in the USA but definitely an underperfomance everywhere else.

 

 

[Katamari]

7 hours ago, idkwiam said:

It has 4.2B Spotify streams in 2 years despite debuting with 140m streams. It was definitely big in the USA but definitely an underperfomance everywhere else.

 

 

A success is a success I don’t make the rules!