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Records On Records: Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Becomes The First Album To Hit 1 Billion Streams In A Week

WENN.com Drake Breaks Even More Records With Scorpion Drake’s  latest album has yet another accomplishment under its belt. Scorpion has now become the first album to surpass 1 billion streams worldwide across all streaming platforms in one week, according to reports from  Billboard . Post Malone’s album  B eerbongs  & Bentleys  previously owned the worldwide record with almost 700 million streams from April 27 to May 3–but Drake has officially taken the crown. The double album broke another one of Post Malone’s records (431.3 million) by accumulating over 750 million streams in the U.S. in its first week.  Those numbers should almost undoubtedly set  Scorpion  up to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with an estimated 700 equivalent album units. Though those number are less than  Views ‘ debut week, they’re still good enough to be the biggest for any album in 2018. Additionally, the album’s first single, “God’s Plan” has also become the most-streamed song of the year, earning 1.121 billion streams—making it the only song to top a billion streams in 2018. Congrats to Drake on breaking records literally every day.

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Records On Records: Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Becomes The First Album To Hit 1 Billion Streams In A Week

Beyonce Tops Forbes’ Highest Paid Women In Music

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Source: Jason Miller / Getty Via | HotNewHipHop Beyonce is the highest female earner in the music industry, while Adele and Taylor Swift are on her heels. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but  Beyonce  is once again the highest paid woman in the music industry this year.  According to Forbes , Queen Bey raked in a cool $105 million dollars before taxes over the past year. RELATED :  Beyonce, Kim K, Ciara & More Attend Serena Williams’ Wedding Beyonce’s album  LEMONADE  and her very lucrative “Formation Tour” is what contributed to her massive sum, but also don’t forget she did all that while being pregnant with twins in the process. Right behind Beyonce at #2 on the list was Adele, who reportedly earned $69 million dollars with her latest album  25  and its accompanying tour. Meanwhile Taylor Swift came in 3rd with $44 million dollars thanks to her new album  Reputation . However Taylor’s money & numbers should go up next year following the tour of her latest album. Finish this story [ here ]  

Beyonce Tops Forbes’ Highest Paid Women In Music