Drake takes Apple Music record from Kanye for most-streamed album launch
Drake's latest album, "Certified Lover Boy" has broken multiple records on Apple Music within the first 24 hours of being available to listen.
Drake
Malcolm Owen
Beats 1 Zane Lowe talks about the changing role of the music influencer
A new interview looks at Beats 1 tastemaker Zane Lowe, and his unique role in today's rapidly changing music ecosystem.
Stephen Silver
Drake's Scorpion sets streaming records and tops Billboard 200 under new stream weighting rules
Scorpion, the fifth album from musician Drake, has become the first album to achieve 1 billion streams globally in a single week, a feat that aided the artist in reaching the top of the Billboard 200 album chart in the same week as the chart altered how streams are weighted in results.
Drake's Scorpion on Apple Music crushes Spotify in streaming
Scorpion, Drake's fifth album, has smashed through his own single-day streaming record on Apple Music with more than 170 million streams in its first 24 hours. Spotify reportedly only reached about 76 percent of that traffic, despite claiming 120 million more users.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Drake's 'God's Plan' breaks single-day Apple Music streaming record with 14M plays, Spotify only managed 4M in US
Drake just dropped a new track and it's breaking streaming records. Representatives for the rapper on Wednesday said "God's Plan" broke Spotify's U.S. record for the most-streamed song in a single day with 4 million plays, while Apple Music's Zane Lowe seemingly one-upped that announcement by saying the song logged 14 million streams worldwide.
Mikey Campbell
Jennifer Aniston & Reese Witherspoon drama, Drake TV and movies on tap for Apple
Apple's drive for unique video is heating up, with a new morning show-related drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon reportedly being green-lit, plus a "go-ahead" from Apple for Drake to produce whatever shows or movies the musician wants.
Mike Wuerthele
Drake's 'More Life' garners half of its worldwide downloads from Apple Music because of Beats 1
A new interview sheds some light on Drake's 300 million worldwide streams for his album More Life in its first week on Apple Music, and discusses the synergies between Beats 1 and Apple's streaming service.
Kanye West blames conflict between Apple Music & Tidal for missing projects
Business conflicts between Apple Music and Tidal are have been blocking some potentially popular projects from happening, rapper Kanye West claimed in surprise comments during a Seattle concert on Wednesday.
Roger Fingas
Drake's 'Views' exceeds 1B streams on Apple Music
Popular rapper Drake recently saw his album "Views" become the first to surpass one billion streams on Apple Music, an achievement Apple commemorated with a plaque presented to the artist on Monday.
AppleInsider Staff
