Drake's 'Scorpion' is the World's best-selling Album for a 3rd consecutive week after moving another 372.000 equivalent units last week, 260.000 of that In the US, 29,000 in Canada and the UK, and 8,000 in France!
'Scorpion continues to score on streaming services! In its first day of release, Scorpion broke Spotify's one-day global record for album streams with 132.45 million streams, more than 50 million plays greater than the previous record, set by Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' two months earlier. It also broke Apple Music's single-day record with 170 million streams, breaking Drake's own record set with 'More Life'. In the United States, Scorpion opened atop the Billboard 200 with 732,000 album-equivalent units, which included 160,000 pure album sales, making it the biggest first week of the year breaking the country's all time streaming record with 745.92 million streams in its first week! In its 1st three weeks atop the Billboard 200, Scorpion sold a total of 1.32 million album-equivalent units in the United States. Its about to top the chart for a 4th straight week!
In the UK, the Album debuted at N°1 on the UK Albums Chart, with 64,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Drake's second number-one on that chart. It remained atop the UK chart for 3 consecutive weeks! 'Scorpion' has also topped the Official Album chart in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland!
It's Drake's 3rd Song this year to top the Global Track chart following "Nice For What" & "God's Plan" but this Song has broken the internet! If 2017 was all about Despacito and Shape of You, this year it’s Drake’s hit song "In My Feelings" that has blown the world away! The top selling Rapper's new global smash hit, “In My Feelings” is currently N°1 on the global track chart this week after taking the world by storm whith its keke challenge! “In My Feelings” has been danced literally EVERYWHERE since Shiggy first posted an Instagram video dancing to the contagious song. Dubbing the dance #DoTheShiggy, it became the Internet’s latest dance-challenge craze! On July 17, Shiggy met Drake at a party in LA and Drake filmed him while saying: "Man got me a No. 1 record today. Oh my God!" in reference to hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 before topping the Global chart! Shiggy's original clip has now over 5 million views and counting, with the whole world doing their own.
Will Smith led Shiggys challenge, followed by Ciara and Diiplo but everyone is on it including dentists in Dubai, Brazilian dancers, rugby players in France, Nigerians while on a flight and one man’s keke challenge left the whole of Pakistan in stitches!
Drake's 5th Studio Album 'Scorpion', released on June 29th, scores a 2nd week atop the Global Album chart after selling another 455,000 equivalent sales including 335,000 consumption units in the US, 34,000 in Canada and 30,000 in the UK! The Album features 25 tracks with guest appearances by Jay-Z and Ty Dolla Sign and vocals from Future, Michael Jackson, Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor among others. Drake produced the Album himself with Noah "40" Shebib and manager Oliver El-Khatib. Scorpion was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) the day of its release and broke Spotify's one-day global record with 132.45 million streams in its 1st day breaking Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys record! 'Scorpion' also broke Apple Music's one-day record with 170 million streams, breaking Drake's own record set with 'More Life'.
'Scorpion' debuted at N°1 in the US, selling 732,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week, 160,000 of which were pure album sales, making it the biggest first week sales of the year! It also broke the country's streaming record with 745.92 million streams in its first week! All 25 tracks on the album entered the Billboard Hot 100 and Drake also became the first musician to simultaneously debut four new songs inside the top 10 of the US Hot 100, with "Nonstop" at #2, "In My Feelings" at #6, "Emotionless" at #8, and "Don't Matter to Me" featuring Michael Jackson at #9, and seven tracks simultaneously in the top 10 of the chart. With 335,000 album-equivalent units sold in the US in its 2nd week, 'Scorpion' has the best 2nd week performance for any album since Adele's "25" in December 2015!
The Album debuted at N°1 in Canada with 70,000 equivalent units and in the UK with 64,000 album-equivalent units. It has also gone to N°1 in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, and peaked at N°2 in Belgium, N°4 in Austria and Italy and N°8 in Germany!
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