In addition to becoming the most meme’d artist of the year, Drake has made a powerful impact with his fourth album Views. The heavily moisturized rapping crooner has sold over a million copies of the record in less than six days. Exclusively available on Apple Music’s premium paid service until May 13, the album was also streamed over 250 million times with over 200 million streams in the US alone.
The album, including digital tracks and streaming album equivalents, has crossed the 1 million mark in U.S. sales and nearly 1.2 million globally, and is expected to bow at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 in North America. The first 24 hours it was available saw Views selling a whopping 575,000 copies, smacking down the entire first-week sales of Beyonce’s Lemonade, which was recently named the number one album in the U.S. That’s on you, Tidal.
Upon release last Friday, Views hit #1 on the iTunes Top Albums chart in over 95 countries. It’ll be available at all physical and digital download retailers beginning May 6 and will expand to all streaming partners starting May 13.
Ahead of release, the OVO Music founder met up with Beats 1 anchor Zane Lowe for an extensive interview, sharing hometown pride in full color. “This album is probably the most blatant display of being proud of where I’m from,” he explained.
Next up, Drake will return for his second stint as host & musical guest on the May 14th episode of SNL.
