Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Drake's "More Life" Breaks More Records


A graduate of Illinois' Highland Park High School, Cameron Deahl is currently pursuing a bachelor of science degree at New York University. When he isn't busy studying business or television and film producing, Cameron Deahl enjoys listening to Drake, one of his favorite musicians. 

Drake recently released his latest music project, More Life, which he calls a 22-song playlist. Aside from questions of whether it's an official album, the grouping of songs broke a major record its first week with 385 million streams online. The previous record for first-week streams was held by Drake's last album, Views, which had 245 million. 

Spotify's most streamed artist in 2016 also found success on the Billboard 200 chart with the release of More Life, which sold over 500,000 copies and debuted at No. 1. Furthermore, all 22 songs on More Life landed on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Drake a combined 24 songs on the chart, which breaks another record he previously held. More Life remained at No. 1 in its second week, joining Views as Drake's only two albums to hold down the top spot for more than one week.