Drake's "Make Them Cry" officially breaks the all-time record for biggest streaming day for a hip-hop song in global Spotify history (13.2 million).
It surpasses Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us".
Based on 2025 Spotify purge reports from ChartMasters, Reddit, and industry sources, top 10 artists with significant stream removals:
1. Kendrick Lamar (UMG) ~235M
7. Doechii (UMG) ~100M
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Drake's 'ICEMAN' is taking over the world, currently charting at #1 in over 100 countries on Apple Music ๐
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeriaโจ๐ฆ๐ด Angolaโจ๐ฆ๐ฎ Anguillaโจ๐ฆ๐บ Australiaโจ๐ฆ๐น Austriaโจ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijanโจ๐ง๐ง Barbadosโจ๐ง๐ช Belgiumโจ๐ง๐น Bhutanโจ๐ง๐ผ Botswanaโจ๐ป๐ฌ British Virgin Islandsโจ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgariaโจ๐จ๐ฆ Canadaโจ๐จ๐ป Cape Verdeโจ๐ฐ๐พ Cayman Islandsโจ๐จ๐ณ Chinaโจ๐จ๐ด Colombiaโจ๐จ๐ท Costa Ricaโจ๐ญ๐ท Croatiaโจ๐จ๐พ Cyprusโจ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republicโจ๐จ๐ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoireโจ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmarkโจ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominicaโจ๐ช๐ฌ Egyptโจ๐ช๐ช Estoniaโจ๐ซ๐ฎ Finlandโจ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambiaโจ๐ฉ๐ช Germanyโจ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghanaโจ๐ฌ๐ท Greeceโจ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenadaโจ๐ฌ๐น Guatemalaโจ๐ฌ๐ผ Guinea-Bissauโจ๐ฌ๐พ Guyanaโจ๐ญ๐ณ Hondurasโจ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kongโจ๐ญ๐บ Hungaryโจ๐ฎ๐ณ Indiaโจ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesiaโจ๐ฎ๐ช Irelandโจ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israelโจ๐ฎ๐น Italyโจ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaicaโจ๐ฏ๐ด Jordanโจ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstanโจ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwaitโจ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstanโจ๐ฑ๐ป Latviaโจ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanonโจ๐ฑ๐น Lithuaniaโจ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourgโจ๐ฒ๐ด Macauโจ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascarโจ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawiโจ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysiaโจ๐ฒ๐ป Maldivesโจ๐ฒ๐ฑ Maliโจ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritaniaโจ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexicoโจ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldovaโจ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongoliaโจ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlandsโจ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealandโจ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedoniaโจ๐ณ๐ด Norwayโจ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guineaโจ๐ต๐ญ Philippinesโจ๐ต๐ฑ Polandโจ๐ต๐น Portugalโจ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatarโจ๐จ๐ฌ Republic of the Congoโจ๐ท๐ด Romaniaโจ๐ฐ๐ณ Saint Kitts and Nevisโจ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabiaโจ๐ธ๐ณ Senegalโจ๐ท๐ธ Serbiaโจ๐ธ๐จ Seychellesโจ๐ธ๐ฌ Singaporeโจ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakiaโจ๐ธ๐ฎ Sloveniaโจ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islandsโจ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africaโจ๐ฐ๐ท South Koreaโจ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lankaโจ๐ป๐จ St. Vincent and The Grenadinesโจ๐ธ๐ท Surinameโจ๐ธ๐ฟ Swazilandโจ๐ธ๐ช Swedenโจ๐จ๐ญ Switzerlandโจ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistanโจ๐น๐ฟ Tanzaniaโจ๐น๐ญ Thailandโจ๐น๐ท Turkeyโจ๐น๐จ Turks and Caicosโจ๐บ๐ฌ Ugandaโจ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraineโจ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emiratesโจ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdomโจ๐บ๐ธ United Statesโจ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistanโจ๐พ๐ช Yemenโจ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe
Drake's 3 new albums are currently on pace to do a combined 1 BILLION streams first day ๐
This would be the most streams an artist has EVER recieved on Spotify in a single day.
๐ง๐จDEVELOPING: Drake has allegedly completed his commitment to Universal Music Group after releasing 3 albums simultaneously and is now the largest independent artist in the world. If he signs a new deal it will be worth over a billion dollars.
Drake is the first artist in HISTORY to have 17 albums chart simultaneously on US Apple Music ๐ฅ๐คฏ
๐ฟ ICEMAN (#1)
๐ฟ MAID OF HONOUR (#2)
๐ฟ HABIBTI (#3)
๐ฟ $$$4U (#15)
๐ฟ Take Care (#16)
๐ฟ Views (#20)
๐ฟ Certified Lover Boy (#25)
๐ฟ For All The Dogs (#29)
๐ฟ Nothing Was The Same (#43)
๐ฟ Her Loss (#44)
๐ฟ Scorpion (#45)
๐ฟ Thank Me Later (#47)
๐ฟ More Life (#64)
๐ฟ Honestly, Nevermind (#74)
๐ฟ IYRTITL (#80)
๐ฟ Dark Lane Demo Tapes (#85)
๐ฟ Care Package (#108)
Drake just dropped three albums at once: โICEMAN,โ โHabibti,โ and โMaid of Honour.โ
This move had fulfilled his commitment to Universal, and right now every major label in America and around the world is calling his phone trying to land the most valuable free agent in music history.
He will sign a billion dollar record deal.
Where that happens, nobody knows yet, but it will probably be the first billion dollar deal in music history.
He has frozen the world.
Every executive, every streamer, every label, every competitor is watching this play out in real time.
This is leverage. This is ownership. This is negotiating power at a level the music business has never seen before.
THIS NIGGA DRAKE OUT HIS DAM MIND ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅI STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION THIS MORNING THE WHOLE GAS STATION PLAYING DRAKE. I WALKED N THE BARBER SHOP EVERY SUITE PLAYING IT ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ MY NIGGAS RUN THE PHONES SOON AS THEY WALK N THE PRISONโฆ. I FELT THAT ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ
THIS NIGGA DRAKE OUT HIS DAM MIND ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅI STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION THIS MORNING THE WHOLE GAS STATION PLAYING DRAKE. I WALKED N THE BARBER SHOP EVERY SUITE PLAYING IT ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ MY NIGGAS RUN THE PHONES SOON AS THEY WALK N THE PRISONโฆ. I FELT THAT ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ
On this day in 2021, Lauryn Hillโs iconic 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was certified Diamond by the RIAA for 10 million units sold in the US making her the first (and still only) female hip-hop artist to reach that milestone.
Upon release, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving over 422,000 copies in its first week (a record f๐ฟr a female artist at the time). Globally, the album has sold more than 20 million copies.