Kendrick Lamar smashes Spotify record with “Not Like Us.”
After a series of diss tracks at Drake, Kendrick Lamar is now dominating charts and streaming services.
According to Chart data, K. Dot’s most recent diss track “Not Like Us” has smashed Spotify’s record for the biggest single-day streams for a hip-hop song in US. The record was previously held by Drake for “Girls Want Girls” with Lil Baby. “Not Like Us” earned around 10.986 million streams in a single day, beating “Girls Want Girls” which had 6.593 million streams in a day.
.@kendricklamar‘s “Not Like Us” breaks the all-time record for biggest single day streams of a hip-hop song in US Spotify history, passing @Drake and @lilbaby4PF‘s “Girls Want Girls” (6.593 million). pic.twitter.com/YLN6KHSPcz
— chart data (@chartdata) May 7, 2024
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” rises to #1 on the global Spotify chart with a new daily high of 10.986 million streams, up 41%.
Biggest streaming day for a hip-hop song in 2024. pic.twitter.com/4MnzG5XxXo
— chart data (@chartdata) May 7, 2024
“Not Like Us” is also challenging for #1 debut on next week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart. It would mark his first solo number-1 debut and fourth #1 hit overall.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is now challenging for a #1 debut on next week’s Hot 100.
It would mark his first solo #1 debut and fourth #1 hit overall. pic.twitter.com/LbxV18ZbNh
— chart data (@chartdata) May 7, 2024
Kendrick Lamar’s other diss track “Euphoria” has now moved over 500,000 units in the US, and becomes the fastest solo rap song to reach this milestone in 2024.
Kendrick Lamar’s “euphoria” has now sold over 500,000 units in the US.
Fastest solo rap song to reach this milestone in 2024 (under 8 days). pic.twitter.com/2iqtgEhXKz
— chart data (@chartdata) May 8, 2024
Following the release of “Not Like Us”, Drizzy responded back with the song titled “The Heart Part 6” and denied all the allegations against him made by Kendrick Lamar.