Travis Scott earns Spotify peak for a rap artist.
Travis Scott continues earning new milestones as he now breaks the record of Spotify monthly listeners. La Flame has now surpassed Drake to reach peak Spotify monthly listeners for a hip-hop artist in history.
Travis Scott now has more than 74.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify, surpassing Drizzy Peak’s 74.7 million listeners. The third on the list is Eminem with 68.6 million, followed by Nicki Minaj with 65.4 million.
Travis Scott’s breaks the record for MOST monthly listeners in Spotify history for ANY rapper (74.9m) surpassing Drake 🤯🔥
UTOPIA taking him to the TOP of the rap game. pic.twitter.com/fGteeJNWJC
— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) August 17, 2023
Highest peak of monthly listeners for rap artists in Spotify history 👀🏆
74.9m – Travis Scott (#1)
74.7m – Drake (#2)
68.6m – Eminem (#3)
65.4m – Nicki Minaj (#4)
63.8m – Doja Cat (#5)
63.7m – Lil Nas X (#6)
62.9m – Metro Boomin (#7)
62.0m – 21 Savage (#8)
58.4m – Future…— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) August 17, 2023
Scott reached the peak with the help of his latest album UTOPIA, which is rocking the charts and streaming services. The project debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 moving over 496,000 equivalent units in the first week, with 330.68 million on-demand streams and 252,000 pure sales.
According to Spotify, the project was the biggest opening day stream among hip-hop albums this year. The project earned 128.5 million Spotify streams on the first day. It was also the third overall biggest-ever opening day stream for a rap album on Spotify.
Meanwhile, The Weeknd is currently the artist with the most monthly listeners on the platform. The Canadian hitmaker surpassed a monumental 100 million monthly listeners on the platform and currently has over 113 million monthly listeners.
