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# Drake and The Weeknd Have Record Breaking Week On Spotify
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/drake-and-the-weeknd-have-record-breaking-week-on-spotify/
- Published: 2016-12-16T17:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-16T17:00:22.000Z
- Description: It was record breaking week on Spotify for Drake and The Weeknd. Drake's "One Dance" is the first song to reach a billion streams there. And, The Weeknd's album, "Starboy". Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/12/drake-and-the-weeknd-have-record-breaking-week-on-spotify.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Streaming, Beyonce, Daft Punk, Disc jockey, Drake (musician), I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Mike Posner, Spotify, The Weeknd, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Spotify new](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d2476e47970c-150wi "Spotify new")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d2476e47970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)It was record breaking week on **Spotify** for **Drake** and **The Weeknd**. Drake's **"One Dance"** is the first song to reach **a billion streams** there. And, **The Weeknd**'s album, "Starboy" has more than **500 million streams** on Spotify, making it one of the fastest growing albums there, and the first artist to pass **40 million listeners**.

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