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# Drake Smashes Sheeran’s Single Day Spotify Streaming Records
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/drake-smashes-sheerans-single-day-spotify-streaming-records/
- Published: 2017-03-20T16:14:14.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-20T16:14:14.000Z
- Description: Following the first full day of release for Drake's new album "More Life" on Sunday, March 19th, he set two new streaming records on Spotify:
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Streaming, 2 Chainz, Adult contemporary music, album, ASAP (variety show), Bruno Mars, Drake (musician), Ed Sheeran, iTunes, Shape of You (Reshaped), Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Drake](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8e26c62970b-200wi "Drake")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8e26c62970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Following the first full day of release for Drake's new album "More Life" on Sunday, March 19th, he set two new streaming records on Spotify:

[![Spotify new](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8e26c95970b-250wi "Spotify new")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8e26c95970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

**Best first day streams for an album –** 

Darke's More Life totaled 61,302,082 streams on its first full day, March 19 

*(previous record holder is Ed Sheeran's album, Divide with 56,727,861 streams on March 3, 2017)*

**Best one day streams for an artist –** 

76,355,041 streams on March 19 

*(previous recorder holder is Ed Sheeran with 68,695,172 streams on March 3, 2017)*

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