This is also an example of how the new streaming equivalents (ie, 1500 song streams equals one album purchase according to the RIAA) are confusing. Hotline Bling almost single-handedly pushed the album to immediate platinum status, as its inclusion as a “bonus track” allowed the viral single’s astronomical streaming numbers to be retrospectively tacked on to the album, which also features recent smash hit Pop Style. It should be pointed out that this number is still contentious and somewhat confusing. While the release was an Apple Music exclusive for the first fortnight since coming out on April 29, it is now available on Spotify and elsehwere, hence the additional boost in numbers. This, according to HipHopDX, brings the total streaming number to 572 million. The album is now sitting at the top spot on the Billboard albums chart for the third week in a row, and in the past week alone, has been streamed more than 186 million times. Drake‘s album Views continues to push boundaries and break records, now apparently reaching an astronomical half a billion streams.
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