this drake #1 is some payola bullshit

nobody cares about that f***ing song

Only real music gonna last

one of the biggest flops in our time

Interesting. Gonna listen.

Do you know what payola means

sales are always rigged. some more, some less. every major label uses streams farms to boost streams. And that goes for every artist. Nothing new

for sure but this is a #1 record from an all time great artist and it’s had the cultural impact of a song that peaks at #38 or something

yes ?

Idk I can‘t say how much impact it had and it probably would go no.1 anyway since it‘s Drake but you shouldn‘t take Billboard charts serious in general unless you‘re a Drake stan

He ain't manipulating the radio buddy

SOS outstreaming Utopia last week is insane man, especially since R&B rarely streams like that

SOS probably gonna end up outselling After Hours at this rate

B****es love SZA

Oh wow SOS has sold 3.5m units in 9 months

After Hours sold 3.2m in 18 months

CLB sold 3.1m in 15 months

If we go based on artists last studio albums then SZA is the 2nd biggest artist in the US behind Taylor, I didn't realise that she hit those levels, crazy

It has hits
Utopia doesn't

Simple math

i think wallen outsold

(and if youre going back a little further then bad bunny too?)

SZA is having a massive year and Drake is big enough to always debut singles in the top 10.
Just can't remember the last single he dropped that actually stuck around.

The last nigga to care about radio or any white dominated metric - to the effect of losing out on easy stat padding - is not using payola

It’s a rabidly anticipated comeback album from a beloved artist who previously dropped a generation defining classic. People already went into it rooting for themselves to like it - THEN it has hits and is a great body of work. Makes total sense it hit those numbers that quickly

People like the project for the project and the hits. Double whammy

The music accounts are posting about it too smh.

Cry about it some more

zach bryan 3 times in the top 20

I mean the modern streaming version