Bad Bunny dropped 3 albums in 2020 and still wasn't anywhere close to Drake lol.

I don't know why so many of you keep trying to use dude's success as a way to stick it to Drake fans. Y'all keep bringing up his touring numbers when Drake hasn't toured in almost 5 years now and clearly has no eagerness to jump back into doing that. Drake don't even push his music the same way anymore (to the complaints of MANY fans). It's clear he's in a space where he just enjoys making music, dropping it with as little promo as possible and dipping off to enjoy his life.

Bad Bunny is doing so much right now because he's still in the process of establishing himself and building his legacy — something Drake has been done with.

Just off Drake's longevity of relevance/success, Bad Bunny ain't in his league. This should go without saying.

Y'all always do this. A new artist comes into the mainstream scene and catches fire and y'all immediately try to use their success to suggest Drake is done or whatever and a few years later, it's back to trying to use someone else's success to prove the same point because it becomes clear that Drake is indeed still the top dawg of this s***. Y'all never learn lol.

okay love u

Bunny prime is in the streaming era, drake first 6 years wasnt. Imagine drake numbers from those years if it dropped at the height of Spotify. Drake had like 120 entries on billboard before streaming even took off. Imagine all that being on Spotify when it dropped. That’s probably 60B streams drake missed out on.

His streaming numbers are just as impressive as how Post Malone's streaming numbers are lol. They've both done a lot VERY QUICKLY. That's the game. Latin artists have massive streams on Spotify/YouTube. Those have always been platforms they've dominated, even before Bad Bunny took off. Even now, you can see K-Pop acts dominating YouTube and garnering massive streaming numbers on Spotify (hell BTS have been the #1 global act for 2 years straight and have this year in the bag as well). Even look at how Nigerian music has taken off globally.

Music is a global market now. That means that US/English acts aren't the only ones with the ability to dominate anymore.

He's not trying yet Honestly Nevermind has more music videos than Mr Morale

Kendrick on tour doing magic tricks to promo his album. A Ovo camera man shot the sticky video while they were traveling.

Same people arguing that 2022 isn't Bad Bunny's breakout year are the same ones who didn't dare to compare him to Drake in 2018 or even 2020 when he dropped 3 projects. It's only in 2022 when he drops an album and puts up massive numbers that the Drake comparisons begin lol. That's what we're always saying: y'all wait till an artist catches fire and immediately bring Drake up but y'all also expect Drake fans to never notice that or point it out. And just so we're clear, if Bad Bunny's album wasn't as massive as it is, y'all would have used Harry Styles' numbers to go at Drake because y'all can't help yourselves.

That tells you all you need to know about Drake's place in the game. He's the standard and the one to beat. That's why he's always being called to reference when the success of other artists are being discussed.

All I'm really saying is you're doing a disservice to Bad Bunny/every other artist y'all bring up in comparison to Drake because they're all forging their own paths/legacies. Drake is set. Nothing/no one is taking what he's accomplished from him. Learn to celebrate the success of others without using it to try to cut Drake down to size lol.

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of all time

Beautifully stated.

Some great points here but you’re forgetting one thing: Same people arguing that 2022 isn't Bad Bunny's breakout year are the same ones who didn't dare to compare him to Drake in 2018 or even 2020 when he dropped 3 projects. It's only in 2022 when he drops an album and puts up massive numbers that the Drake comparisons begin lol. That's what we're always saying: y'all wait till an artist catches fire and immediately bring Drake up but y'all also expect Drake fans to never notice that or point it out. And just so we're clear, if Bad Bunny's album wasn't as massive as it is, y'all would have used Harry Styles' numbers to go at Drake because y'all can't help yourselves.
That tells you all you need to know about Drake's place in the game. He's the standard and the one to beat. That's why he's always being called to reference when the success of other artists are being discussed.
All I'm really saying is you're doing a disservice to Bad Bunny/every other artist y'all bring up in comparison to Drake because they're all forging their own paths/legacies. Drake is set. Nothing/no one is taking what he's accomplished from him. Learn to celebrate the success of others without using it to try to cut Drake down to size lol.

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keep the essays to yourselves. its bad bunny’s year

Olivia Rodrigo??

Khaled would’ve topped his mysterious music reaction to Tyler outselling if that s*** happened

Whoever seriously thought this would happen doesn't understand how the music industry works. JID will never be a massive mainstream act on his own making the kind of music he makes. He might feature on songs that do well but that'll be it. His music doesn't appeal to those audiences and he doesn't have a dedicated fanbase like J. Cole or Tyler, the Creator that can push him towards those heights despite not making radio-friendly music.

She has 1 album under her belt. He's more established than she is.

Think of all the acts who were established in the 2010s:
Drake
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Adele
Bruno Mars
Ariana Grande
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
The Weeknd
Nicki Minaj
Kendrick Lamar
J. Cole
Future

And the list goes on and on. Those are all-time legends in their own right.

From this decade, only 3 names aside from Bad Bunny might come close to reaching those heights in this decade and that's:
Harry Styles
Dua Lipa
Doja Cat

Maybe Olivia Rodrigo if she can keep it going
Maybe Lil Baby if he's able to sustain his momentum

BTS have already fallen off in the US. Same goes for Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Roddy Ricch. Jack Harlow might never reach that next-level commercially.

That's about it. You really can't compare the difference in competition.

Feel like she’s gonna pull a Billie eilish and flop

still too early to make that call tbh

you think in 2012 people were putting drake kendrick cole on a similar list?

Page after page of 35 year olds crying about Drake fans

Page after page of Drake fans crying about 35 year olds