Expert

2y

Weeknd doing bigger venues in Toronto

Drake has always been to afraid to do Stadium tours because he is afraid he can't do numbers globally there and he is afraid he can't perform in stadium as he is an average performer and performing in stadium for rappers is hard.

Here are their numbers a month apart from less than a year ago in toronto:

Weekend 2 shows: 87,101 / 87,101 $10,231,250
Drake 2 shows: 34,290 / 34,290 (100%) $6,644,203

It's not always about the most streams. Globally weekend is bigger.

Also all you clowns who never go to concerts/travel globally can't talk. Stop seeing hip hop and rnb as anime/fantasy football bs,

Expert

2y

Weeknd doing bigger venues in Toronto

Drake has always been to afraid to do Stadium tours because he is afraid he can't do numbers globally there and he is afraid he can't perform in stadium as he is an average performer and performing in stadium for rappers is hard.

Here are their numbers a month apart from less than a year ago in toronto:

Weekend 2 shows: 87,101 / 87,101 $10,231,250
Drake 2 shows: 34,290 / 34,290 (100%) $6,644,203

It's not always about the most streams. Globally weekend is bigger.

Also all you clowns who never go to concerts/travel globally can't talk. Stop seeing hip hop and rnb as anime/fantasy football bs,

thegreatdivine

2y

Drake told you all this? Nice to know.

And judging by the numbers you posted, if Drake had sold 80k+ tickets, he'd have made at least $15M. 5M more than the Weeknd did.

mangotflu

2y

Check Spotify artist charts, it's much closer than you think in Europe, with Drake taking the lead in a lot of countries

asia/mexico is where The Weeknd dominates

& as such Drake probably makes 10x more money from his music than The Weeknd. Those indonesia streams are worthless

TheFader

2y

All you do is move the goalposts. None of these words have anything to do with what you originally said about After Hours not being a good measure of popularity because it was successful longterm

TheFader

2y

This is insane. You know good and well that when someone says "globally" they're referring to other parts of the planet outside of the artist's home country. It's really not that hard to understand.

Drake is more popular in North America.

The Weeknd is more popular everywhere else

mangotflu

2y

everywhere else except Canada, UK, and NA. yes. lol

TheFader

2y

Exactly what I said

It’s so weird now that we’re determining an artist’s popularity based on how much money they make or could’ve potentially made.

“Millionaire A made $5M more than Millionaire B, Millionaire A is definitely more popular!”

Y’all sound deranged

mangotflu

2y

Ofc you say tha after saying something dumb & not being able to worm out of it lool

& yeah I'll never believe a superstar doing 2m first year at the peak of their success is a big success lol, when you have artists like SZA/Morgan/Taylor doing 4m+

I think the same for Drake btw, he has flopped w/ like 3-4 albums in a row, thegreatdivine will bite my head off for this tho

Bobby_96

2y

This is Nicki Minaj level logic lol.

Abel's albums and hits are generally bigger globally than Drake's albums and hits and they're not too far off in the U.S. either considering all of his Diamond singles.

Hurry Up Lefkol

2y

Because it’s a fact. I went to his concert in Amsterdam I’m not a hater. It’s just a simple fact that the weeknd his songs get way more traction in Europe than drake his songs. Only thing I will give drake he is a bigger celebrity but not in terms of music compared to the weeknd.

Hurry Up Lefkol

2y

Last time I heard a drake song in public here in Amsterdam was with views. Not even hating or lying. His albums don’t have longevity neither replay value. When was the last time the guy had an organic hit in Europe with replay value.. one dance?

TheFader

2y

Exactly what I said

It’s so weird now that we’re determining an artist’s popularity based on how much money they make or could’ve potentially made.

“Millionaire A made $5M more than Millionaire B, Millionaire A is definitely more popular!”

Y’all sound deranged

TheFader

2y

Canada and North America are the same place dumbass

And Drake is not bigger in the UK you keep tryna push that narrative

mangotflu

2y

Not too far off in the US? Drake did 10m units in 2023, the weeknd did 3.9m

in fact lets look at the actual facts again sinec you guys are incredibly delusional
https://chartmasters.org/best-selling-artists-of-all-time/?slk=sb
Drake 164m EAS
The Weeknd 97m

mangotflu

2y

Perhaps you should go to school and learn how supply and demand works then?

Even Nav could sell out a stadium in Toronto if his tickets were $1.

TheFader

2y

Chartmasters is not a reliable source

mangotflu

2y

They're literally used by the industry lol, they're pretty reliable & stans are constantly on their ass

TheFader

2y

No they are not

mangotflu

2y

Its very easy to verify any of the data lol.

Same with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists
Which has Weeknd at 246m units
Drake at 553m

TheFader

2y

Do you notice how those numbers are millions off from the ones you posted from Chartmasters?

Even the claimed sales aren't the same

Expert

2y

Weeknd doing bigger venues in Toronto

Drake has always been to afraid to do Stadium tours because he is afraid he can't do numbers globally there and he is afraid he can't perform in stadium as he is an average performer and performing in stadium for rappers is hard.

Here are their numbers a month apart from less than a year ago in toronto:

Weekend 2 shows: 87,101 / 87,101 $10,231,250
Drake 2 shows: 34,290 / 34,290 (100%) $6,644,203

It's not always about the most streams. Globally weekend is bigger.

Also all you clowns who never go to concerts/travel globally can't talk. Stop seeing hip hop and rnb as anime/fantasy football bs,