it’s not about pop vs rap

look at this chart

I’m not even making fun of Abel. I’m just confused about how he’s been so stagnant while the streaming industry has blown up like this

You don’t think it’s crazy that the biggest male pop artist of the decade hasn’t seen much growth in first-week streams, while everyone else has?

Man, I broke down the 100 biggest streaming weeks of all time by genre yesterday. Excluding Taylor Swift, who we all acknowledge is an anomaly in the music industry, it broke down as follows:

Rap: 47/100
Taylor: 14/100
Pop: 14/100
Country: 11/100
Latin (all Bad Bunny): 8/100
R&B: 4/100
Dance: 1/100
Gospel: 1/100

Also, he HAS grown on streaming globally. Y’all just keep hyper focusing on the US numbers

I was reading comments the other day about 4x4 going #1 and the only ones hating were Drake/hockey stans. I was just thinking, why is that a bad thing? I dont even listen to Travis or Weeknd but I still want them to win. If Travis gets a #1 that’s dope.

Drake has by far the most #1 hits no one is catching up to him yet hockey stans are the most obsessed and insecure when someone else gets a #1. I don’t get it man.

They think pure sales should be abolished since their guy’s team is too incompetent to sell them

they hate another metric their favorite could easily dominate, I don’t get it man. unless…he can’t lol

Yes, which is why he doubled back with More Life, which had A LOT more rap songs

He even said in an interview that he almost made Views a full pop album because whenever he tried to rap, he came off as angry and that's why there are so few rap songs on the album.

No, we just expect the Weeknd, who is one of the biggest artists in the US, to be able to grow as a streaming artist to be able to drop a 22 track album and have it amass more than 220M US streams, especially when dozens of other artists have been able to grow as streaming acts in the US.

40k with 8 extra tracks, yes that is enough to "trip" about.

Day 6, songs in the top 20, US.
Hurry Up Tomorrow: 2
Dawn FM: 6
AH: 4

How is this not a major fall off?

If the PND/Drake album flops this thread is gonna be wild lol.

It’s about time for some payback…Hockey stans been talking nonstop about streams and numbers for a decade. That PND weedplate better drop with at least 25 songs and do 500M streams fw.

We ready

The songs responsible for its 1m first week are Hotline Bling and One Dance so I mean…

Literally half the tracklist is sung pop music

The most beloved song is Feel No Ways

The biggest deep cuts are Controlla and Too Good

He even changed the title from an archetypal hiphop album to a pop one right before release

I was in here saying 4x4 is dope and trav is gonna run the rest of the decade cuz younger gen loves him, who even hating?

Huh? Redemption isn't a deep cut? Weston road flows isn't a deep cut? Views isn't a deep cut? U with me? I mean do yall just chat in here or are we tryna actually have fruitful discussion? Lol

Why yall say drake fans when you mean one user your clearly referencing who is posting above?

My favorite pop album: Views by Drake

they're so unserious now

6* extra tracks. The two skits literally do not count towards streaming numbers since they are under 30 seconds.

You are losing your mind over a projected 40K difference from his peak. Remember that.

Y’all are so disingenuous regardless though. Even if the album did 200K in streaming first week and only sold 100K in pure sales, y’all would call that a flop too because people didn’t buy the physicals enough. The goalposts always move for y’all for anyone not named Drake

Ffs stop arguing with Drake fans

Weeknd albums have never streamed or sold well first

They stand the test of time

Drake is a hype artist. He hasn't had a stable hit since before 2020 lol

I’ve been telling them that in here for months and they can’t seem to grasp the concept

I wonder if his Super Bowl set is gonna include songs not in this list to revive em.

Alright and Don't Kill My Vibe would be fantastic

Lol maybe tgd but I've been one of drakes biggest haters on here sinec 2022

Is he rapping or singing on Redemption? Redemption, Weston Road Flows and Views are bigger than Controlla and Too Good?

Actually think before you start with them sassy questions you b**** ass nigga