How many records has Drake sold?

With 170 million records sold worldwide, he is among the best-selling music artists in history. Drake has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and ten number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard hailed him as the "Artist of the 2010s Decade" and the 16th Greatest Artist of all time.
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Is Drake the highest selling artist of all time?

As of 2017, based on both sales claims and certified units, the Beatles are considered the highest-selling band. Elvis Presley is considered the highest-selling individual artist based on sales claims and Drake is the highest-selling individual artist based on certified units.
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Who sold more records than Drake?

1. Eminem – 227 million units sold. 2. Drake – 152 million units sold.
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Who sold more Drake or Michael Jackson?

However, Michael Jackson still reigns supreme over Drake when it comes to the most consecutive No. 1 singles (5 to Drake's 2). Thriller, meanwhile, remains the best-selling album of all time with a reported 100 million copies sold worldwide.
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How many #1 Does Drake have?

However, he now has six No. 1 Hot 100 debuts to his name, with “Wait for U” joining “God's Plan”, “Nice for What”, “Toosie Slide”, “What's Next” and “Way 2 Sexy”. The hip-hop star has a total of 10 No. 1 hits on the chart.
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Where does Drake rank all time?

Throughout his career, Drake has now charted 54 top 10 hits, by far the most among all artists. The Canadian rapper already held that record before this week, but now he's put more space between him and the runner-up, Madonna, who is steady in second place on the all-time ranking with 38 appearances between Nos.
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Who is the #1 selling artist of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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Who is the number 1 rapper of all time?

1. Eminem. Eminem is the best-selling rapper in history. With over 200 million records sold, he is also the 6th best-selling solo music artist of all time.
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Who is the #1 artist in the world?

Justin Bieber takes the top spot, with millions of followers across socials and billions of plays on streaming services. The most popular female artist currently goes to Taylor Swift, while BTS are unsurprisingly the most popular band. Any surprises here amongst the most popular artists in 2022?
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Who is the king of rap of all time?

Eminem has been crowned the King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone. The magazine took a look at solo rappers who released albums from 2009 to the present, taking into account album sales, rankings on the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, YouTube video views, social media, concerts grosses, awards and critics' opinions.
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Who is the #1 artist on Spotify?

As you can see below, with just over 84 million monthly listeners, Ed Sheeran remains comfortably in the lead, despite having not released a new studio album since = in October 2021.
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What's the most listened to song ever?

Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
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Who sold more Drake or Kanye?

While both being financially successful, in the fourth week of sales Kanye sold 357 million albums and Drake sold 744 million.
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Who is the rap goat?

Chance The Rapper has been dubbed the goat of rap by Drake. This assertion has been made by The Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Baby. Do they have a point? To be clear, G.O.A.T. is for best of all time, therefore “greatest” when it comes to rappers means talents, longevity, as well as importance.
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Who is the top 5 rappers?

  • #8 - Royce Da 5'9" Top Strength: Rhyme Structure. Royce has been around forever, even hired to ghostwrite for P. ...
  • #7 - Kool G Rap. Top Strength: Flow. ...
  • #6 - Nas. Top Strength: Lyrical Content. ...
  • #2 - Tech N9ne. Top Strength: Flow. ...
  • #1 - Eminem. Top Strength: Charisma. ...
  • Fabolous. Top Strength: Long Multisyllabic Rhymes.
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Who is the best-selling rapper of all time?

With over 200 million records sold, and 227 million units nationwide, Eminem is the number one selling rap artist in history and the 6th best-selling solo music artist of all time. Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Eminem, was born on October 17, 1972. He started his rap career at age 16 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Which music sells the most?

1. The Beatles — 183 million units.
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What is Drakes highest selling album?

The best-selling album by DRAKE is VIEWS, which sold over 7,657,500 copies .
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Is Drake the best musician ever?

Drake was just ranked the 16th greatest artist of all time.
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Who has the most billion streams on Spotify?

Justin Bieber has broken a record — again. Last year, the artist from Stratford, Ontario became the first to have seven songs surpass a billion streams on Spotify, edging past Post Malone. Now, he's the first to have 10.
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Who is the 1st artist in 2021?

The Year in Charts 2021: Drake Is Billboard's Top Artist of the Year.
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Who is the most streamed artist ever?

Most streamed artists on Spotify – Results

Expectedly, the most streamed artist of all-time is Drake, followed by Ed Sheeran.
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Who has a billion streams?

It's official: Justin Bieber is the first artist to accrue one billion streams on different songs on the popular (though perhaps less popular these days) streaming platform, Spotify. Chart data broke the news to its 1.3 million Twitter followers on Wednesday (January 26), writing, “.
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