With his first day U.S. streams over 230 million, Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (OVO/Republic) is headed for a massive debut—the biggest since Taylor Swift’s folklore (Republic) opened with 846k in July of last year. CLB is projected to collect between 650-700m streams by week’s end.
Drake (OVO/Republic) 575-625k total activity, 45-55k albums
As we reported earlier, Drake has shattered streaming records at both Apple Music and Spotify in CLB's first 24 hours. Check out the links below for all the Drake action. Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to attempt to stop counting streams for a few hours.
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UMG ACQUIRES ALL THINGS ZAPPA
Whose gonna "Freak Out" over this acquisition? (6/30a)
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MUSIC BIZ SPECIAL
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THE BIG CHEESE
Theories of evolution from 30,000 feet.
THE NEXT GIANT DEAL
A&R in overdrive.
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