Kendrick Lamar may need received the rap beef, however Drake received the warfare. Apple Music and Spotify launched their year-end lists as we speak and the web has been ablaze since. It’s sort of humorous too, all people is speaking about Taylor Swift being essentially the most streamed artist on each platforms, but it surely looks as if they need to ignore No. 2. Regardless of shedding the rap beef, individuals being ‘drained’ of him, and even with out releasing an album this 12 months, Drake remains to be in some way the second-highest streaming artist on the earth, and sure that features Kendrick Lamar.
Apple Music Replay ranked Drake because the highest-streaming male artist of 2024. Spotify Wrapped ranked Drake because the fourth-highest streaming artist this 12 months worldwide, trailing Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Unhealthy Bunny. Within the U.S., although, Drake reigns supreme once more as he’s the highest-streaming male artist on Spotify, as properly. The problem is, primarily based on social media you’d suppose the precise reverse.
For the reason that Kendrick Lamar beef ended, Drake has been in an area he’s by no means been earlier than. Persons are keen and awaiting his downfall; whether or not that be his friends in rap like Rick Ross or Metro Boomin and even the common joes on Twitter, it looks as if all people was prepared for the tip of Drake. In accordance with these year-end information charts, you may be ready awhile, or on the very minimal at the least one other 12 months. The information reveals that Drake remains to be streaming fairly properly, higher than anybody not named Taylor Swift. Actually.
What about Kendrick? Let’s have a look. On Apple Music and Spotify, “Not Like Us” carried out very properly. It was the most-streamed track on Apple Music this 12 months and the second most-streamed track on Spotify. Sadly, it appears to be like like that was the one track of Kendrick’s that did main streaming numbers as a result of Kendrick completed outdoors the highest 5 on each lists. On Spotify Lamar trails Taylor Swift, Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Kanye West, and naturally his mortal enemy Drake. On Apple Music, he ranked because the seventh-highest streaming artist.
What these lists proved is the web isn’t a good decide of actuality however as a substitute portrays favoritism and relevancy. As a lot as Twitter or Instagram customers needed to behave like Drake was canceled, the info proves in any other case. Persons are nonetheless taking part in Drake at an impressive tempo and they’re listening to him far more than his counterpart Kendrick Lamar. You may not like Drake otherwise you would possibly even choose Kendrick, however with regards to music and streaming, DJ Akademiks was proper. Drake and Kendrick Lamar will not be in the identical class music clever, and your hate for Drake received’t change that.