Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ Earns Second Biggest Spotify Debut Following Drake’s ‘Scorpion’

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Kanye West’s ’DONDA’ is being celebrated as the second biggest Spotify debut after its’ weekend release. 

According to Chart Data, Kanye’s new album has pulled in nearly 100 million global streams on Spotify in only 24 hours placing at No.2, which stands right below Drake’s ‘Scorpion,’ which set a record on Spotify in 2018 at 132 million global streams.

.@kanyewest’s ‘DONDA’ earned almost 100 million first day streams on the global Spotify chart, the second biggest album debut of all-time.

— chart data (@chartdata) August 30, 2021

‘DONDA’ also broke a few records on Apple Music. Within its’ first 24 hours, the album was named No. 1 topping the Top Albums chart in 151 countries, becoming the most-streamed project and artist in a single day and the third most played album on its release day.

.@kanyewest, Jay-Z and Francis and the Lights’ “Jail” debuts at #1 on the US Spotify chart with 4.277 million streams. The #1 biggest debut for any song this year.

— chart data (@chartdata) August 30, 2021