The Drake album had only the 5th best opening day on Spotify this year despite Toosie Slide being on it so clearly there is some sort Drake fatigue.

Indeed - 6 songs in the top 10, people really must be sick of Drake.

This gives us a good reference point to see in a few months when Drake drops his proper album if indeed the marketing difference between 'albums' and 'mixtapes' is significant though. Feel free to quote me if I'm wrong but I'm almost certain his summer album is going to do a fair bit better than this has done - by Drake project first day standards this hasn't really been that big so far. (Of course having 6 of the top 10 and 14 of the top 30 is still huge but Drake is one of the couple of artists for which that level of success is pretty much what you expect).

 

The online reaction to the Playboi Carti collaboration seems to have been nearly universally negative, unsurprising that it's the highest album track on day 1 as it had the NMF playlist spot and was the most hyped leaked song but I wouldn't be surprised if it gets overtaken by several other songs pretty quickly. For what it's worth, that track and 'Toosie Slide' aside, I feel like the general reaction to this online has been slightly better than that to his last couple of projects.

Yes 6 tracks in Top 10 but individual totals not great for anything bar Toosie Slide and even that is only just over 520k

Toosie is #1 on Spotify globally with way over 6M so if we take that out, the numbers for the album tracks are on "Bieber level" so to say.

Edited May 2, 20205 yr by SKOB

Speaking of, it'll be interesting to see how Bieber/Ariana does this week.

The non-Drake chart

 

A non-Drake chart these days would feel like a prayer being answered.

Edited May 2, 20205 yr by Tawdry Hepburn

The Drake album had only the 5th best opening day on Spotify this year despite Toosie Slide being on it so clearly there is some sort Drake fatigue.

 

Oh, you are funny sometimes.

just leaving this here (:kink:)

But it still received success?

But it still received success?

 

Only on about the same level as Ariana's 'boyfriend' (and with a much lower peak than that had), if you're citing that as an example of an underperformance then 'Money In The Grave' definitely fits that description as well. He also had 'I'm Upset' as a single from his last album that made nearly no impact at all (and as I mentioned in the quoted post 'Signs' was also a pretty middling hit comparable to the Ariana examples you posted), he definitely isn't completely guaranteed major success with everything he releases.

 

I'm not really sure why 'Money In The Grave' wasn't a bigger hit tbh, I think it's one of the better singles he's released in the past few years and it definitely wasn't as lazy as songs like 'Toosie Slide' and 'Life Is Good' that have done much better this year.

Also only 2 unheard songs on Drake's Mixtape, surprise release, and some of the songs are on Youtube for months, and still amazing numbers, see you in a month or 2 when his proper album will come out and with a push and all new songs. That would be funny.

Spotify Chart UpDRAKE (01/05)

 

01 02 Drake – Toosie Slide 569,844

02 01 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights 423,892

03 NE Drake & Playboi Carti – Pain 1993 392,331 [*NEW PEAK*]

04 03 Saint Jhn – Roses (Imanbek Remix) 366,525

05 NE Drake – Chicago Freestyle (feat. Giveon) 347,878 [*NEW PEAK*]

06 NE Drake – Not You Too (feat. Chris Brown) 297,524 [*NEW PEAK*]

07 NE Drake – Deep Pockets 289,100 [*NEW PEAK*]

08 05 Lil Mosey – Blueberry Faygo 286,502

09 04 KSI – Houdini (feat. Swarmz & Tion Wayne) 282,623

10 NE Drake – When To Say When 277,495 [*NEW PEAK*]

 

11 NE Drake & Future – Desires [*NEW PEAK*]

12 06 The Scotts – The Scotts

13 07 Powfu – Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) (feat. Beabadoobee)

14 NE Drake – Time Flies [*NEW PEAK*]

15 NE Drake – Demons (feat. Fivio Foreign & Sosa Geek) [*NEW PEAK*]

16 NE Future, Drake & Young Thug – D4L [*NEW PEAK*]

17 09 Aitch & AJ Tracey – Rain (feat. Tay Keith)

18 08 Megan Thee Stallion – Savage Remix (feat. Beyoncé) {#4 combined; 380,476 streams}

19 NE Drake – Landed [*NEW PEAK*]

20 17 AJ Tracey – Dinner Guest (feat. MoStack)

 

21 NE Drake – War [*NEW PEAK*]

22 13 DaBaby – Rockstar (feat. Roddy Ricch)

23 11 Dua Lipa – Break My Heart

24 12 S1mba – Rover (feat. DTG)

25 NE Drake – Losses [*NEW PEAK*]

26 10 Doja Cat – Say So {#5 combined; 368,729 streams}

27 16 Dua Lipa – Don't Start Now

28 14 Roddy Ricch – The Box

29 NE Drake – From Florida With Love [*NEW PEAK*]

30 18 Tones and I – Dance Monkey

 

31 21 Joel Corry – Lonely

32 19 Dua Lipa – Physical

33 15 Travis Scott – Goosebumps (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

34 20 Travis Scott – Sicko Mode (feat. Drake)

35 24 Nathan Dawe – Flowers (feat. Jaykae)

36 22 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

37 23 Juice WRLD – Righteous

38 25 Benee – Supalonely (feat. Gus Dapperton)

39 NE Doja Cat – Say So (feat. Nicki Minaj) [*NEW PEAK*]

40 37 Future – Life Is Good (feat. Drake)

 

41 28 Doja Cat – Boss Bitch

42 29 Justin Bieber – Intentions (feat. Quavo)

43 31 Harry Styles – Adore You

44 30 Lewis Capaldi – Before You Go

45 36 Mabel – Boyfriend

46 33 JP Saxe – If The World Was Ending (feat. Julia Michaels)

47 32 Travis Scott – Highest In The Room

48 35 Harry Styles – Falling

49 27 Megan Thee Stallion – Savage

50 38 PartyNextDoor – Believe It (feat. Rihanna)

 

51 34 Jack Harlow – Whats Poppin

53 44 Little Mix – Break Up Song

56 43 Sam Fischer – This City

57 50 Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa – Tequila (feat. Raye)

60 NE Marshmello & Halsey – Be Kind [*NEW PEAK*]

62 48 24kGoldn – City of Angels

63 49 The Weeknd – In Your Eyes

65 51 Khalid & Disclosure – Know Your Worth

67 26 Oasis – Don't Stop… (Demo)

68 55 Sam Smith – I'm Ready (feat. Demi Lovato)

76 71 220 Kid & Gracey – Don't Need Love

77 68 Robbie Doherty & Keees. – Pour the Milk

80 63 DripReport – Skechers

81 62 Madison Beer – Selfish

82 57 The 1975 – If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)

84 76 Live Lounge Allstars – Times Like These

88 67 Mist – House Party (feat. Fredo)

91 84 Topic – Breaking Me (feat. A7S)

93 84 Kygo – Like It Is (feat. Zara Larsson & Tyga)

95 78 Surf Mesa – ily (I Love You Baby) (feat. Emilee)

96 NE Yxng Bane – Table For Two [*NEW PEAK*]

97 NE Yxng Bane – Are You Mad (feat. K-Trap) [*NEW PEAK*]

100 80 Don Toliver – After Party

 

101 77 Twenty One Pilots – Level of Concern

109 NE Yxng Bane – Rockstar (feat. DBE) [*NEW PEAK*]

117 102 Ava Max – Kings & Queens

120 109 Gerry Cinnamon – Where We're Going

121 99 Doja Cat – Like That (feat. Gucci Mane)

124 100 NLE Choppa – Walk Em Down (feat. Roddy Ricch)

126 NE Machine Gun Kelly – Bloody Valentine [*NEW PEAK*]

131 114 Regard & Raye – Secrets

142 125 Hosh & 1979 – Midnight (The Hanging Tree) (feat. Jalja)

152 NE Tinie Tempah – Moncler (feat. Tion Wayne) [*NEW PEAK*]

157 127 Frosty – Hate On Us (feat. OFB)

166 161 Martin Solveig & Roy Woods – Juliet & Romeo

169 NE Khalid – Eleven (feat. Summer Walker) [*NEW PEAK*]

179 133 Nafe Smallz – Part Of The Plan (feat. M Huncho)

186 147 Willow – Wait a Minute!

188 153 Darius & Finlay – Clothes Off (Nanana)

189 160 Melanie Martinez – Play Date

194 NE Mahalia – BRB [*NEW PEAK*]

I think the Drake tracks will fall quickly in the coming days. Toosie Slide is probably going to #1 officially though.

Say So needs an increase this week to avoid ACR (I think). I hope the remix holds up and it can repeak

The Drake influx is comparable to a blockage in a U-bend.

Edited May 2, 20205 yr by Tawdry Hepburn

Apple Music, Saturday 5/02

1. Drake – Toosie Slide

2. Drake – Chicago Freestyle (feat. Giveon)

3. The Weeknd – Blinding Lights

4. Drake – Not You Too (feat. Chris Brown)

5. Drake & Playboi Carti – Pain 1993

6. Drake – Deep Pockets

7. AJ Tracey – Dinner Guest (feat. MoStack)

8. Saint Jhn – Roses (Imanbek Remix)

9. Drake & Future – Desires

10. Drake – Time Flies

 

12. S1mba – Rover

16. DaBaby – Rockstar (feat. Roddy Ricch)

19. Megan Thee Stallion – Savage Remix (feat. Beyoncé)

20. Kid & Gracey – Don't Need Love

 

23. Aitch & AJ Tracey – Rain (feat. Tay Keith)

25. Powfu – Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) (feat. Beabadoobee)

32. Lil Mosey – Blueberry Faygo

34. Live Lounge Allstars – Times Like These

38. KSI – Houdini (feat. Swarmz & Tion Wayne)

39. Doja Cat – Say So

47. Doja Cat – Say So (feat. Nicki Minaj)

49. The Scotts – The Scotts

57. Megan Thee Stallion – Savage

People slating Drake...ITS A MIXTAPE, surely being on a chart forum you cannot be that stupid. When he releases a mainstream album in the summer records will.be broken. For the record, not even keen on him but the lack of knowledge from people desperate for males to flop on here is disgusting.

What records?

 

I, for instance, hadn't heard any songs from the album apart from Toosie Slide and I listen to a new music A LOT. While some 500k Drake fans around the globe are familiar with Chicago Freestyle, most people definitely are not.

 

Also, Pain 1993 is heavily pushed by Spotify on its playlists so there is clearly some marketing for this project.

Edited May 3, 20205 yr by SKOB

exactly, he's #1 on every global playlist on Spotify, even he's now the cover of HH, which is a pop playlist

the urban playlists have been pushing this like if there's no tomorrow

It would be stupid to expect a million streams for Pain1993

but it's not stupid to expect >400K when it's #1 on the most important urban playlist in the world, it's also on Today's Top Hits

plus on album release day

call it whatever you want but it's an underperformance

People slating Drake...ITS A MIXTAPE, surely being on a chart forum you cannot be that stupid. When he releases a mainstream album in the summer records will.be broken. For the record, not even keen on him but the lack of knowledge from people desperate for males to flop on here is disgusting.

Not stupid, I know it's a mixtape? Doesn't stop him making actually good and creative music.

 

I did actually used to be a fan of his in the Take Care era but he's gone rapidly downhill.