The year 2021 definitely started on a good note for Canadian rapper, Aubrey Drake Graham simply known as Drake as he recently made history in the music industry.

The rapper has become the first artiste to achieve such a feat.
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The Tossie Slide rapper has become the first artiste to earn 50 billion streams on Spotify, according to a recent tweet from Chart Data.

It reads:

"@Drake has now surpassed 50 billion streams on Spotify across all credits.

He is the first artist in history to hit this milestone."

Accroding to a breakdown of data by ChartMasters, Drake is credited as the lead artist in 35,704,203,269 streams for songs on the music app.

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For songs on which Drake is credited as a featured artist, he's amassed a whopping 14,297,795,559 total streams.

The total amounts to 50,001,998,828 billion streams.

The rapper marked the new feat via his Instagram story.

Although there is no set date for the release of his next studio album, Certified Lover Boy, the rapper, however, did announce in 2020 that it would be released in Janaury 2021.

With the release of the album, the Spotify numbers are expected to sky-rocket by the end of the year.

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Meanwhile, upcoming Nigerian artiste identified as Hyzah appeared to have started the year on a fantastic note.

The young man recently left members of the internet community in awe of his talent after his rap video went viral online. Interestingly, Hyzah did not only capture the attention of Nigerians online but has also managed to get noticed by Drake.