Do we have people in the world who still think in 2026 that amount of tracks on an album has no effect on how many streams it gets in the first week?

No way drake lost to O-rod

Obviously not, but it's been a universally-adopted tactic to increase stream totals by overstuffing albums for, what, 10 years now? Both things can be true: Drake can benefit from album bloat and still be a top tier streaming act regardless.

hating on o rod cause she outsold your favorite rapper is cringe. her album is fantastic

Great album

nobody is hating on her. drake haters started trying to put him down because he sold "less" without release any physicals at all so people are rightfully educating those folks on the proper context

right, so iceman having 4 more songs is the reason why it streamed over double?

right?

O-Rod got you wiped down

10 songs counts as an album listen right?

if someone’s dedicating a half hour to playing music, doesn’t matter how long the album is, they’re only playing a half hour worth of songs (roughly 9)

it’s 2026 and people still think you can play a long album as many times as you can play a short album

carti music, 283k streaming, 30 songs = 9.4k per song, less than olivias 15k per song on the new album

travis scott utopia 241k streaming, 19 songs = 12.6k per song, less than olivias 15k per song

the fall off 166k streaming, 24 songs = 6.9k per song, less than olivias 15k person

it's less of a pop vs rap thing and more of a drake is the best streaming rapper by far, regardless how many songs he puts out

even getting into the weeds of physicals or no physicals is some stan war s***. everyone has botted streams in 2026 to some degree so its all unequal in some manner to begin with

she sold more, thats it

dot stans really have no shame

good work @ olivia rod, she is doing what she is supposed to do on other popstars should take notice

The meltdown since iceman dropped is actually hilarious. All these nothing burgers... They’re begging for a win

anyone who outsells drake is my enemy 😡

She shoved a rod to his "o"

This is irrelevant to first week numbers. The first week, people are listening to the new album one way through at minimum. If you have more tracks on your album, then obviously that’s more streams per one full listen of the album.

The stats speak for itself go search it up

I’ve said ten times now that pop albums never stream high first weeks unless you’re Taylor Swift. You keep focusing on Olivia Rodrigo when I never once claimed that her album would be streamed as much first weeks unless as a Drake album

You named two artists that are currently wildly less popular than Olivia Rodrigo in 2026

It’s not a blanket statement, obviously the artist’s popularity will have an impact

A Harry Styles album is gonna outstream a Young Thug album first week because he’s way more popular than Young Thug

this thread really stuck in some time loop of stan wars

when you compare 20-song Drake album sales to 8-song Hoodrich Pablo Juan album sales yea you’re gonna see a difference but i don’t think the tracklist length is the reason for that

How is Olivia Rodrigues the most sold artist so far when BULLY sold 5 million?

It’s not the only reason. Nobody is saying that Drake dropping 20+ song albums is the reason he’s popular on streaming. But it absolutely has an effect on how many streams his albums get first week

Damn drake really won