{"id":89664,"date":"2021-12-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=89664"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:56:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T13:56:13","slug":"kanye-west-ten-albums-one-billion-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/kanye-west-ten-albums-one-billion-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West is the first artist to have ten studio albums reach one billion streams on Spotify"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">After his 2008, fourth studio album, 808s &amp; Heartbreak hit one billion streams, this marks the rapper&#8217;s tenth album to surpass the milestone.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/kanye-west-vs-drake-certified-lover-boy-and-donda\/\">After the release of his record-breaking album <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Donda<\/strong><\/a> and more streams on his older album <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">808s &amp; Heartbreak<\/strong>, Kanye West now has ten albums with over a billion streams on Spotify. These include: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4Uv86qWpGTxf7fU7lG5X6F\">The College Dropout<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0Ds6i3h0F9RcYIKAD5Olum\">Late Registration<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4SZko61aMnmgvNhfhgTuD3\">Graduation<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5ykOQlHaE5ZRxMibfI75YW\">808s &amp; Heartbreak<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/20r762YmB5HeofjMCiPMLv\">My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0OcMap99vLEeGkBCfCwRwS\">Watch The Throne<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7D2NdGvBHIavgLhmcwhluK\">Yeezus<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7gsWAHLeT0w7es6FofOXk1\">The Life Of Pablo<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2Ek1q2haOnxVqhvVKqMvJe\">ye<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5CnpZV3q5BcESefcB3WJmz\">Donda<\/a><\/strong>. West&#8217;s albums that are yet to hit the figure include: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0FgZKfoU2Br5sHOfvZKTI9?si=OZml2ATJQrSLK-j-2ujwWw\">JESUS IS KING<\/a><\/strong>, compilation album <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0bcOGgwJpwBjfFBTApoqSn?si=4O0VwwgwSbiYybCc_x74bw\">Cruel Summer<\/a><\/strong>, and collaborative album <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6pwuKxMUkNg673KETsXPUV?si=bfh_qKtOSy6jl5XrSmfCpA\">KIDS SEE GHOSTS<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kanyewest<\/a> becomes the first artist in history to have 10 studio albums reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.<\/p>\u2014 chart data (@chartdata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1470974396961419267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The new record is particularly impressive, considering over half of the albums were released over ten years ago, before streaming took off. 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