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Way back in 2016, Drake\u2019s album \u201cViews<\/a>\u201d shot to No. 1 on the Billboard chart with 245 million streams: a gigantic number for the time, more than double the previous record<\/a>, which marked Drake as the champion of a new(ish<\/a>) digital format that would transform the music industry.<\/p>\n The rapper held that position as further boffo openings followed: \u201cMore Life\u201d (385 million streams<\/a> in 2017), \u201cScorpion\u201d (746 million<\/a>, 2018), \u201cCertified Lover Boy\u201d (744 million<\/a>, 2021), the 21 Savage collaboration \u201cHer Loss\u201d (514 million<\/a>, 2022). Now Drake has done it again with \u201cFor All the Dogs<\/a>,\u201d which opens with the equivalent of 402,000 sales in the United States, including 514 million streams, according to the tracking service Luminate. It is his 13th LP to hit No. 1.<\/p>\n Drake remains one of the kings of streaming, a symbol of the format\u2019s success. As Billboard notes, of the five biggest streaming weeks in history<\/a>, four are held by Drake, for \u201cScorpion\u201d (No. 1), \u201cCertified Lover Boy\u201d (No. 2), \u201cFor All the Dogs\u201d (No. 4) and \u201cHer Loss\u201d (No. 5). In third place is Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cMidnights<\/a>,\u201d which opened with 549 million a year ago.<\/p>\n But as other artists have caught up, Drake\u2019s lead may be slipping. The 514 million streams of \u201cFor All the Dogs\u201d is the biggest weekly number this year, but only barely; Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cOne Thing at a Time\u201d started with 498 million<\/a> in March, and it has since logged well over five billion clicks in the United States alone. On Friday, Bad Bunny, who catapulted to chart-topping global fame via streaming, released a surprise album<\/a>, \u201cNadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Ma\u00f1ana\u201d (\u201cNobody Knows What\u2019s Going to Happen Tomorrow\u201d), and it has already posted huge numbers, challenging Drake for the lead position on next week\u2019s chart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Also this week, Wallen\u2019s \u201cOne Thing\u201d is No. 2 after notching its 16th week at the top<\/a>. Rod Wave\u2019s \u201cNostalgia\u201d is No. 3, Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cGuts\u201d is No. 4 and Zach Bryan\u2019s self-titled LP is in fifth place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n