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Drake Ruled In 2018

Drake is the most-streamed artist of the year globally on Spotify and Apple Music and tops

Drake Ruled In 2018

By FYI Staff

Drake is the most-streamed artist of the year globally on Spotify and Apple Music and tops Billboard magazine’s year-end charts. According to the trade publication, he’s also only the second Canadian artist to rank 1st on the year-end, following Alanis Morissette’s wildly successful year in 1996 with the album Jagged Little Pill.


Spotify announced Tuesday that the Toronto-born rapper earned 8.2 billion streams in 2018. He also has the year's most-streamed album and song with Scorpion and God's Plan.

Drake is also Spotify's most-streamed artist of all-time.

Apple released its Best of 2018 list Tuesday. Drake's Scorpion was the top album on the platform, while his hit God's Plan was the most popular single. The rapper's song Nice for What came in second and In My Feelings at No. 4.

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Following Drake on the 2018 Spotify list of top artists are Post Malone, XXXTentacion, J Balvin and Ed Sheeran, who was Spotify's most-streamed artist last year.

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Awards

20-Song Long List Announced for New SOCAN Polaris Song Prize

The new accolade will award the best Canadian song chosen by a jury of the nation’s critics. Tracks by Kaytranada, Saya Gray, Mustafa, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and more are competing for the $10,000 prize.

For the first time in 2025, the Polaris Music Prize is going to a song.

The SOCAN Polaris Song Prize has unveiled its 20-nominee long list. Like the Polaris Music Prize, which honours one Canadian album based solely on artistic merit, this one does the same but for an individual track. Similarly, the Song Prize will be voted on by the members of the Polaris jury without regard to musical genre, label affiliation or commercial popularity.

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