Drake Has the Most Songs of Any Artist on Apple Music's Top Streaming Songs of the Last Decade
The Toronto rapper has 27 songs on the chart and three spots in the Top 10, including "God's Plan at No. 3, just below The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" at No. 2. Canadian artists Justin Bieber and Daniel Caesar also make the list.
Drake is Apple Music’s most-streamed artist ever.
On July 5, the streaming service celebrated 10 years by releasing a list of the Top 500 most-streamed songs on its platform. Throughout last week, Apple shared the rankings in batches by the hundred.
The Toronto rapper has 27 entries on the chart, including three spots in the Top 10. “God’s Plan” sits at No. 3 and was streamed more than any other hip-hop song in Apple Music’s history. The other two songs are “One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)” at No. 6 and a feature on Chris Brown’s “No Guidance” at No. 9.
“God’s Plan” dominated the Billboard charts after its release in 2018. It sat at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks, while the track topped the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart for seven weeks.
Other notable Drake hits include Scorpion’s “Nice For What” at No. 21 and the 2017 hit “Passionfruit” at No. 40. One of his earliest tracks, 2009’s “Best I Ever Had,” sits at No. 81.
Fellow Canadian, The Weeknd, comes in at No. 2 with “Blinding Lights,” which spent over 180 days in the top 10 of the Global Daily Top 100. The Scarborough native has the most R&B/soul songs on the chart with nine entries, including “Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)” at No. 12 and “Die for You” off Starboy, at No. 51.
Canadian entries make up a sliver of the streaming giant’s top songs. The Kid LAROI and featured artist Justin Bieber sit at No. 14 with “STAY,” while Daniel Caesar’s “Best Part (feat. H.E.R.)” and “Get You (feat. Kali Uchis)” land spots at No. 70 and No. 146, respectively. The aforementioned Bieber comes in at No. 112 with “Intentions (feat. Quavo)” and further down on the Ed Sheeran-penned song “Love Yourself” at No. 217.
Speaking of Sheeran, at the top of the list is his 2017 track “Shape of You”. As the No. 1 most-played song globally, it reached No. 1 on the all-genre Top Songs chart in at least one country for over 1,000 days. Upon its release, “Shape of You” broke the record for the biggest pop song in Apple Music history in worldwide first-day streams.
Rounding out the Top 10 includes Post Malone at No. 4 and 5: “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” featuring Swae Lee and “Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)”. Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode,” takes No. 7, followed by Sheeran’s “Perfect” at No. 8 and Billie Eilish’s “bad guy” closes out the highest-charting tracks.
Check out the full list here.
