The reportedly pay of services is around $0.003 to $0.005 per stream. The Canadian rapper's comments mirrored the concerns of emerging artists who have been vocal on dismal profit sharing from streaming. The 36-year-old worth is nearly $250m, as per edm.com. Last year, South Korean boy band BTS sold a chart-topping five million copies of their two albums globally (Love Yourself: Tear and Love Yourself: Answer), but Canadian rapper Drake was the most-streamed artist, with 8. The Started From The Bottom singer's profits skyrocketed to $52.5m from 21.5 billion streams. AI-generated songs using the voices of Drake and The Weeknd racked up millions of views on TikTok last month, before being taken down for copyright infringements, The Guardian reported. The Her Loss rapper's remarks come amid the fact that he was named the highest earner on Spotify in 2021. I have enough dinner plates,' the famed musician captioned. 'o feel free to send me a Lebron sized cheque. The millionaire rapper took to the Instagram story to share the news and advocated for artists, 'We should get bonuses like athletes to motivate the future artists to be consistent and competitive.'

This initiative shows our potential to become a unique platform to offer experiences that help bring us closer to our fans while reaching out to new audiences around the world.Drake thinks musicians should receive 'bonuses like athletes' as the famed rapper surpassed the mark of 75 billion collective streams on Spotify.Īccording to NME, the Grammy winner reportedly achieved the highest number on the music streamer. “For the first time in our history, we are replacing the name of our main sponsor on the front of the jersey with an internationally acclaimed artist, Drake. “This initiative is another example of this desire and the innovative spirit of our collaboration. It is a strategic relationship through which we seek to bring together two worlds that can arouse emotion, namely music and football,” said Juli Guiu, Vice President for the marketing area of FC Barcelona. “Our alliance with Spotify goes beyond a mere commercial relationship. So as part of FC Barcelona’s El Clásico showdown this past Sunday-one of the most iconic events in all of sport-we teamed up with Drake and FC Barcelona to create a limited-edition kit.Įmblazoned with the signature OVO owl logo, the shirts reaffirm our commitment to bringing the worlds of music and football together. We want to create a platform for artists that taps into the club’s massive global fan base. From the start, we’ve had big plans for our partnership with FC Barcelona.

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