Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Hits 10 Billion Spotify Streams

Summary

• Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN. has officially surpassed 10 billion streams on Spotify
• This is his first album to reach the milestone, joining a small list of other hip-hop records
• Released in 2017, DAMN. won a GRAMMY and was the first non-classical/jazz album to win a Pulitzer Prize

Kendrick Lamar‘s DAMN. has officially hit a whopping 10 billion Spotify streams.

This marks Dot’s first album to achieve this milestone, with DAMN. joining other hip-hop albums Juice WRLD‘s Goodbye & Good Riddance, Travis Scott‘s ASTROWORLD, Drake‘s Views and Scorpions, XXXTENTACION‘s ? and Post Malone‘s beerbongs & bentleys and Hollywood’s Bleeding.

DAMN. was released in April 2017 to critical and commercial success. Not only did the record win the GRAMMY for Best Rap Album, it also became the first non-classical/jazz album to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

.@kendricklamar‘s ‘DAMN.’ has now surpassed 10 billion streams on Spotify.

It’s his first album to reach this milestone. pic.twitter.com/MOpb6hPDJf

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