Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album Sour (Geffen) continues to smash information three years after its launch.
Released on May 21, 2021, the LP scored the greatest debut of the 12 months at the time of its launch and broke the document for the most-streamed album in every week by a female artist in Spotify historical past with over 385 million world streams.
Now, Geffen Records has confirmed that Sour has develop into the all-time highest-streaming album by a female artist on Spotify.
The album has been streamed over 12.3 billion occasions on Spotify so far.
Rodrigo’s first single from Sour – drivers license – turned considered one of the greatest hits of 2021, attaining 76 million US streams in its first week and debuting at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the place it remained for eight weeks.
The tune additionally earned the largest world weekly streaming debut on Spotify and have become the first monitor to surpass 1 billion world streams in 2021.
According to Chartmetric knowledge analyzed by MBW, drivers license has been streamed over 2.16 billion occasions on Spotify so far and is averaging over 935,000 streams each day as of May 21 (see beneath).
Six of the 11 tracks on Sour have surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify so far, whereas two have surpassed 2 billion on the platform.
The second most-streamed monitor from the album on Spotify is Good 4 U, which has been streamed over 2.15 billion occasions on the platform so far, based on Chartmetric knowledge analyzed by MBW (see beneath).
In addition to changing into RIAA Certified Gold in its first week again in 2021, all 11 tracks from Sour landed in the Top 30 of the US Hot 100, making Rodrigo the first female artist and the fourth act total to concurrently chart 11 or extra songs in the Top 30.
Sour additionally turned the quickest album in historical past to have all of its songs licensed RIAA Platinum or larger.
At a live performance in London over the weekend, Rodrigo commented on the information of Sour changing into the most-streamed album by a female artist on Spotify.
“I came upon the different day … that [Sour] is the most streamed album by a female artist on Spotify. And that is actually all due to you. I can’t thanks guys sufficient,” Rodrigo advised the viewers at the present.
Rodrigo added at the live performance that she “made [Sour] in my bed room and my producer’s storage, and I had no expectation of anybody aside from my mother and my closest buddies listening to it. But because it seems, a lot of individuals associated to the emotions that I used to be speaking about on that album.”
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