Drake Runs Up The Streaming Numbers With ‘100 GIGS’ 3-Pack
In 2018, Drake rapped, “Bury me and I’ll be born again/ I walk in godly form amongst Mortal Men” on the Scorpion cut “Sandra’s Rose.” His recent three-pack of songs titled 100 GIGS showed him living that lyric out to the fullest as he drew in major debut streaming numbers via Spotify this past weekend.
“It’s Up” featuring Young Thug and 21 Savage currently leads the charge with over two million streams on the popular platform, marking the top rap debut of the weekend. “Blue Green Red” was next up with over a million streams, and “Housekeeping Knows” featuring Latto sits at a little over 900,000 streams.
On the surface, “Housekeeping Knows” falling under a million despite having two popular artists could be a cause for concern regarding the Toronto superstar’s current status within music following the feud with Kendrick Lamar. However, it is worth noting that these songs were released at midnight on Saturday (Aug. 10) with minimal promotion; fans also had access to them for days via the 100gigs.org website and Drizzy’s secondary Instagram account, @plotttttwistttttt.
Drake’s new records are also doing well on the Apple Music charts. Currently, “It’s Up” sits atop the Top 25 charts for Washington, D.C., Houston, Miami, New York City, and his hometown Toronto. “Blue Green Red” doesn’t trail far behind on most charts and “Housekeeping Knows” is consistently the least popular of the three. It will be interesting to see how the records fare when Billboard releases the next Hot 100 charts.
The five-time Grammy winner first delivered these tracks to his fans last Tuesday (Aug. 6) as part of the 100gigs.org website. In addition to new records, fans were also treated to unreleased footage of him working on projects such as Take Care, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Views, Scorpion, Certified Lover Boy, Honestly, Nevermind, and Her Loss.
One video showed him and his team discussing JAY-Z’s feature on “Talk Up” from Scorpion. Hov was on tour with Beyoncé at the time and they anticipated him needing some time before sending over ideas for his verse.
“I’m only laying down for like two hours while Hov’s doing his show ’cause I don’t want him to hit me and be like, ‘Hey, what do you think of this?’ and I’m not there to respond,” Drake said. “He’s gonna get off stage, shower, probably have a drink, and then set back up with Guru to write and [record]. So that process is gonna be two hours.”