Streaming trackers place Drake in all five leading positions among rappers’ biggest Spotify years.
Drake’s biggest streaming year reportedly just got bigger. With 2026 still underway, trackers place him at 18.9 billion Spotify streams, surpassing the 18.4 billion total reported for his previous record-setting year in 2025.
The ranking circulating alongside the milestone gives Drake all five leading positions among rappers. Behind 2026 and 2025 sit 2023 with 17.6 billion streams, 2024 with 15.5 billion, and 2022 with 13.4 billion.
This is why I have Drake winning hip-hop MVP this year. He took his hits, stood back up, and gave people plenty to discuss beyond whether his career was over. Now the reported streaming leaderboard looks like a Drake family reunion. You can debate which version of him you prefer, but it gets harder to argue that listeners have abandoned him when the numbers look like this.
Quincy is the creator of Ratings Game Music. He loves writing about music, taking long walks on beaches, and spaghetti that fights him back.
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