Kanye’s ‘DONDA’ Album Makes History, Biggest Debut of 2021

Kanye West has made history! After three listening sessions for the new album DONDA, his new album has hit a milestone in the music industry. The album is the biggest to debut in 2021 with a record 775 million global streams.

DONDA has topped the charts in over 11 countries including the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. The project also has a first time No. 1 debut in Italy, France and Sweden setting an all time Apple Music record for #1 peaks in 152 countries.

The album was released off-cycle on Sunday, August 29^th, DONDA is the biggest album debut of 2021, racking up over 552,000 equivalent units globally in its first week of streaming. DONDAhas accumulated over 775Million global streams; over 442 Million at Spotify, and 242 Million at Apple Music worldwide. DONDA is a global phenomenon, topping the album charts in eleven countries. West returns to #1 in the US, the UK and Australia with his biggest career streaming numbers to date, and sees his first career #1 debuts in France, Italy and Sweden. DONDA set an Apple Music all-time record at #1 in 152 countries.

DONDA was previewed at three historic streamed listening events – at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium and Chicago’s Soldier Field – each of which successively broke Apple Music’s global records for livestream audience. You can stream the album here and get a copy on iTunes now!