News: J. Cole’s ‘K.O.D.’ Album Breaks Apple & Spotify’s First-Day Streaming Records
J. Cole’s new album K.O.D. released on Friday is already achieving multiple accolades. The title track broke streaming records on Friday and now the album has crushed Apple Music and Spotify’s first-day streaming records. K.O.D. has reportedly been streamed 64.5 million times on the first day in the U.S. on Apple Music. It has said to have surpassed Drake’s Views album by over a million streams.
The album has also been streamed 36.6 million times in the first 24 hours on Spotify’s streaming platform. The album breaks the record for most first-day streams for a U.S. album. You can stream J. Cole’s new K.O.D. album here.
J. Cole's 'KOD' album has broken the US Apple Music record for biggest opening day (64.5m streams on 4/20).
— chart data (@chartdata) April 23, 2018
J. Cole's 'KOD' album has broken the US Spotify record for biggest opening day (36.7m streams on 4/20).
— chart data (@chartdata) April 23, 2018
J. Cole's 'KOD' is expected to become the third album to debut with 300m+ US audio streams in its first week.
— chart data (@chartdata) April 25, 2018
36,656,086 streams.
0 guest features. @JColeNC’s #KOD now holds the record for most first day U.S. album streams. ? pic.twitter.com/Uak1moPkN4— Spotify USA (@SpotifyUSA) April 23, 2018