The escalation of listening numbers show not only how quickly streaming has transformed the music industry but also the aggressive way that Apple and Tidal have been pursuing exclusives with top artists to lure fans and challenge Spotify’s dominance. Kanye West and Justin Bieber have both posted weeks of about 100 million streams, but in ordinary weeks the totals are usually less than 20 million.

2 this week with 196,000 sales and 97 million streams. The streaming tally for “Views” more than doubles the previous record of 115 million, set just a week ago by Beyoncé’s “Lemonade,” itself another streaming exclusive (with Tidal, in which Beyoncé is a partner) “Lemonade” drops to No. (Spotify has a few singles but not the full LP.) Songs from “Views” were listened to 245 million times in its first week, most of it from Apple Music, which is the only place where the album can be streamed in full. Even more remarkable was the streaming number. “Views” (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic) sold 852,000 copies in the United States in its first week on sale, according to Nielsen, the best opening week of the year and the industry’s biggest sales week since Christmas, when Adele’s “25” ratcheted to almost 1.2 million. 1 on Billboard’s chart this week with very strong numbers in both sales and streaming, a major victory for Apple, which is offering the album through an exclusive deal. Drake’s new album, “Views,” opened at No.

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