Huuuuuuuuge numbers for Ariana!
From Billboard:
In the week ending Sept. 12, 2019, Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next album surpassed 2 billion on-demand audio streams for its songs in 2019, making it the first album to reach the 2 billion mark for the year. It continues to be the album with the most streams for its songs in 2019. Thank U’s songs garnered 20.6 million streams in the week ending Sept. 12, bringing its 2019 total to 2.007 billion.
The second-most-streamed album of 2019, in terms of on-demand audio song streams, is Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, with 1.887 billion. (Nielsen Music’s streaming totals for albums includes streams of the album’s songs registered before the album’s release, but during the tracking period. For example, Thank U, Next includes streams of its title track and “7 Rings” for Jan. 4 through Feb. 7 before the album was released on Feb. 8.)
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