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J. Cole has dethroned Taylor Swift in the Spotify record books. The title track from his recently released KOD album set a new record for Spotify’s most opening day streams in the United States, according to Chart Data.
“KOD” racked up 4.2 million streams in its first day, surpassing the previous mark of 3.8 million for Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.” Another KOD song, “Photograph,” cracked the Top 5 for opening day streams with 3.5 million.
J. Cole’s “KOD” has broken the US Spotify record for biggest opening day (4.2m streams).
— chart data (@chartdata) April 21, 2018
Biggest opening days on US Spotify: #1 KOD, @JColeNC 4.2m | #2 Look What You Made Me Do, @taylorswift13 3.8m | #3 DNA., @kendricklamar 3.6m | #4 Photograph, @JColeNC 3.55m | #5 Call Out My Name, @theweeknd 3.5m
— chart data (@chartdata) April 21, 2018
Cole’s KOD was released on Friday (April 20) and is projected to be #1 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. In addition to his new LP, the Dreamville founder also dropped a video for the album cut “ATM.”
Watch “ATM” below.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUTI4bPdlgE?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]
Source: Hip Hop DX
