Kanye West Sets Historic Spotify Streaming Record With His Albums

Kanye West has seen massive success, with all of the studio albums he’s released.

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Kanye has now reached another historic streaming milestone.

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Kanye is now the first artist in Spotify history to have 10 studio albums all reach 1 billion streams

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Kanye’s latest album release was “Donda” on August 29.

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Donda went on to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

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Donda was also Kanye’s 10th consecutive number one album.

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Ye had a strong album rollout, with three listening events at stadiums.

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Kanye has also performed at his “Free Larry Hoover” benefit concert and at the Rolling Loud festival over the past week.

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Kanye is still dealing with Kim Kardashian divorce.

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