According to The Source Magazine, Drake has surpassed 17 billion Spotify streams in 2026 across all credits, positioning him for what the outlet calls the biggest hip-hop streaming year of all time.

The publication reports he is only the second artist across all genres to hit that figure this year, while holding a commanding lead among rappers.

The same week brought a chart milestone: The Source says *HABIBTI* reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after its four-track deluxe edition, *HABIBTI (FOMO)*, dropped in October, giving Drake his 18th career chart-topper on that list and breaking a longstanding tie with Future and The Temptations.

What makes the numbers striking, The Source argues, is how much of the consumption comes from music released years ago.

Projects like *Take Care*, *Views*, *Scorpion* and *Certified Lover Boy* remain fixtures in streaming rotation, generating steady volume that keeps older material commercially relevant nearly two decades into Drake's mainstream career.

The outlet also reports his entire discography gained more than 42 million Spotify streams in a single day, Monday, October 12 — evidence that a resurgence of *HABIBTI*, which climbed from No. 116 to No. 2 on the Billboard 200, is pulling listeners back through his whole catalog rather than just the new release.

The Source frames the streaming dominance as the product of an unusually aggressive release schedule.

Per the publication, Drake delivered three separate albums in May 2026 — *ICEMAN*, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, *HABIBTI*, and *MAID OF HONOUR*, which peaked at No. 3 — on top of the collaborative *$ome $exy $ongs 4 U* with PARTYNEXTDOOR, which topped the Billboard 200 after its February 2025 release.

The report adds that *HABIBTI* also secured the top position on Billboard's Canadian Albums chart, extending his record to 17 No. 1 projects there.

Meanwhile, Billboard Canada's own coverage this week highlights another Canadian chart force: it named Cardi B the first-ever Global Woman of the Year at its Women In Music event on November 24 at Rebel in Toronto, citing her 46 charting songs on the Canadian Hot 100.

The Source notes that Drake's feud with Kendrick Lamar continues to shape debate over lyrical ability, cultural impact and commercial longevity — and that these numbers supply another measure of his staying power in that argument.

Standing alone atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums all-time leaderboard, ahead of Future and The Temptations, ties his commercial record to multiple generations of the genre's history rather than a single era.

The publication concludes that with 17 billion streams already accumulated in 2026 and another historic Billboard record secured, his commercial momentum shows little sign of slowing — leaving fans watching whether the streaming pace holds through the end of the year.