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DJ Khaled & Drake’s “POPSTAR” Debuts At #1 On US & Global Apple Music Streaming Charts, Also Tops US Spotify

“GREECE” also posted solid opening day streaming numbers.

DJ Khaled’s new “POPSTAR (featuring Drake)” made an opening day impact on the major streaming platforms.

The collaboration earned #1 on the US and Global Apple Music charts for Friday, July 17. It meanwhile started at #1 on US Spotify with 2.014 million opening day American streams, while grabbing #4 on the global chart with 4.282 million worldwide Spotify streams.

“POPSTAR” was one of two DJ Khaled-Drake collaborations to launch Friday.

“GREECE,” the other, took #2 on US and Global Apple Music. It concurrently arrived at #10 and #22 on the US and Global Spotify charts, respectively.

The collaborations have also fared well on the US iTunes sales chart, with “POPSTAR” and “GREECE” respectively appearing at #2 and #3 at press time. Only Kygo & Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” is selling at a faster pace.

Brian Cantor

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