Cape Town - The controversial rapper Kanye West’s new album Ye was released on streaming and digital music platforms around the world on Friday and has amassed over 100 million streams worldwide in just 3 days.
The astounding figure was released in a statement to the press by Def Jam Records the worldwide distributor for G.O.O.D Music, the record company founded by Kanye on which all his music is released.
Rapper Pusha T is the current president of G.O.O.D and his new album Daytona (which Kanye produced in it’s entirety) has topped the Billboard Rap/hip-hop album charts this week and is at number 3 on the overall Top 200 Billboard Album chart.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE ALBUM ARTWORK FOR KANYE'S ALBUM HERE:
HERE’S A LOOK AT HOW YE BY KANYE IS DOING ON CHARTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD:
- #1 Itunes Album In 63 Countries Worldwide including South Africa
- #1 Spotify Global Peak Position
- 5 Tracks in Top 10 Spotify Global Top 50
- US Peak Position: Top 7 Songs on Spotify
- #1 Apple Music Album In 83 Countries
- Top 7 Songs on Apple Music
Here’s what we thought of Kanye’s new album, on which he addresses his mental health issues.