Drake beats David Bowie to become best-selling artist of 2016

Drake beats David Bowie to become best-selling artist of 2016:
                                         Canadian rapper Drake has to turn out to be the best-selling recording artist of 2016, beating the late rock icon David Bowie all the way in which as much as the highest spot, started the Worldwide Federation of the Phonographic Trade (IFPI) on Wednesday.

The rating by the worldwide business physique confirmed Drake scored worldwide success together with his fourth album Views, which is an ode to his native metropolis of Toronto. The bestseller for the yr 2015 was British singer Adele. Drake beats David Bowie to become best-selling artist of 2016

Views turned the first album to achieve one billion streams on Apple Music, whereas One Dance – the album’s second single – was the original tune to be performed one billion instances on Spotify, IFPI stated in a press release. IFPI Chief Government Frances Moore acknowledged,

Bowie – who launched his closing album Blackstar only two days earlier than he died in January the last yr – got here second. His album topped the charts in 24 international locations, IFPI reported.

British rockers Coldplay got here third, adopted by Adele, Justin Bieber, Twenty One Pilots, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Prince and The Weeknd.