Travis Scott‘s new album ‘Utopia’ has develop into the second-most streamed album of 2023, lower than two weeks after it was launched.
The rapper’s first album since 2018 has been streamed globally over 650million occasions, whereas Apple Music confirmed it had the most important first day streams of an album in 2023, and Spotify named it essentially the most streamed file in 2023 on its first day with 128 million streams.
By way of each gross sales and streams, ‘Utopia’ has had 2023’s third-biggest first week numbers, simply behind behind Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift.
The album options an illustrious listing of credited artists together with Beyoncé, SZA, Kanye West and Daft Punk‘s Man-Manuel. Bon Iver, The Weeknd, Sampha, Drake, James Blake, Younger Thug additionally make appearances.
To have fun the album’s launch, Scott performed a particular present and livestream at Italy’s Circus Maximus, an leisure stadium and public park in Rome that used to host chariot races.
He introduced out Kanye West to carry out ‘Reward God’ and ‘Can’t Inform Me Nothing’. As Pitchfork report, Scott instructed the group: “There is no such thing as a Utopia with out Kanye West. There is no such thing as a Travis Scott with out Kanye West. There is no such thing as a Rome with out Kanye West. Make some noise for Ye.” It marked West’s first reside efficiency in 18 months.
Scott’s unique ‘Utopia’ launch present on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt fell aside because of “manufacturing points”. The present was meant to happen on July 28, however was cancelled by Reside Nation Center East a day earlier than.
The album has, nevertheless, courted controversy for not crediting KayCyy for his characteristic on its second monitor, ‘Thank God’, regardless of performing the music’s refrain, whereas it has additionally been reported that he wrote a sizeable quantity of it.
When a fan tweeted “Why tf is KayCyy’s characteristic nonetheless hidden? He actually wrote a big a part of it and sings the complete refrain [crying emoji],” the artist responded by saying: “Y’all maintain sending me these messages… Y’all know what I do..! I’m not no background singer… fuck Trav!!!”
