Travis Scott‘s new album ‘Utopia’ has turn out to be 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 document 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 checklist 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 rejoice 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 informed the group: “There isn’t a Utopia with out Kanye West. There isn’t a Travis Scott with out Kanye West. There isn’t a Rome with out Kanye West. Make some noise for Ye.” It marked West’s first stay efficiency in 18 months.
Scott’s unique ‘Utopia’ launch present on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt fell aside as a result of “manufacturing points”. The present was meant to happen on July 28, however was cancelled by Stay Nation Center East a day earlier than.
The album has, nevertheless, courted controversy for not crediting KayCyy for his function on its second observe, ‘Thank God’, regardless of performing the track’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 function nonetheless hidden? He actually wrote a big a part of it and sings your complete refrain [crying emoji],” the artist responded by saying: “Y’all hold sending me these messages… Y’all know what I do..! I’m not no background singer… fuck Trav!!!”
