Drake's new album 'Scorpion' sets new record to be the first album to hit 1bn streams in a week

Drake 's new album, Scorpion has set him a new record by becoming the first album to surpass 1 billion streams worldwide across all streaming platforms in one week.

Before Drake's accomplishment, Post Malone ’s album Beerbongs & Bentleys previously owned the worldwide record with almost 700 million streams.

The Canadian rapper took to Instagram to celebrate the achievement. "New era. New platinum. Thank you a billion times over (a billion plus)," he wrote.

The Scorpion single "God's Plan" is also the most-streamed song of the year, earning 1.121 billion streams, making it the only song to top a billion streams in 2018. While the second-most streamed song of the year is Post Malone and Ty Dolla Sign 's "Psycho," which has earned 576 million streams.