FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2016 file photo, Drake performs onstage in Toronto. Drake's new album “More Life” has broken the U.S. record for the number of streams from a single album in one week. The rapper’s 22-track album recorded 385 million streams across all platforms. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

Drake's 'Scorpion' stings streaming competition

By The Associated Press

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June 30, 2018 01:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Drake's "Scorpion" has set a record for most one-day streams for an album on Apple Music.

Scorpion is powerful. Expected but this one makes it so hard to pick his best project ever for me. It’s like every project Drake drops corresponds so well with a specific time frame or mood in my life. The guy is pure genius man. True influencer.
— Not3s (@Not3sofficial) June 30, 2018

The streaming platform says the album has logged more than 170 million streams worldwide since its release Friday, more than doubling Drake's prior one-day record on Apple Music with last year's "More Life."

The 25-track "Scorpion" includes the No. 1 hits "Nice for What" and "God's Plan." The album features Michael Jackson on a previously unreleased track as well as collaborations with Jay-Z and Ty Dolla $ign.

The album is expected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.