STREAMS

In this day and age, is going platinum still the same milestone it once was?

"Despacito" breaks the 5 Billion mark on Youtube.

Joey Bada$$ nabs his first Hot 100 entry off the strength of "Infinity (888)."

Traders will now be able to invest in Spotify shares according to CEO Daniel Ek.

The streaming giant is now giving credit to more industry professionals.

Drake & Future put numbers on the board in 2017.

Another music streaming platform is in the works.

Ed Sheeran takes over Drake's two-year throne.

Post Malone isn't here for the questions.

According to reports, Billboard will start to count Youtube streams as part of album sales on their Top 200 chart.

DJ Khaled lands some worldwide love, and the U.S. holds it down for hip-hop.

Will your favorite come out on top in their first week?

Slim Shady keeps raking in the listens.

He walks the walk after talking the talk.

Drake's "More Life" holds onto the No. 1 spot for a second week.

Drake's "More Life" sales projections have arrived, and they're big.

Logic can celebrate the fact that his music has been streamed more than a billion times on Spotify.

Here's your music industry round-up for 2016. Desiigner had the year's most-streamed song with "Panda."

Released at the end of April, Drake's "VIEWS" has now been streamed over a billion times.

Another record-setting week for "VIEWS."

Drake's "VIEWS" will go No. 1 for the third week in a row. In each week, the album has gained more streams than any album ever has in a 7-day period.

Drake's "One Dance" breaks the U.K.'s record for most track streams in a single week, previously set by Adele's "Hello."

Hotline Bling" might guarantee "Views" goes platinum.