Canadian rapper and pop star Drake has become the first ever artist to hit 10 billion streams on Spotify. A large chunk of those streams – about 20 per cent, according to Forbes, are from his most recent album Views, which is less than a year old. Hit single One Dance has raked up just over 1 billion plays on its own. Hotline Bling, meanwhile, has been streamed on Spotify more than 600 million times. Hotline Bling, Too Good, and Controlla are also proving to be popular picks with fans. The rapper’s popularity on the app is set to go up even more after he drops his next project, ‘More Life’, this weekend. The artist has been rushing to finish the songs while on the road in Europe for his Boy Meets World Tour, but he assured fans the new music would be arriving soon as he performed in Hamburg last week. “I know it’s taken me a while, but I’m going to the hotel tonight to finish this More Life s**t, so I can give it to you as soon as possible,” he told the crowd. Drake subsequently confirmed the project’s release date on Instagram. Discussing the idea for More Life late last year, he said, “I’m off, like, mixtapes, I want to do a playlist. I want to give you a collection of songs that become the soundtrack to your life. All original music from me. You might hear some tunes from the family (frequent collaborators) on there, but I’m just really excited… I just want to get right back to it. Be with the people again.”