“This was bound to happen”: Fans react as Drake's 'Fake Love' surpasses 1 billion streams on Spotify becoming his 23rd song to reach this mark

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Drake’s Fake Love track has passed the 1 billion stream mark on Spotify, and fans are showering him with accolades. With Fake Love, the Canadian rapper has cemented his position as the rapper with the most songs to achieve this milestone on Spotify.

Fake Love is Drake’s 23rd track to amass over a billion streams; other songs of his to accomplish the milestone include One Dance, God’s Plan, Sicko Mode, Hotline Bling, Jimmy Cooks and Too Good, with One Dance at the top of the list with 3.52 billion streams.

@Kurrco shared the news of Fake Love’s stream count on X, and @youlovevally responded:

“I mean he’s been in the game since 2006.. a cross genre superstar, this was bound to happen. Drake just don’t need to be beefing anymore & he good.”

Fans praised the track:

“23 songs to pass 1 billion streams only on one platform, that’s insane bro nobody's ever doing this again,” @officialvrewls stated
“Just good music that ages well,” @jayhousecomics added.
" I was listening to More Life yesterday. Yet another Drake album full of hits!!" @DaytwanCH praised.

Others praised the Canadian rapper:

“THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT,” @clarkmbe2 gushed.
“Biggest rapper of all time,” @Drake anon 1488888 hailed.
"Ya can't rush greatness, THE GOAT," @Iam_khalifa0 tweeted.

More details about Drake’s Fake Love track as it earns Over 1 billion streams on Spotify

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Drake released Fake Love in 2016. Fake Love is the lead single of his 2017 album, More Life. In the almost 7-minute track, the rapper talks about dealing with false emotions from others and the two-faced “friends” in the music industry. The song boasts over a billion streams now and the lyrics of the song are:

"I've been down so long, it look like up to me/ They look up to me/ I got fake people showin' fake love to me/ Straight up to my face, straight up to my face/ I've been down so long, it look like up to me/They look up to me,"

The heavy lyrics continue:

"I got fake people showin' fake love to me/ Straight up to my face, straight up to my face/ I've been down so long; it look like up to me/ They look up to me/ I got fake people showin' fake love to me/Straight up to my face, straight up to my face."

Fake Love debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eighth and the UK Singles Chart as number 10.

Edited by Sarah Nazamuddin Harniswala
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