The world’s largest music platforms, Spotify and Apple Music, reportedly experienced major outages after rapper Drake released three albums at the same time on the night of May 15, 2026. They are Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour.
Fans around the world flooded the platforms shortly after Drake announced the surprise release of his 3 albums, which resulted in some users being unable to open the app, play songs, or view some of the albums for a while.
Many users took to social media to express the problems, with hashtags related to Drake starting to trend worldwide.
According to Downdetector, thousands of complaints were recorded within minutes about Spotify and Apple Music, with some fans saying the system was crashing whenever they tried to listen to Drake’s new projects.
Music analysts say Drake’s move to release three albums at once could be one of the biggest releases ever in the streaming era, a testament to his immense power in the global music industry.
So far, Spotify and Apple Music have not released official statements about the exact extent of the outage, but most services began to return to normal after a few hours as streams of the albums continued to rise rapidly around the world.
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