Dave and Central Cee’s ‘Sprinter’ is Spotify UK’s most-streamed song in a single day in 2023 so far
nme.comDave and Central Cee have broken the Spotify UK record for the most-streamed song in a single day this year with their track, ‘Sprinter’.Released on Friday (June 2), the jubilant track saw the two London rappers collaborating for the first time.This week, it was confirmed that ‘Sprinter’ became Spotify UK’s most streamed song in a single day in 2023 so far.
Currently, the track has amassed more than 20 million streams in just under five days. The track also broke the record for the most streamed hip-hop song in the UK in a single day in Spotify history.According to Official Charts Company, the song is also on course to hit Number One in this week’s singles chart – and is currently beating competition from Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s collab ‘Miracle’, ‘React’ by Switch Disco and Ella Henderson, ‘Giving Me’ by Jazzy, ‘Daylight’ by David Kushner, and Kylie Minogue’s rising smash hit ‘Padam Padam’.‘Sprinter’ was co-produced by Jo Caleb and Jonny Leslie with assistance from Dave, NME 100 alum Jim Legxacy (whose vocals are sampled), TR and Kyle Evans.The single serves as Dave’s first musical release of the year, following on from last year’s ‘Starlight’ and ‘My 24th Birthday’ – the former being his first solo UK Number One and second overall after the 2018 Fredo-assisted ‘Funky Friday’. ‘Sprinter’ is Central Cee’s second release of the year after ‘Me & You’.This news comes a day after the duo released their four-track ‘Split Decision’ EP.
On Monday (June 5) without any prior announcement, the record dropped as a slick demonstration of the 24-year-olds’ clever wordplay, witty humour, and suave delivery.
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