Kanye West packed the house to his 'DONDA’ listening party -- but there was more... dude set an Apple record that no artist has ever matched.Sources close to the situation tell TMZ that Ye's album launch at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium broke the Apple Music Global Livestream Record...with 3.3 million viewers tuning in.Play video content Courtesy AppleThis is a hell of a lot higher than the previous record, which was set earlier last year by Gucci Mane & Jeezy in their highly anticipated Verzuz battle -- with a reported 1.8million viewers. Kanye almost doubled that number as a solo performer!BTW, the "DONDA" moment was a once-off deal. It was streamed live, but it has not been re-uploaded on Apple. That's a total of 3.3M eyeballs. If the thing were in circulation, it would be harder to calculate.According to our sources, Kanye will release Donda on August 6, according to which the Atlanta performance will be uploaded to Apple so that fans can watch it again.Watch video content at TMZ.comWe told you that even though the event is over the party's still happening for Kanye, who has temporarily moved into MB Stadium to finish his album. Evidently, he was inspired by the energy surrounding him on Thursday and just sank in to get back to work.
