John Prine's Songs Streamed More Than 20 Million Times Since His Death
The late John Prine’s music resonated strongly with fans following his death due to coronavirus complications on April 7, according to initial reports to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
In the U.S., on April 7-8, songs performed by Prine earned 20.8 million on-demand streams (audio and video) — a surge of 1,297% as compared to 1.5 million on April 5-6.
His most-streamed song April 7-8 was “Angel From Montgomery,” with 1.1 million clicks (up 1,302% compared to the 79,000 streams it had on April 5-6).
Prine died April 7 and news of his death was announced that evening, so most of the increase in streams came April 8, after a full day of impact was tracked.
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I'm one of those who's been streaming his songs.
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we've collected over the years.
Honestly, John - We didn't need you to die to enjoy you! 