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Monday, March 30, 2020

STREAMING SURGES, TOP 50 YTD


Following a week of troubling headlines, it now appears that recorded music is as healthy as ever in the U.S. 2020 streams are up 21% vs. the same period a year ago, and 58% vs. 2018. Comps are displayed in the visual above.

More good news: Through Sunday, preliminary numbers indicate streams increased this week by 2% vs. the same period last week (Fri-Sun), by a total of nearly 90m streams.

The Top 50 Streaming Songs Chart year-to-date through the week ending 3/26—including video—looks like this:

 
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SPOTIFY Q1 PROFIT TOPS $1B; SUBS HIT 239M
How Swede it is. (4/23a)
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HITS LIST IN
PLAYOFF MODE
Will scoring records be broken this week? (4/23a)
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THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
The dust settles on the Indio Polo Grounds. (4/22a)
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ROCK HALL UNVEILS
2024 INDUCTEES
Class of '24 comes alive. (4/22a)
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TOP 20: TAYLOR TIME
Is it ever. (4/23a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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