The number of reproductions of Liam Payne and One Direction’s songs increased worldwide following the 31-year-old singer’s sudden death last week, according to Billboard.
On the day of Payne’s death, on October 16, the number of plays for songs from One Direction’s five albums on music streaming services reached 21.3 million, an increase of 76% compared to the day’s 12.1 million. previous. The data is from Luminate.
The band’s songs even appeared on the Spotify Global Top 50 days after Payne’s death.
The group formed by Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson began in 2010 and went on hiatus in 2016, a year after Malik’s departure. During the six years, the boyband won millions of fans around the world.
Even songs from Payne’s solo career, which was not as successful as his period as a member of the boyband, registered a spike in searches on streaming.
On October 16, reproductions of Payne’s solo works reached 1.3 million, an increase of 321% compared to the 317,000 the previous day. The day after his death, on October 17, the number reached 4.8 million.
In the four days after Payne’s death – between October 16th and 19th – One Direction’s catalog reached 254 million plays worldwide, an increase of 442% compared to the 46.9 million from October 12th to 15th. The musician’s solo catalog reached 13.4 million, an increase of 1,038% compared to the 1.2 million in the previous period.
The most listened to song was “Night Changes”, by One Direction, followed by “Story of My Life”. The most listened to song from Payne’s solo career was “Strip That Down”.
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This content was originally published in Liam Payne and One Direction gain listeners after the singer’s death, according to the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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