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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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