Thursday, March 28, 2024

Aretha Franklin’s Sales and Streams Soar Following Her Death; ‘Respect’ Tops All

Aretha Franklin (AP)
Aretha Franklin (AP)

*As expected, sales and streams from Aretha Franklin’s music catalog have taken off in the days following her death on Aug. 16.

According to BuzzAngle Music, her song streams zoomed 1,452% on the day of her death to just over 26 million total, while her album sales climbed 1,362% on the day of her death to just over 21,000 — a solid figure in the age of streaming, notes Variety.

From the survey’s Thursday through Sunday time period, she was the top-selling artist with more than 45,000 total album sales, and the fourth most-streamed artist with 57 million song streams.

The top-streamed song was her Otis Redding-penned 1968 hit “Respect,” with 4,987,752 streams. “I Say a Little Prayer,” from the same year, came in second with 4,076,003 streams.

The top-selling album was the near-definitive 1985 collection of hits from her long stint with Atlantic Records, “30 Greatest Hits,” with 22,251 units sold in those four days.

View the list of top Aretha Franklin Songs Streamed between 8/16/18 – 8/20/18 below, via Variety:

Respect (4,987,752)
I Say A Little Prayer (4,076,003)
Chain Of Fools (2,602,926)
(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman (2,400,327)
Think (1,791,244)
Ain’t No Way (1,745,226)
Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) (1,704,493)
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (1,677,077)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1,507,578)
Rock Steady (1,388,776)
Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (1,187,264)
[You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman [Mono Single Version] (1,179,792)
Something He Can Feel (1,163,345)
Do Right Woman – Do Right Man (1,140,940)
Baby, I Love You (1,055,258)
Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business) (926,041)
A Rose Is Still A Rose (922,671)
Freeway Of Love (842,953)
Don’t Play That Song (825,774)
Son of a Preacher Man (808,822)

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