Little Richard streams soar by over 2000% following rock’n’roll legend’s death

nme.com:

The pioneering musician passed away last weekend Streams of Little Richard‘s back catalogue soared by over 2000% in the US following the rock’n’roll pioneer’s death last weekend.

The musician born Richard Wayne Penniman passed away on Saturday (May 9) after a battle with bone cancer. He was 87. Billboard reports that songs by Little Richard experienced a tremendous surge in demand after his death was announced, with 4.1 million US streams of his back catalogue on May 9-10 representing a 2228% surge from streams on the previous two days (May 7-8).

The most-streamed Little Richard song was ‘Tutti Frutti’, which earned 412,000 streams on May 9-10 (up 1,210% from 32,000 streams on May 7-8). ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’ also