One Direction earn biggest streaming day of all time following Liam Payne’s death

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One Direction have achieved their biggest streaming day to date following the death of Liam Payne on Wednesday (October 16).Payne was 31 when he died after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Per The Guardian, the Argentinian prosecutor’s office revealed that Payne’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.One Direction’s surviving members Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles shared a joint statement on Payne’s death earlier this week, where they expressed their devastation, and said they would need time “to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly.”Since Payne’s tragic death, his former band’s music has been climbing streaming charts as fans reminisce on the songs that launched his career.

On October 17, their music received 57.5 million streams worldwide – marking the biggest figures they’ve achieved on streaming platforms to date, per Complex.The boyband is now the Number 1 artist on UK Spotify and the Number 2 artist globally, coming in just behind Taylor Swift, per Forbes.Liverpool Liam Payne vigil: mourners quietly sing ‘Story of my Life’ by One Direction pic.twitter.com/gzXC6az0m9— Con Corner (@ConCorner23) October 19, 2024‘Night Changes’, the band’s 2014 hit from their album ‘Four’ has been among the most-played, rising to No.