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With nothing else to do during Lockdown, many of us have turned to streaming to entertain us. Yet pretty curiously, throughout the pandemic, listening to music has dropped from550 million flows per week (3.4 percent), according to Billboard / MRC data. While the hip-hop, latino, and dance music has suffered the most, a genre really captured a more eager audience:country.

ThoseNasillrade tunes were booming, With an increase of 127 million flows per week (it is an 11.1 percent lift) since mid-March. Return of back documents have been set, leading to a total of 1.3 billion streams the week ends 30. April in the last week of May,country music Flows soaring another 22.4 percent higher.

There are some reasons for this peak in popularity. On the one hand, poster heads likeKenny Chesney,Kelsea Ballerini, andSam Hunt Posted new albums. Many fans have alsoListening to the events broadcast on televisionincludingACM: our present countries and a specialGARTH BROOKS andTrisha Yearwood, At a time on CBS.

Pandora saw a significant leap in commitment, too. Country station his today had themost streams from any Pandora station (Of all kinds) in April, according to Billboard. Another similar station, Country Chill, reported an increase of 91 percent of listening hours and an increase of 69 percent of unique auditors since March.

"People are looking for country music like their therapy and encourage them to see silver trim and hold for hope in a situation, as we see on our country country station, or to motivate them for the exercise By Fitness, "Béville Dunkerley, Pandora's head of the country, "said Billboard.

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In addition, some industry experts say amateurs, who are the country thesecond most popular CD buyers By genre-finally have with time and turn to streaming devices to listen to theirfavorite songs. That explains whyLuke Combs-dont disk is released seven months ago, but became one of the best-selling albums in the United States in May is reigning 30 million streams per week, more superstars pop likeBillie Eilish. Or why southern Stalwarts, includingJason Aldean,Luke Bryan, andChris Stapleton, Have seen a boost among auditors.

Dunkerley also assigns the rapid climb of country music to another thing that fans can do more: drink. "To concernThe sale of alcohol Currently. They are across the roof. What other kind of music has better drinking songs, "she said Billboard. Country music never loses this moment. He is the soundtrack of our lives if our lives go very well or goes terribly. And for more news from music, check outThe best albums that came out in quarantine.