Loretta Lynn Streams Up 615% After Country Legend’s Death
Written by djfrosty on October 13, 2022
Streams of Loretta Lynn‘s catalog shot up 615% in the week of the country legend’s death, according to Luminate.
In the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 tracking period, Lynn’s catalog earned 8.7 million official on-demand U.S. streams, a 615% jump from 1.2 million the previous week (Sept. 23-29).
The primary bump occurred on Oct. 4, the day of Lynn’s death. Her music was streamed 3.2 million times that day, up 1,841% from 167,000 on Oct. 3.
Her signature hit, 1970’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” led the pack at 1.3 million streams Sept. 30-Oct. 6, a 399% boost from 253,000 the previous period.
It’s followed by 1966’s “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” (768,000 streams, up 381%), 1966’s “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)” (593,000, up 351%), her 1973 Conway Twitty collaboration “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” (575,000, up 209%) and 1968’s “Fist City” (427,000, up 424%).
Additionally, Lynn’s catalog moved 7,000 digital downloads Sept. 30-Oct. 6, a gain of 2,691% from a negligible amount the previous week. “Daughter” makes a pair of Billboard charts dated Oct. 15 as a result, appearing at Nos. 12 and 36 on Country Digital Song Sales and Digital Song Sales, respectively, on the strength of 2,000 downloads.
Lynn’s 2022’s greatest hits package, All Time Greatest Hits, also debuts on Top Country Albums with 5,000 equivalent album units earned.
Lynn died Oct. 4 at age 90 in her sleep in Tennessee of natural causes.
Lynn earned 10 Top Country Albums No. 1s over a career that spanned seven decades from 1960 through 2021, plus 16 No.1s on Hot Country Songs.