D4vd’s Streams Double After Reports Link Him to Dead Body Found in Car

Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, wherever we instrumentality a person look astatine the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that person caught the euphony industry’s attention.

This week: Gruesome headlines pb to rising streams for alt-pop hitmaker D4vd, portion performers astatine the Charlie Kirk memorial work and songs featured successful a much-anticipated Amazon Prime bid finale spot gains.

D4vd Streams More Than Double After Dead Body successful Car Identified

Following a speedy emergence and a fistful of viral hits, D4vd has been featured successful disturbing headlines successful caller weeks pursuing the discovery of a dormant assemblage in a car reportedly registered to the singer-songwriter. The quality remains were uncovered wrong an impounded Tesla connected Sept. 8, and past Wednesday (Sept. 17), the assemblage was identified arsenic Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a 15-year-old miss who had antecedently been reported missing and, arsenic Internet sleuths pointed out, had aggregate connections to D4vd anterior to her disappearance. Although nary charges person been brought against the 20-year-old singer, D4vd canceled aggregate circuit dates without mentation successful the pursuing days.

Following the reports, D4vd’s wide streams person experienced important gains — including the viral deed that helped present him to the mainstream. From Sept. 18-22, D4vd’s catalog earned 30.3 cardinal authoritative on-demand U.S. streams, much than treble the full from the erstwhile five-day tracking play (13.8 cardinal streams from Sept. 12-16), according to Luminate. Within that total, “Romantic Homicide,” which reached No. 33 connected the Hot 100 aft going viral successful 2022, was among the top gainers. From Sept. 12-15, the way earned 2.9 cardinal streams; 1 week later, that full was 9.4 cardinal (up 224%). “Romantic Homicide” and different D4vd tracks person popped up connected the Spotify regular apical 50 illustration arsenic this tragic communicative has developed. – JASON LIPSHUTZ

Contemporary Worship Performers astatine Charlie Kirk Memorial Service See Catalog Gains

On Sunday (Sept. 21), a memorial work for the assassinated blimpish media fig and Turning Point USA laminitis Charlie Kirk was held astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Az. — with implicit 90,000 successful attendance, and speakers who included some President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, arsenic good arsenic Kirk’s widow Erika. As Kirk had been outspoken successful his Christian faith, modern Christian euphony featured prominently successful the proceedings — including performances from immoderate of the biggest names successful modern worship music, paying tribute to Kirk.

Several of those performers experienced notable catalog gains pursuing their performances. Brandon Lake, possibly presently the biggest sanction successful modern Christian euphony pursuing his crossover breakthrough this twelvemonth with the Hot 100 apical 40 deed “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” collected implicit 4.3 cardinal authoritative on-demand U.S. streams connected Monday (Sept. 22), the time aft the service, according to Luminate. That was up 29% from the 3.4 cardinal helium drew the Monday before, and included a 76% summation for “Gratitude,” the 2020 opus helium performed astatine the ceremony, to 909,000 streams.

Similar catalog gains were posted by work performers Cody Carnes (up 7% to 717,000), Kari Jobe (up 27% to 296,000) and Chris Tomlin (up 30% to conscionable implicit 2 million) connected that Monday — portion Lee Greenwood’s perennial “God Bless the U.S.A.” was up astir 13% to 59,000 streams. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER

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