Rolling Stone May 2020 pp25 “Streaming Plummets Amid Lockdown”.
This year music-streaming peaked early in February and fell 8.7% on March 20 and “physical album sales were 30% lower". Those in the know suggest that listeners focused on live radio early in the pandemic and having their routines dramatically changed streaming opportunities declined. Top streaming artist in March are Lil Uzi Vert (1.03B Streams) , The Weeknd (507M), Post Malone (328M), YoungBoy Never Broke Again (324M), Lil Baby (318M), Jhene Aiko (308M), Drake (300M) , Roddy Ricch (268M) , Billie Eilish (235M) and Eminmen (233.9M)