Prince’s music has been streaming since Sunday and it seems a lot of people are taking advantage of it. According to Nielsen numbers, Prince’s streams have increased 6,223% since Sunday, with 4.77 million on-demand streams taking place on Sunday and Monday alone.
As for the most popular streamed songs, they could pretty much consist of some of Prince's most popular tunes. They include “Purple Rain” (333,000 streams), “Let’s Go Crazy” (328,000), “When Doves Cry” (320,000), “Little Red Corvette” (237,000) and “Kiss” (214,000).
Source: Billboard
The Top 10 streamed Prince Songs:
1. "Let's Go Crazy"
2. "Purple Rain"
3. "When Doves Cry"
4. "Little Red Corvette"
5. "Kiss"
6. "I Would Die 4 U"
7. "1999"
8. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
9. "Raspberry Beret"
10 "Sign 'O' The Times"
The Top 10 streamed Prince Albums:
1. Purple Rain
2. 1999
3. The Hits/The B-Sides
4. Sign o' the Times
5. Parade
6. Prince
7. Around the World in a Day
8. Diamonds and Pearls
9. Dirty Mind
10. Controversy
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Prince fans can now finally stream some of his most popular works. As expected, 19 of Prince’s albums, most from his Warner Bros. days, returned to streaming services yesterday, and are now available on iHeartRadio and other streaming services.