In lockdown, people are listening to Kidz Bop and Jack Johnson much more, Daddy Yankee and Slipknot much less
The big lockdown is changing what Americans are streaming these days, Quartz reports - the R'n'B singer Romeo Santos saw the largest dip of about 25%, followed by rapper Daddy Yankee with a 24% dip, and pop-metal collective Slipknot with a 23% fall (beginning of March compared to the beginning of April). On the other side, there's Kidz Bop, a band that makes versions of pop hits sung by children with lyrics modified for kids, who saw a jump of about 10%, with singer-songwriters Jack Johnson (performing children's music occasionally) and Mad DeMarco rising 9%. In genres, Latino saw the biggest dip of 26%, followed by rap which fell 20%, pop fell 17%, dance 13%, rock 9%, jazz 7%, reggae 6%. Religious music fell 5,6%, R'n'b' fell 4,8%, and country music 0,2%. Three genres saw a rise in streams in the US - classical was up 0,3%, folk 1,7%, with children's music being the biggest gainer - 9,7%.