JUNG YEON-JE / AFP DJ Kavinsky performs during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on August 11, 2024.
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DJ Kavinsky performs during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on August 11, 2024.
CULTURE – The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games gave it a spotlight. The electro hit Nightcall by DJ Kavinsky became the most searched title on the song recognition application Shazam in one day on Monday, August 12, the application announced on Tuesday, August 13 in a press release, without giving figures. Sunday, at the Stade de France, it was the Belgian singer Angèle who lent her voice to this emblematic piece of the « French touch ».
The main title of the film’s soundtrack Drive exceeds thus Supernature Cerrone, who broke the record for the most Shazams in a day during the Olympic opening ceremony on July 26.
At 8:50 p.m. Paris time on August 11, during the closing ceremony, Nightcall also broke the most Shazamed minute in history. “The countries that Shazamed Kavinsky the most on Sunday were France, the United States and Mexico “, the press release states.
Flying to Phoenix
After Nightcallthe most searched titles on the app are Flour mania et If I Ever Feel Bettertwo essential songs from the French electro-rock group Phoenix, Shazam said.
For its part, Spotify recorded a jump in listening to As per usual (+695% on Monday compared to the previous day), the title by Claude François which inspired Frank Sinatra’s version, My Waytaken up on Sunday by the French revelation Yseult. The singer also saw her number of listens increase by 12% worldwide on Monday compared to the day before.
Listening to Phoenix, which provided the music programming, increased by 227% worldwide (+133% in France) on Monday compared to Sunday, according to figures from Spotify, communicated to AFP.
Still on Spotify, Under the Parisian skya timeless classic played in particular by Edith Piaf and sung by Zaho de Sagazan at the Tuileries, saw a 96% increase in “global streams” between Sunday and Monday (+52% in France), the young artist’s listening having increased by 41%.
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