Genius Pageviews For Juice WRLD’s Lyrics Spiked Over 2,700 Percent After His Death

Juice WRLD’s recent passing at the age of 21 came as just as the rising rapper was in the midst of making a mainstream impact. Despite only releasing two solo studio albums and a joint project with Future during his short lifetime, the young Chicago native already earned 25 combined Billboard Hot 100 hits as a lead and featured artist. As fans mourned his death, they flocked to Genius to revisit the lyrics that resonated with them the most, increasing his total pageviews by over 2,700 percent.

Juice WRLD’s full catalog of lyrics earned 13,329 pageviews on December 7, the day before his death. On December 8, that total rose to 381,521, marking an increase of more than 2,700 percent. His pageview numbers remained strong on December 9, totaling 247,535 pageviews. Based on a two-day window, total pageviews across Juice’s catalog rose nearly 2,300 percent.

“Legends,” Juice WRLD’s tribute to XXXTentacion and Lil Peep, drew the most attention following the Chicago rapper’s death, rising from 289 pageviews on December 7 to more than 150,000 on the next day and nearly 54,000 on December 9. Fans were particularly drawn to the song because of its seemingly prescient lyrics reflecting on death and mortality:

What’s the 27 Club?
We ain’t making it past 21

His breakout hits, “Lucid Dreams” and “All Girls Are the Same,” also saw huge Genius pageview spikes. “Lucid Dreams” grew from 1,000 pageviews on December 7 to nearly 40,000 on December 8, while “All Girls” reached nearly 20,000 pageviews—up from 500 the day before Juice WRLD’s death.

“Let Me Know (I Wonder Freestyle),” which was coincidentally brought to streaming platforms for the first time on December 7, also saw a significant increase in Genius pageviews. It hit more than 12,000 pageviews on December 8 after sitting at 1,000 pageviews the day before.

Other songs from Juice WRLD’s catalog with massive pageview spikes include “Lean Wit Me” from his debut album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, and his recent YoungBoy Never Broke Again collaboration, “Bandit.” Both tracks surpassed 10,000 pageviews on December 8.

According to data from BuzzAngle Music, Juice WRLD’s US on-demand streams spiked 487 percent on December 8 to more than 38.2 million, as his songs took up four of the Top 10 songs across platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. “Lucid Dreams” led the way, followed by “Legends,” “Robbery,” and “All Girls Are the Same.”

His catalog saw a similar bump in sales, as “Lucid Dreams” was the No. 1 song in digital sales on the day of his death. Overall, Juice WRLD was the top artist by digital song sales on Sunday, with an increase of more than 2,700 percent from the day before.

Separately, Nielsen Music (which provides data for the Billboard charts) reported Juice WRLD’s catalog racked up 115 million US on-demand streams (audio and video combined) on December 8 and December 9, a 453 percent increase from the two previous days. According to industry projections, Goodbye & Good Riddance could re-enter the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 next week.

Billboard previously reported large increases after the death of Nipsey Hussle earlier this year, as well as Mac Miller and XXXTentacion in 2018.

Juice WRLD died at a private hangar in Chicago’s Midway airport on Sunday after suffering convulsions and going into cardiac arrest. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Cook County medical examiner’s office has yet to determine the cause and manner of death after conducting an autopsy on Monday.

On the latest episode of For The Record, Genius' Head of Artist Relations Rob Markman looked back at the legacy of Juice WRLD:

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