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Last Sunday, February 7, Super Bowl LV was held in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City and where The Weeknd shone with a halftime show that divided the opinions on social networks . However Abel did not have as bad a time as many would believe because days before the expected presentation, it seems that he had incredible profits after all.
According to information from Billboard the singer’s songs returned to position in the playlist on streaming platforms. Only in the United States, their downloads increased by 41% , going from generating 34. 5 million views during the days February 5 and 6 to 48. 9 million on 7 and 8.
His most listened to song the days following the event was “Blinding Lights” with 6. 54 million views , followed by “Save Your Tears” with 6. 19 million and in third position was placed “The Hills” with 2. 52 million.
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Days before the expected presentation, the singer had confirmed that he invested $ 7 million dollars for the show, plus he would only receive $ 1 million for a Pepsi ad before of match. According to estimates, the half time could have cost around $ 20 millions of dollars.
During the event, users of social networks were not satisfied with Abel’s show that was described as “tasteless.” For its part, the specialized critics saw it as a solid performance and recognized the technical aspects of the performance, taking into account that it was performed in an atypical environment due to the pandemic by coronavirus .
Now we will have to wait to see what Abel will prepare in the following months; the Grammy Awards – which should have been the 31 of January – are scheduled for 14 March Will it be that after The Weeknd show they will look for the artist after the controversy for ignoring him ?
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