Coronavirus Listener Data: Video Still Rules, While Audio Streams Start to Trickle Back

In the fourth week of the coronavirus-driven economic shutdown of the U.S., the country's overall consumption units were up again. The 0.74% increase for the week ending April 9 marks the second consecutive week of growth for those units -- which include video views -- after the industry enjoyed a 1.12% gain the week prior.But both of those weeks are increasing from the year-to-date weekly low count of 13.4 million album consumption units for the week ending March 19.

Madonna opened up about experiencing loss during the coronavirus pandemic. The 61-year-old singer, who has been posting daily videos of herself in quarantine, revealed in her lastest upload that she's lost three friends who have succumbed to the virus.

After two weeks of streaming declines as Americans stayed glued to cable news, music consumers seem to be comfortably sheltered at home with streams growing 2% to 24.8 billion for the week ended April 2, up from 24.3 billion a week before.Yet while stability appears to be emerging, somewhat, for a U.S. music industry paralyzed by the coronavirus, last week's performance was still down 2.9% from 2020’s peak when total streams numbered 25.55 billion.

Giving back. Prince Charles helped to open up a new coronavirus field hospital after his own brush with the infection.

Prince Charles, 71, has spoken out on his coronavirus diagnosis after coming out of self-isolation on Monday in a new video message shared on the Clarence House Instagram account. In an uplifting video filmed at his residence in Scotland, Birchall, The Prince of Wales said the pandemic is a “strange, frustrating and often distressing experience”, but praised key and NHS workers who are tirelessly fighting against the virus sweeping the nation.

Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines is calling out Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic through a scathing Instagram post soundtracked by the group's fittingly titled single, "Gaslighter."

Here at OK! we couldn’t be more grateful to everyone working for the NHS, and putting themselves at risk for us all during this difficult time. One of the people working on the frontline is A&E doctor Alex George.The 30 year old found fame on Love Island in 2018, but has since returned back to his original career.

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide topped 600,000 on Saturday as new cases stacked up quickly in Europe and the United States and officials dug in for a long fight against the pandemic. The latest landmark came only two days after the world passed half a million infections, according to a tally by John Hopkins University, showing that much work remains to be done to slow the spread of the virus.

Legendary singer Dame Vera Lynn will release a new video for her famous tune ‘We’ll Meet Again’ on her 103rd birthday tomorrow.