After anti-Semitic controversy, Kanye West’s streams and radioplays decline

Kanye West’s record sales are plummeting as a result of his recent harsh words, which are having repercussions.

Albums by Kanye West (who now goes by “Ye”) are down 23% (through October 20, compared to the previous week) and airplay (spins on the radio) are down 13% in the United States, according to the latest data from “Luminate.”

On several stations, like KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, the rapper has not been played in the last week.

West has had domestic declines in every measured category, including physical and digital sales, planned and on-demand streaming.

According to “Variety,” West’s worldwide sales have decreased by 17.5%, per “Luminate,” while his streaming have decreased by 2% as of October 20.

Up to this point in 2022, West’s total on-demand streaming in the United States have hovered around 3.8 billion; he has sold just over 363,000 albums, with earlier titles like as “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” “College Dropout,” and “Late Registration” experiencing the most activity.

According to “Variety,” the rapper’s offensive remarks towards Jewish people, which led to the suspension of his Twitter and Instagram accounts, grew louder between October 6, when he appeared on “Tucker Carlson,” and October 19, when a full interview with Piers Morgan was published.

However, requests to boycott the artist’s enterprises have also been made.

On a 405 Freeway overpass in Los Angeles, antisemitic demonstrators gathered and draped banners supporting West. In Brentwood, pamphlets identifying entertainment executives as “Jewish” were also distributed.