What Do Superbowl Performances Do For Artists? Sales Jump 1597%
Being a halftime performer at the Super Bowl directly translates directly into impressive music sales, according to Nielsson Soundscan. “Regardless of the performer’s age or whether the songs are ‘oldies but goodies’ or new, a song featured during the Super Bowl halftime show can yield an exponential jump in sales,” said David Bakula, SVP of Client Insights at Nielsen. Look at these Nielson stats:
Super Bowl XLVI (2012) – Madonna
The largest post-Super Bowl increase in digital track purchases came from older songs “Like a Prayer” (2,437%) and “Music (feat. LMFAO)” (1,597%). Madonna also introduced a new track, “Give Me All Your Luvin,” a collaboration with rappers Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. The week after the game, consumers purchased more than 165,000 digital copies of the song, the second-most post-Super Bowl purchases among the songs performed, behind “I’m Sexy and I Know It (Madonna and LMFAO)” (170,000 digital tracks purchased).
Super Bowl XLV (2011) – Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas performed during the 2011 Super Bowl halftime show, and then band members Fergie and will.i.am sang duets with Slash and Usher, respectively. The week prior to the game, consumers purchased and downloaded close to 196,000 digital tracks of the combined eight songs performed by the band and its members. Purchases of those songs more than doubled in the week following the game (406,000). The Black Eyed Peas songs with the largest increase in sales the week following Super Bowl 2011 were “Where Is The Love?” and “Pump It,” as consumers purchased 11 and five times the amount purchased the week before the game, respectively.
Super Bowl XLIV (Feb. 7, 2010) – The Who
The Who performed five songs in 2010, and digital sales of all of them spiked in the week after the game. The performance had a significant impact on digital sales as consumers quadrupled their post-Super Bowl purchases of each of those titles the week after the game: 12,000 digital purchases vs. 59,000, a 396 percent increase the week after the Super Bowl. “Who Are You” garnered the biggest lift in digital track sales, as consumers purchased 15,000 digital tracks the week after the game, 586 percent more than the just over 2,100 digital tracks the week prior to the game.
I don’t think Madonna – Music featured LMFAO.