Fact #157789
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Short story:
It is revealed that, just two days after the election of Donald Trump as President Of The USA, the song It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. achieves a 435% sales increase to 3,000 sold, and a 312 percent streaming increase to 601,000. Also scoring significant increases in the immediate wake of the election are American Idiot by Green Day, FDT (F*ck Donald Trump) by YG feat. Nipsey Hussle, You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones, Up Like Trump by Rae Sremmurd, Donald Trump by Mac Miller and, inevitably, God Bless America by Lee Greenwood.
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Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks) : He’s great entertainment for a reality show. He’s scary as hell for president of the United States.
(Source : https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/arts/music/dixie-chicks-return-tour.html)
Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) : Go fuck yourselves, the lot of you – you sad, attention-grabbing, power-hungry little men … Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign.
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(Source : https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/arts/music/dixie-chicks-return-tour.html)
Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) : Go fuck yourselves, the lot of you – you sad, attention-grabbing, power-hungry little men … Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign.