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Kris Kristofferson’s Streams Up Nearly 2,300% Following His Death


Country legend Kris Kristofferson's streams have risen nearly 2,300% following his death on Sunday (Sept. 30)

Kris Kristofferson wearing a white T shirt, jeans and boots, holding a Budweiser beer, sheet music and an acoustic twelve string guitar with posters and album covers on the wall in the office of Combine Studios in Nashville, Al Clayton/Getty Images The great Kris Kristofferson — singer/songwriter, actor, Highwayman, country lifer — died at age 88 on Sunday (Sept. 30), wrapping up a career that lasted over half a century and included myriad hits, many recorded on his own, nearly as many penned for others. On TikTok, the most popular “Oscar Winning Tears” sound plays in nearly 4,000 videos, two of which include RAYE herself both hopping on the running-away-in-tears trend and cracking jokes about how long she’s been promoting My 21 st Century Blues.

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