Ingrid Andress Has Her Biggest Streaming Day In Almost 2 Years After National Anthem Goes Viral

Although Ingrid Andress's performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Monday night drew heavy criticism online, the moment propelled the singer-songwriter to the best streaming day of her career in nearly 20 months, as talk of interpretation attracted interest for her. wider list.

For July 15-16, the day of and the day after the show, Andress' song catalog totaled 1.2 million official on-demand streams in the US, according to initial data reports submitted to Luminate. The two-day number marks a 229% increase from the 370,000 streams of her catalog on July 13-14, the two days before her performance. (“The Star-Spangled Banner” did not contribute to any count as the song is not available as a recording on streaming services.)

Of those totals, only 941,000 streams occurred on June 16, the best streaming day for Andress's catalog after recording 964,000 clicks on November 23, 2022, when she appeared in a pre-Thanksgiving episode Drinking with me on Country Music Television (CMT) and its social channels.

Andress sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby in Arlington, Texas, on Monday night, and her performance immediately went viral on social media. Many users posted clips citing some of the competing players appearing to hold back laughter as the cameras cut to them, while others discussed line-up technical errors and questionable runs and likened it to Fergie's ill-received version of the national anthem from 2018 NBA All-Star Game.

The next day, Andress posted on her X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram accounts that she was “drunk” during the performance and would voluntarily seek treatment. “I will not do bulls” she He wrote, “I was drunk last night. I am checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need. It wasn't me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans and the country I love so much for this performance.”

A day before the Home Run Derby, Andress announced a new single“Colorado 9,” would be released on July 24. In her career, Andress has landed four tracks Advertising signHot Country Songs chart, with “More Hearts Than Mine” peaking at No. 5 in 2020.