{"id":293,"date":"2026-02-03T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=293"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:46:03","slug":"bruce-springsteens-protest-song-streets-of-minneapolis-earns-no-1-sales-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/bruce-springsteens-protest-song-streets-of-minneapolis-earns-no-1-sales-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Protest Song \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d Earns No. 1 Sales Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bruce Springsteen’s new protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,”<\/a> has topped the sales charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite only being available for two days out of the tracking week, it was the most-downloaded song in the US<\/a> and topped the Billboard<\/em> Digital Song Sales chart. As of the week ending Jan. 29, the song had been downloaded 16,000 times after being released Jan. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Streets of Minneapolis” is also Springsteen’s first No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales survey, as well as his first to break into the chart’s Top 20. The song also hit No. 4 on the Official Singles Downloads chart. In addition to its sales performance, it’s also done well on streaming, with 678,000 official streams in the U.S., 175,000 in airplay audience, and over five million views on YouTube, over three million of which came in its first day alone. The song is also popular internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d Is a Collaborative Work With Ron Aniello and Wife Patti Scialfa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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