In the cut-throat music world of digital downloads, how you make the money isn’t important as long as you doDownloads of Nickleback's song Photograph surged by 569% after US President Donald Trump tweeted a meme using a still from their music video. Picture: PAUL BERGEN/ REDFERNS/ GETTY IMAGES
Nickelback, arguably one of the groups that can claim to perennially and deservedly hold the title of worst band in the world, has received a small windfall thanks to an unlikely source.
Trump and the White House were forced to remove the post after copyright complaints but the incident has resulted in a reported 569% surge in downloads of the song, bringing the actual number of people who decided to download it and have Nickelback inflicted upon their ear buds to a modest 1,000. This is not a good thing — just when we thought we would never have to remember Nickelback, the devil himself rode in on his Twitter horse determined not to let us forget.
Nickelback meanwhile seem to have taken the few dollars Trump’s recognition earned them without complaining how they landed in their wallets.
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