Matthew Perry fans are in their feelings about his death, playing music from “Friends” and buying his books… with spikes in purchases and streams across the board.
According to statistics from Spotify and YouTube, the theme song “I’ll Be There for You” from “Friends” has been streamed more than 1.3 million times on Spotify and YouTube since his death.
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Matthew’s memoir flew off the shelves Monday…at Amazon his book “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir” is now the hardcover bestseller and is #5 in paperback…it came out last year, but there is clearly renewed interest.
Meanwhile, other books about Matthew are also flying off the shelves… two biographies are now hits, and other people are buying a “Friends” coloring book by Jeff Bezos‘ website.
In short, any book related to Matthew has seen major sales gains.
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On the TV side, networks are remembering Matthew with “Friends” marathons and an in memoriam.
TBS has scheduled ‘Best of Chandler’ marathons for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday… with more than 46 hours of ‘Friends’ episodes on tap.
Streamers are also remembering Matthew… HBO Max is adding a “In Memory of Matthew Perry 1969-2023” slide at the beginning of each “Friends” episode.
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