3. THEIR FIRST THREE ALBUMS HAVE THE MOST TOTAL STREAMS COLLECTIVELY AND BY AVERAGE STREAMS PER SONG…

A lot of Radiohead fans will tell you that the group’s sound has only become more and more refined with each album (maybe with the exception of the divisive Amnesiac). So what’s with the drop in streams after OK Computer?

Remember the graph below is not of albums sold or total plays on the radio. We’re merely charting Spotify stream counts. At various points in Radiohead’s career they have been notoriously resistant to giving interviews. There could be some correlation between all of these categories (albums sold, radio play, interviews given in a time period, Spotify streams).

When Radiohead split with their label and put out their album "In Rainbows” in 2007, they took a different approach. They made it available to the public online for “pay what you want.” They supported that release with lots of interviews, a Grammys appearance, and a feature on the Twilight soundtrack among other things. So draw your own conclusions about the reasons for this wonky line graph that raises more questions than it answers…