🎧 **Podcast Summary:** 🎧On November 5th, we're diving into how Halloween and a major sports victory influenced music streaming. Halloween, falling on a weekend, gave a massive boost to spooky songs. Michael Jackson's Thriller and Ray Parker Junior's Ghostbusters led the charts, but a newer track, Tame Impala's Dracula, also saw a significant surge. This electro-pop hit, which debuted at number fifty-five in October, reached a new peak of number thirty-three last month.Dracula had over 1.8 million on-demand streams in the US on October 31st, a 49% increase from the previous Friday. Toni Braxton's He Wasn't Man Enough also experienced a streaming revival, thanks to Kayla Nicole, Travis Kelce's ex, who shared a Halloween costume tribute to the song's music video. This led to an 87% increase in streams, reaching over 366,000 by November 3rd.In other news, the Los Angeles Dodgers won their second consecutive Major League Baseball championship, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays. Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us saw a 16% increase in streams, reaching 1.8 million in two days, following the Dodgers' victory. This win was particularly sweet for fans, as the Blue Jays' most prominent celebrity supporter was Drake, Kendrick Lamar's recent rival.

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