After the festivities of the Biden-Harris inauguration on January 20, “Better Days” – a duet of Justin Timberlake and Ant Clemons, which was released for streaming services with Kirk Franklin – broke the record for the most shazamada music in a single day in the United States. U.S.
“Better Days” was played by Timberlake and Clemons during the Celebrating America inaugural special in prime time in honor of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
According to statistics released by Shazam, the song was shazamed more than 90,000 times in 24 hours after the performance, taking it to number one on the U.S. Shazam chart and breaking previous records for Willie Nelson’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” (heard on Big Little Lies) and “Jenny of Oldstones” by Florence + the Machine (heard on War of Thrones)