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Taner Muhlis Karaguzel/Shutterstock Traffic deaths in the United States jump by 15 percent in the immediate aftermath of a major music album's release, according to a new study published by Harvard Medical School researchers. The study looked at 233,809 fatal collisions between 2017 and 2022, comparing the incidence rate of car accidents on album release days against the 10 days immediately before and after each release. The researchers cross-referenced public crash data from the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) with Spotify's daily streaming charts.

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