From Moose Jaw to millions of streams across Europe, the Scott Benson Band has had its share of success. That success continues to grow as the band hits another major milestone, 20 million total streams on premium streaming platforms.
The instrumental Scott Benson Band has had many iterations throughout the decade but the current iteration has been together for six years and consists of five members. Those members include Scott Benson playing the violin, Jared Dormer on the drums, Andrew Fath playing the guitar, Cam Church playing bass, with Jared Robinson playing piano, scoring the orchestra, and producing the songs.
They have gone on and off with the band, but when a cover they did of Clint Mansell’s “Requiem for A Dream” from 2014 started to go viral on TikTok, the members were shocked and elated. The song has gone on to earn gold status and platinum status in multiple countries.
Additionally, since the band now knows where most of their views are coming from, they are now able to use those analytics to target the people that are looking for their music.
"We didn't even have an account on TikTok when we went viral; it was just everyone making videos off of our little music clips,” said Benson. “We were not even aware that was happening until much after the fact."
Following is a list of how the song performed in different countries:
• Over three million streams in Russia, earning the Russian platinum status.
• Over 12 million streams in Europe, earning the European gold status.
• Over four million streams in the United States, France, and Germany.
• Over one million streams in Turkey, earning the Turkey platinum status.
Some additional analytics of their streams are:
• Over 149 million streams on TikTok.
• Over two million streams on YouTube
The most recent accomplishment of the band has been hitting twenty million total streams across all premium music platforms. This means their music has been played over twenty million times on platforms such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and many more premium streaming services. This milestone occurred recently and has already been shared and celebrated across their various social media pages.
"We are thrilled for the support we've received from the local community and through the music industry as well,” said Robinson. “Who knows where this will go, but we are taking it as it comes. We are so thrilled to be coming out with new music and you can keep watching for it."
The song has been featured in multiple fascinating ways. “Requiem for A Dream” was used to promote UFC’S Europe fight between Connor McGregor and Cowboy Cerrone; this video was streamed over 10 million times, with an additional 40 million streams from other TikTok videos. This song was also featured on the final episode of an Italian talent show, “Amici di Maria De Filippi.”
The cool thing about the Scott Benson Band is the way their instrumental music transcends language. Many of the countries where this song hit platinum status are non-English speaking countries. Through their instrumentals, they can reach a much broader audience than if they were singing to the songs in English.
The band is now focussing on creating new music, their most recent release being the cover of the Game of Thrones theme song released back in January.
They are currently nearing completion on a new single that they plan to release in September, with additional singles to be released throughout the year.
To learn more about the Scott Benson Band you can visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/scottbensonband.
To listen to some of the Scott Benson Band’s music you can visit their Spotify here.
