The Sanremo 2026 winner's track "Per Sempre Sì" has slowed in Spotify rankings ahead of the contest, despite solid streaming numbers.
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Sal Da Vinci, winner of the Sanremo Music Festival 2026, is experiencing a slowdown in streaming performance as the Eurovision Song Contest approaches, according to reports from May 2.
Following his Sanremo victory, Da Vinci's track "Per Sempre Sì" was initially expected to maintain a stable and dominant presence in Italian streaming charts. However, in the weeks that followed, the song's trajectory showed less explosive growth than initially anticipated.
The song has accumulated over 18 million streams on Spotify and continues to register solid numbers overall. The deceleration is not characterized as a collapse or negative performance, but rather a clear weakening in the rate of growth compared to early expectations.
When examined against the broader ranking of songs released from Sanremo 2026 on Spotify, the competitive landscape shows Da Vinci's entry facing increased pressure from other festival participants in the streaming space.
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