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The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

Spotify albums 2024:

thriller: 1,025,107,971/5,138,995,262
bad : 497,719,888/2,944,492,628
off the wall : 321,230,612/1,516,296,370
dangerous : 226,075,581/1,253,102,026
xscape deluxe version : 223,568,523/1,136,846,030
History : 180,278,000/972,014,175
invincible : 111,790,344/453,307,506.
 
Spotify 2024 per month :

214,6M
223,3M
244,9M
232,1M
233,2M
221,9M
238,2M
243,6M
241,2M
321,4M
280,5M
233,1M.
 
Spotify top-10 songs december :

Billie Jean : 33,380,992
beat it : 22,602,180
Rock with you : 14,361,995
smooth criminal : 14,206,928
Chicago : 10,459,694
thriller : 10,310,220
the way you make me feel : 6,856,872
they don't care about us : 6,567,142
don't stop t'ill you get enough : 6,433,699
bad : 5,243,324.
 
Spotify albums december :

thriller : 82,097,406
bad : 40,813,683
off the wall : 25,442,932
dangerous : 18,063,289
xscape deluxe version : 17,659,389
History : 15,528,899
invincible : 9,411,720.
 
Spotify top-10 songs of 2024:

Billie Jean : 384,633,573
Beat it : 269,820,703
rock with you : 176,236,003
smooth criminal : 157,284,299
Chicago : 127,761,906
thriller : 123,512,693
the way you make me feel : 92,985,121
don't stop t'ill you get enough : 85,194,335
pretty young thing : 80,114,057
remember the time : 78,696,700.
 
billboard charts december 26 :

global 200 tracks: santa claus is coming to town (81)+ 97 pos, 23 weeks
i saw mommy kissing santa claus
(89)+95 pos, 11 weeks,

global 200 tracks (exc the usa):

santa Claus is coming to town (170)(re),
8 weeks, Billie Jean (185)+8 pos, 59 weeks.
 
top-200 albums : the christmas album J5
(42)+51 pos, 26 weeks, thriller (73)+24 pos,
658 weeks,

top-100 pures albums sales : thriller (13)+10 pos, 431 weeks, top-25 vinyls : thriller (8)+7 pos, 336 weeks,

top-50 catalogue albums : the christmas album J5 (20)+21 pos, 25 weeks,
thriller (35)+10 pos, 640 weeks.
 
Spotify top-100 songs december 31:

Billie Jean : 1,998,665,549
beat it : 1,288,138,274
smooth criminal : 806,382,870
Thriller : 679,353,239
rock with you : 614,725,371
don't stop t'ill you get enough : 540,667,238
don't matter to me : 515,594,487
the way you make me feel : 509,382,363
man in the mirror : 494,899,894
pretty young thing : 450,390,085
they don't care about us : 392,442,737
bad : 380,412,284
love never felt so good : 370,456,482
remember the time : 357,478,700
Chicago : 338,393,480
dirty diana : 259,751,061
black or white : 253,118,101
black or white single version : 248,957,621
heal the world : 236,549,210
human nature : 219,962,520
wanna be startin' somethin' : 207,139,063
i just can't stop loving you : 179,905,022
love never felt so good : 165,134,613
you are not alone : 162,757,571
earth song : 155,795,397
you rock my World : 155,262,157
the girl is mine : 143,043,433
say say say : 135,652,267
Thriller single version : 132,015,455
hold my hand : 127,425,320
off the wall : 115,082,862
leave me alone : 114,678,091
heaven can wait : 105,649,287
you rock my World -radio edit : 102,079,568
liberian girl : 96,928,155
ben : 91,586,697
scream : 90,913,366
baby be mine : 84,754,927
blood on the dancefloor : 76,472,077
the lady in my life : 67,548,172
jam : 67,443,994
dangerous : 65,311,303
give in to me : 64,626,317
rockin'robin : 63,264,635
workin' day and night : 60,876,220
say say say : 59,942,793
butterflies : 59,562,986
she's out of my life : 58,657,747
a place with no name : 58,252,755
the way you make me feel-single version: 55,964,718
 
who is it : 55,650,862
stranger in Moscow : 54,644,366
in the closet : 54,597,332
i can't help it : 52,747,654
don't stop t'ill you get enough-2003 edit : 52,188,530
another part of me : 51,838,965
will you be there-single version : 45,853,285
ghosts : 41,736,216
slave to the rhythm : 40,905,587
will you be there : 36,459,024
got to be there : 34,954,932
speed demon : 32,602,311
this is it : 31,775,406
ain't no sunshine : 30,036,167
come together : 28,871,634
one day in your life : 28,762,879
wanna be where you are : 28,023,305
rock with you-single version : 27,943,681
you are not alone-single version : 27,886,091
you rock my World : 27,482,847
earth song-radio edit : 26,122,169
loving you : 26,044,160
thriller-remix : 25,492,345
unbreakable : 23,804,642
break of dawn : 23,715,161
get on the floor : 23,561,638
xscape : 23,331,216
Hollywood tonight : 22,755,863
blue gangsta : 22,013,695
little christmas tree : 21,157,661
love never felt so good-original version : 20,704,018
girlfriend : 18,971,786
gone too soon : 17,871,938
just good Friends : 17,719,262
it's the falling in love : 16,229,790
diamonds are invincible : 16,006,926
love never felt so good-remix: 15,607,860
why you wanna trip on me : 15,602,240
human nature'7 : 15,372,194
burn this disco out : 14,777,071
wanna be startin' somethin'-single version :
(14,165,616)
whatever happens : 13,704,737
smooth criminal-immortal version : 13,306,625
speechless : 12,505,121
i like the way you love me : 12,500,082
smile : 11,881,151
do you know where your children are : 11,734,521
2bad : 11,705,304
i want you back : 11,185,439
a place with no name : 10,891,764.
 
beltrano said:
Spotify songs : Billie Jean pass 2B.
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beltrano, I'm repeating this bc ...

@kxthrills

"Michael Jackson’s "Billie Jean" has now surpassed 2 BILLION streams on Spotify ! A self-written song and the first from the 80s by a solo act to achieve this."

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youtube the short films 2023 versus 2024:

Billie Jean (232M/247M)
they don't care about us (84M/84M)
beat it (116M/123M)
thriller-4k (79M/79M)
smooth criminal (121M/118M)
remember the time (42M/43M)
black or white (35M/35M)
bad (32M/35M)
the way you make me feel (27M/28M)
earth song (42M/47M)
don't stop t'ill you get enough (38M/36M)
Rock with you (46M/53M)
you are not alone (32M/28M)
love never felt so good (19,1M/18,2M)
you rock my World (22M/20M)
heal the world (26M/26M)
thriller shortened version (32M/42M)
dirty diana (23M/27M)
give in to me (15,5M/15,1M)
scream (10,3M/11,2M)
man in the mirror (11M/10,8M)
hold my hand (6,7M/8,3M)
will you be there (19,7M/20M)
who is it (16,3M/15,7M)
ghosts (7,3M/7,2M)
speed demon (7,4M/8M)
you rock my World (10,4M/10,7M)
smooth criminal shortened version (4,3M/6,1M)
slave to the rhythm (4,1M/4,5M)
bad longue version (9,1M/9,3M)
jam (5,1M/5M)
leave me alone (6,7M/7,6M)
they don't care about us-prison version (5M/3,6M)
in the closet (9M/8,9M)
blood on the dancefloor (6,3M/6,6M)
stranger in Moscow (7M/7,3M)
Hollywood tonight (3,1M/3,5M)
liberian girl (4,5M/5,4M)
come together (4M/3,8M)
she's out of my life (2,4M/3,6M)
another part of me (2,1M/2,4M)
this is it (1,610,000/1,660,000)
cry (1,220,000/1,260,000)
love never felt so good (1,8M/2M)
a place with no name (940,000/1,210,000)
black or white-longue version (2M/2,4M)
one more chance (1,400,000/1,490,000)
behind the Mask (1,060,000/1,000,000)
blood on the dancefloor 2017( 800,000/880,000
gone too soon (540,000/740,000)
childhood (790,000/960,000).
 
italy top-100 albums : thriller (66), 128 weeks
sweden top-60 albums : thriller (59)(re),109 weeks.
 
the Netherlands top-100 albums :

thriller (34)+36 pos, 326 weeks,top-40 vinyls
thriller (33)(re), 59 weeks,

Germany top-100 albums : thriller (43)+44,
209 weeks.
 

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It just turned 2025 and "Thriller" is on the list of Best-selling PURE ALBUMS in the first have of the 2020s. #MichaelJackson
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Best selling pure albums in the first half of the 2020s decade (US):#1 The Tortured Poets Department#2 Midnights#3 folklore#4 1989 (Taylor's Version)#5 30#6 evermore#7 Red (Taylor's Version)#8 Rumours#9 SOUR#10 Lover#11 Speak Now (Taylor's Version)#12 Fearless (Taylor's Version)#13 Fine Line#14 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7#15 Thriller
 
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Michael Jackson’s most viewed videos on YouTube in 2024:
1-Billie Jean: 247M (record)
2-Beat It: 123M
3-Smooth Criminal: 118M
4-They Don’t Care About Us: 84M
5-Thriller (long version): 79M
6-Rock With You: 53M (record)
7-Earth Song: 47M
8-Remember The Time: 43M
9-Thriller (short version): 42M (record)
10-Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough: 36M
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uk charts january 2 top-200 albums :

the essential (17)+6 pos, 529 weeks (t200),
top-100 streaming albums : the essential
(9)+6 pos, 509 weeks,

top-50 dvd : moonwalker (25), 811 weeks,

Ireland top-100 albums : the essential (40),
+24 pos, 181 weeks.
 
belgium flanders top-200 albums : thriller
(85)+31 pos, 222 weeks, Bad (144)(re),
122 weeks,

belgium wallony top-200 albums : thriller
(176), 162 weeks.
 
Chartmaster did a list of most streamed spotify artist in 2024

chartmasters.org

Spotify most streamed artists of 2024

Taylor Swift dominated Spotify once again in 2024, with 28.21 billion streams. Canadians The Weeknd and Drake complete the top 3.
chartmasters.org

in the comment-section users aksed for a list for legacy artist and the answer:

Posted by: @dan
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In articles like these, I'm always missing the legacy artists list.
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Understand that 100%! Truth is, with streaming lists, I always struggle to define what's "Legacy" or not. I know we listen to artists from the same generation, it would be easy to keep calling legacy pre-2000 artists, but wouldn't Eminem be legacy already? Weirdly enough, 50 Cent feels more legacy than Em' while he started after him.

When I started studying music industry numbers over 20 years ago, Jackson or Collins were already seen as legacy for example, by that standard Eminem should already be too. And then, what do we do about One Direction? 4 billion streams in 2024 for them, disbanded for nearly a decade, with one member who already passed away. As crazy as it seems, it's difficult to not call them legacy. Still, 2000s and even more so 2010s artists are at an advantage when compared to pre-2000 artists in terms of streams. And then, we see artists like Elton John or Madonna getting tracks at 1b+ thanks to the contribution of contemporary artists.

Anyway, don't take these numbers for granted (for these I didn't check if Spotify added/removed some tracks or so during the year to adjust the number), but these are the biggest 'deep legacy' artists for 2024:

1 Queen 3.64b
2 The Beatles 3.48b
3 Michael Jackson 2.83b
4 Elton John 2.75b
5 Luis Miguel 2.74b
6 Red Hot Chili Peppers 2.73b
7 A.R. Rahman 2.56b
8 AC/DC 2.55b
9 Nirvana 2.45b
10 Radiohead 2.45b
(11 Metallica 2.45b)
12 Fleetwood Mac 2.32b
13 Bob Marley 2.26b
14 Creedence Clearwater Revival 2.22b
15 Green Day 2.21b
16 ABBA 2.08b
17 Madonna 1.94b
18 Mariah Carey 1.77b
19 Guns N' Roses 1.73b
20 2Pac 1.70b

It will be interesting to see how things evolve, as right now The Beatles are doing better than Queen (42.47m vs 41.32m over the first 5 days of 2025) as the latter group continues to slide a bit from its huge boost in 2018.
 
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