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The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

billboard global 200 tracks: Billie Jean ( 99)
billboard global 200 tracks excl us : Billie Jean

( 85)+6 position.
 
Netherlands top-100 albums ( february 7 :

number ones ( 18)( new-entry)
THRILLER ( 45), 355 weeks

top-40 vinyls : number ones ( 3)( new-entry).
 
beltrano said:
Ireland top 100 albums :

number ones ( 12)( new-entry), 528 weeks.
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This is absolutely bizarre. I have no idea what's going on with Number Ones/The Essential in Ireland. Last week, The Essential was #18. This week it is not on the top 100 at, but Number Ones is now #12 after having been missing from the charts since The Essential started climbing.

Streaming has lead to such chart manipulation it's unreal.
 
I posted this on 16th December 2025

innuendo141 said:
What's really puzzling to me is that the Estate (or Spotify themselves, maybe?) have changed how MJ's music is streamed (here at least).

Since at least 2009, it's been Number Ones that has been the album of MJ's that has hovered around the top 100 albums here in Ireland. All of the top songs were streamed as part of that album. All of a sudden last year, Number Ones dropped off the face of the earth and The Essential has now replaced Number Ones on the chart. So something changed whereby the streams are counted towards The Essential and no longer Number Ones.
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innuendo141 said:
This is absolutely bizarre. I have no idea what's going on with Number Ones/The Essential in Ireland. Last week, The Essential was #18. This week it is not on the top 100 at, but Number Ones is now #12 after having been missing from the charts since The Essential started climbing.

Streaming has lead to such chart manipulation it's unreal.
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number ones replace the essential !!
( sad).
 
i tunes worldwide albums chart:

number ones ( 67)+158 position
THRILLER ( 71)
the essential ( 171).
 
Spotify albums today :

THRILLER ( 3,802,673)
Bad ( 2,817,181)
off the wall ( 1,422,671)
dangerous ( 1,208,069)
History ( 1,037,130)
xscape deluxe version ( 1,031,876)
invincible ( 739,527)

all credits ( 13,179,247).
 
UK sales to date :

number ones ( 3,116,579)
the essential ( 2,129,168)

new certification single : Billie Jean

( 5x Platinum),total units ( 3,562,581)

this week in the uk number ones vinyl sales
( 2622).
 
innuendo141 said:
Streaming has lead to such chart manipulation it's unreal.
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Exactly. I've been saying it all along - streaming numbers don't count for shit. They mean absolutely nothing. They're not even a reflection of what people are listening to.

It's just really open to huge manipulation from both labels and from fans.
 
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