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The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

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@Nite Line I’m to this day flabbergasted at the low peaks of Jam, TDCAU and Who is it! I would love to know the reason behind it. Especially so who is it as it turned into a single after the Oprah a cappella. You would think the impact should have been bigger! In hindsight I think Give in to me would have been a better choice for the USA.
 
filmandmusic said:
@Nite Line I’m to this day flabbergasted at the low peaks of Jam, TDCAU and Who is it! I would love to know the reason behind it. Especially so who is it as it turned into a single after the Oprah a cappella. You would think the impact should have been bigger! In hindsight I think Give in to me would have been a better choice for the USA.
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TDCAU had a low peak because of the controversy surrounding the lyrics and the fact that radios refused to play the song.

I am not sure why Jam and Who Is It had a low peak. Maybe because Michael didn’t tour the USA during the Dangerous Tour?

I also think that a rock song like Give In To Me would have been a hit in the US, but GITM was only released for international markets, more than a year after the album’s release. I personally would have released GITM as the third single of the Dangerous album.
 
Here's the most watched [Live] broadcasts in American history, based on estimated total viewership figures and where MJ ranks. Excluding sports and Presidential debates, all of these come from estimated reports by the media at the time

  1. 167,000,000 Viewers - Gone with the Wind Part I & II
  2. 150,000,000 Viewers - The OJ Simpson Trial
  3. 134,000,000 Viewers - Michael Jackson's Super Bowl Halftime Show (1.3 Billion worldwide)
  4. 125,000,000 Viewers - The Moon Landing
  5. 114,000,000 Viewers - Richard Nixon's resignation
  6. 105,000,000 Viewers - The final episode of MASH
  7. 100,000,000+ Viewers - Elvis Presley's Hawaii concert
  8. 97,000,000 viewers - The final episode of Roots
  9. 95,000,000 viewers - The OJ Simpson Bronco Chase
  10. 93,000,000 viewers - The final episode of Cheers
  11. 90,000,000+ viewers - 1995 MTV Music Awards (Michael was advertised to perform in advance)
  12. 90,000,000 viewers - Michael Jackson's interview on the Oprah Winfrey show
  13. 85,000,000 viewers - The 1973 Academy Awards (The year Godfather won)
  14. 80,000,000 viewers - Live broadcast of the movie "JAWS"
  15. 80,000,000+ viewers - 1994 MTV Music Awards
  16. 80,000,000 viewers - The 9/11 Terror Attacks
  17. 78,000,000 viewers - Final episode of the Fugitive
  18. 76,000,000 viewers - Final episode of Seinfield
  19. 73,000,000 viewers - The Jackson 5's American Dream Part I & II (Documentary on the Jackson family)
  20. 70,000,000 viewers - A live performance by the Beatles
  21. 65,000,000 viewers - Scream Music Video premiere / interview with Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley
  22. 60,000,000 viewers - Elvis Presley's performance on the Ed Sullivan show
  23. 56,000,000 viewers - Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary special (re-aired once)
  24. 55,000,000 viewers - The 1998 Academy Awards (headlined by Titanic)
  25. 53,000,000 viewers - 26th Annual Grammy Awards (Headlined by Michael Jackson's Thriller)
  26. 53,000,000 viewers - The 1983 Academy Awards (Gandhi was the big winner of the night)
  27. 50,000,000 viewers - Michael Jackson & The Jackson's live from Motown 25
 
For global events were Michael had a broadcast that was aired worldwide, i found reported viewership figures of
3,000,000,000 - Michael Jackson memorial (Figures were 2.5 billion to 3 billion, but stories of people in Cambodia and remote places in Africa hearing about his death leans towards the latter being true)
2,000,000,000 - The start of the Michael Jackson trial (Figure was reported by Pretoria News on January 30th 2005)
1,300,000,000 - The Super Bowl Halftime performance (Broadcasters gave a low estimated figure of 1 Billion. aired in over 80 countries)
1,000,000,000 - Daphene Barack "Our Son: Michael Jackson" (Interview on Primetime, aired in 50 countries that was shown across 2 days following the trial)
1,000,000,000 - The 2006 World Music Awards that was based around the celebration of Thriller (160 Countries)
900,000,000 - The 2000 World Music Awards were they advertised Michael recieving the Artist of the millennium award (150 Countries)
900,000,000 - The 1996 World Music Awards were Michael was advertised to perform the Earth Song (150 Countries)
500,000,000 - Michael Jackson's interview with Lisa Marie Presley on Primetime, also the debut of his video Scream (Coverage wasn't reported, but probably 50 countries like the above interview)
500,000,000 - Michael Jackson's Black or White music video (Limited to 26 countries)

Averaging the figures of all of these gives a total viewership figure of 1.23 Billion viewers, meaning on average that's how many people in the world stopped to watch Michael Jackson whenever he was on worldwide TV.
 
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zinniabooklover said:
Playlist of Michael Jackson songs with over 100 million streams on Spotify (Including features, The Jacksons & The Jackson 5).

@Nite Line Thriller 2003 at No. 32. :)

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Really nice playlist.

The following songs are also close to 100 million mark.

- The Girl Is Mine 95,389,436
- You Rock My World 94,871,971
- Leave Me Alone 93,041,926
 
Nite Line said:
TDCAU had a low peak because of the controversy surrounding the lyrics and the fact that radios refused to play the song.

I am not sure why Jam and Who Is It had a low peak. Maybe because Michael didn’t tour the USA during the Dangerous Tour?

I also think that a rock song like Give In To Me would have been a hit in the US, but GITM was only released for international markets, more than a year after the album’s release. I personally would have released GITM as the third single of the Dangerous album.
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Give in To Me was going to be a US single but it was swapped out for Who Is It on account of the Oprah spike. But as a result, the video for WII wouldn't be made in time for the chart blitz. Ultimately neither song ended up doing as well as they could've, state wise. In what I consider to be a genuine fumble in MJs camp.
 
Nite Line said:
Michael's singles certifications from each studio album:

Off The Wall:
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough: Platinum for sales of 600,000
Rock With You: Platinum for sales of 600,000
Off The Wall: Silver for sales of 200,000
Total: 1.4 million

Thriller:
Billie Jean: 3X Platinum for sales of 1,800,000
Beat It: 2X Platinum for sales of 1,200,000
Thriller: 2X Platinum for sales of 1,200,000
PYT: Gold for sales of 400,000
WBSS: Silver for sales of 200,000
Human Nature: Silver for sales of 200,000
Total: 5 million

Bad:
Man In The Mirror: 2X Platinum for sales of 1,200,000
TWYMMF: Platinum for sales of 600,000
Smooth Criminal: Platinum for sales of 600,000
Bad: Gold for sales of 400,000
Dirty Diana: Gold for sales of 400,000
IJCSLY: Silver for sales of 200,000
Total: 3.4 million

Dangerous:
Black or White: Gold for sales of 400,000
Heal The World: Gold for sales of 400,000
Remember The Time: Silver for sales of 200,000
Total: 1 million

History:
Earth Song: 2X Platinum for sales of 1,200,000
YANA: Platinum for sales of 600,000
TDCAU: Platinum for sales of 600,000
Scream/Childhood: Silver for sales of 200,000
Stranger In Moscow: Silver for sales of 200,000
Total: 2.6 million

Invincible:
You Rock My World: Gold for sales of 400,000
Total: 0.4 million


No surprises that Thriller and Bad albums had the most successful singles. I am also pleasantly surprised at the performance of History's singles. But I must say that I am a bit disappointed by the overall total of Dangerous' singles. :(
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Since, I made this post, Off The Wall has been certified Silver and They Don't Care About Us has been updated from Gold to Platinum.

I hope to see Black Or White & Remember The Time reach the Platinum status in 2023.
 
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