The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

[beltrano]

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.

 

[Annita]

Chartmaster did a list of most streamed spotify artist in 2024

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.

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.

 

[beltrano]

Spotify albums first week of january :

thriller: 20,162,474
bad : 9,217,018
off the wall : 6,082,730
dangerous : 4,164,644
xscape deluxe version : 3,668,867
History : 3,233,632
invincible : 1,954,118.

 

[beltrano]

Spotify most streamed songs of all Time:

Billie Jean (128)(2,007,330,575)

Spotify most streamed albums of all time :

thriller (138)(5,159,157,736).

 

[beltrano]

youtube most viewed music videos of all time :

Billie Jean (131)(1,766,353,254).

 

[beltrano]

Spotify songs first week of january :

Billie Jean : 8,665,026.

 

[beltrano]

Spotify all credits first week of january :

53,647,223.

 

[beltrano]

billboard charts january 2 :

global 200 tracks : Billie Jean (129)(re),
74 weeks, global 200 tracks excl the usa:
Billie Jean (108)(re),+77 pos, 60 weeks

top-200 albums : thriller (83), 659 weeks
top-100 pures albums sales : thriller (18),
432 weeks,top-50 catalogue albums : thriller
(28)+7 pos, 641 weeks,

top-25 vinyls : thriller (11), 337 weeks.

 

[beltrano]

greece top-100 albums : dangerous (57),
+9 pos, 42 weeks,off the wall (98),53 weeks,

New zealand new certifications :

Chicago: gold (15,000 units)
Rock with you: 3xpl (90,000)
smooth criminal : 2xpl (60,000).

 

[beltrano]

Spotify songs january 2025:

increase for pretty young thing, remember the time,human nature, liberian girl,2000 watts!!

20% more each daily basis.

 

[zinniabooklover]

@AkhilJaxxn

"Michael Jackson is the only artist who has won Artist of the Year, Decade, Generation, Century, and Millennium awards at various ceremonies."

mj.com
"On this date in 2002, Michael Jackson received the Artist of the Century Award at the American Music Awards. His AMA hot streak began with the success of his first adult solo album, “Off The Wall” and in total he's the most winning solo male artist with total of 26 awards."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877422245133320415

 

[beltrano]

the Netherlands top-100 albums : thriller (45),
327 weeks, Germany top-100 albums : thriller
(75), 210 weeks, uk top-200 albums : the
essential (19), 530 weeks(t200),
top-100 streaming albums : the essential
(15), 510 weeks,

Ireland top-100 albums : the essential (36),
+4 pos, 182 weeks, italy top-20 physical sales
thriller (20)(re).

 

[Annita]

WannaBeMartinSomethin’

@invinciblekop


#MichaelJackson’s The Essential was officially the UK’s 16th Biggest album of 2024, and is currently 17th on the
@officialcharts UK Album Chart, climbing 6 places. With #MichaelMovie coming, this year could be something else… #AmplifyMJ

 

[beltrano]

youtube the last 30 days : 174,623,935
youtube since june 2005: 17,375,960,660.

 

[beltrano]

Billie Jean Yesterday :

Spotify : 1,200,000
youtube : 850,000.

 

[Annita]

Where is @filmandmusic. He did not post for I think at least 2 month?

 

[zinniabooklover]

Where is @filmandmusic. He did not post for I think at least 2 month?

He does sometimes take a break from the board but, yeah, it does seem a bit longer this time around. Maybe he just had a busy Xmas/New Year season?

 

[beltrano]

uk top-50 music dvd's :
moonwalker (20)+5 pos, 812 weeks.

 

[beltrano]

MJ the musical Broadway New-York :
january 5 ($242M).

 

[beltrano]

Jackson five Spotify songs january 12:

i want you back (995M)!!.

 

[beltrano]

Spotify songs most streamed songs of all time top-2500: Billie Jean pass lil nas-monteiro
(call me by your name)!!

Billie Jean (127)(2,013,023,040).

 

[beltrano]

Spotify most streamed albums of all time top-200: thriller pass the chainsmokers memories do not open

thriller (138)(5,173,075,913).

 

[beltrano]

Spotify songs : beat it (1,3B).

 

[beltrano]

billboard charts january 9: global 200 tracks
Billie Jean (179), 75 weeks, global 200 tracks
(exc the usa), Billie Jean (155), 61 weeks,

top-200 albums : thriller (115), 660 weeks,
top-100 pures albums sales : thriller (17)+1,
433 weeks, top-50 catalogue albums : thriller
(50), 642 weeks, top-25 vinyls : thriller (7),+4,
338 weeks !!!

 

[beltrano]

Spotify songs : butterflies 60M.

 

[Annita]

King Of Pop On Spotify

@MJJSpotify2015
·
Jan 16

According to Chartmasters Michael Jackson is the 48th most followed artist ever updated January 2025. #MichaelJackson #KingOfPop

 

[beltrano]

Spotify january 2025!!, good start for MJ
better than last month and better than last
january 2024!!!!!

 

[beltrano]

mj the musical Broadway New-York :

performances : 1230
previews : 39
gross : $243,158,990
attendance : 1,660,644.

 

[beltrano]

mj the musical North american tour :

shows to date : 600
attendance : 1,500,000.

 

[beltrano]

mj show live in 2024:

mj-one las-vegas
mj the musical Broadway New-York
mj the musical North american tour
mj the musical London
mj the musical hamburg

gross: $425M.