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The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

R1chard said:
I got no idea. But do you honestly not find it strange that the song is in the top 3 for a couple of months?!
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No, bc this has been building up since summer 2022. 'HCW' started to go viral in spring 2022 - possibly bc of a speeded-up version being posted on TT and people posting vids of themselves dancing to it. July 2022 'Chicago' passes 100,000 daily streams for the first time, overtakes 'HCW' and by July 2024 it's at No.5 in Michael’s daily Spotify stats.

@kxthrills

"Michael Jackson’s Top 5 most streamed daily songs on Spotify !
Billie Jean: 1,238,469
Beat It: 832,993
Rock with You: 590,384 (new peak)*
Smooth Criminal: 420,675
Chicago: 310,505"

R1chard said:
If you asked somebody to name 10 MJ songs, they would never say Chicago.
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Agreed. Or 'HCW' but both of them have done really well over the last couple of years. It's just a different era.

R1chard said:
I think Sony just wants to promote Xscape so that they can start calling it a "legendary" album.
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Sony would have to be playing a hell of a long game. Personally, I find it more believable that it's happening just bc that's the (sometimes random) nature of streaming.
 
R1chard said:
I got no idea. But do you honestly not find it strange that the song is in the top 3 for a couple of months?! If you asked somebody to name 10 MJ songs, they would never say Chicago.

I think Sony just wants to promote Xscape so that they can start calling it a "legendary" album.
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Chicago and Heaven Can Wait both blew up on tiktok in 2022, and both of them have been getting really high daily streams on Spotify since, especially Chicago.

The opinions of the general public don't really matter when it comes to top top-streamed songs of an artist.

Again, if Sony wanted to rig a song to get high daily streams, they could have chosen hundreds of songs that Michael released during his lifetime. There are plenty of Michael songs that were hit singles that don't get a lot of streams in 2025. Even from the Xscape, they could have chosen Love Never Felt So Good, Slave To The Rhythm or A Place With No Name before Chicago. It makes no sense for Sony to choose Chicago of all songs to rig so it gets high streams. I doubt Sony is even smart enough to do that.
 
Nite Line said:
Chicago and Heaven Can Wait both blew up on tiktok in 2022, and both of them have been getting really high daily streams on Spotify since, especially Chicago.
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iirc, it was you that was posting stuff on this thread, tracking the progress of HCW and Chicago - especially Chicago. It was cool watching it unfold. :)

Nite Line said:
The opinions of the general public don't really matter when it comes to top top-streamed songs of an artist.

Again, if Sony wanted to rig a song to get high daily streams, they could have chosen hundreds of songs that Michael released during his lifetime. There are plenty of Michael songs that were hit singles that don't get a lot of streams in 2025. Even from the Xscape, they could have chosen Love Never Felt So Good, Slave To The Rhythm or A Place With No Name before Chicago. It makes no sense for Sony to choose Chicago of all songs to rig so it gets high streams. I doubt Sony is even smart enough to do that.
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zinniabooklover said:
Sony would have to be playing a hell of a long game. Personally, I find it more believable that it's happening just bc that's the (sometimes random) nature of streaming.
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Yeah, it's random. But random stuff settles back to the predictable norm over time. Outliers are transient, not permanent.

Nite Line said:
Chicago and Heaven Can Wait both blew up on tiktok in 2022,
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I just don't think "blowing up on Tiktok" is nearly as important as you think it is.

Nite Line said:
Again, if Sony wanted to rig a song to get high daily streams, they could have chosen hundreds of songs that Michael released during his lifetime
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Chicago is getting roughly the same number of streams as Earth Song. And Dirty Diana. Combined. Let that sink in for a minute.

I'm really at a loss for words. Surely somebody has a legitimate reason for it?
 
R1chard said:
Yeah, it's random. But random stuff settles back to the predictable norm over time. Outliers are transient, not permanent. [...]
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Transient? Maybe. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Chicago has been having a 'moment' since 2022 and it's still going. If that's 'transient', I'll take it.

'HCW' is static at No.16 but 'Chicago' has just gone back up from No.4 to No. 3 in Michael's most streamed daily songs on Spotify. I think it's doing OK. So if it fades back into obscurity at some point, it'll have had a pretty good run.


@kxthrills

"Michael Jackson's most streamed daily songs on Spotify (OCT 12)

Thriller combined: 707,483 (-11.79%)

Total daily: 10,624,961 (-10.64%)"

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1977796100150243474
 
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R1chard said:
I just don't think "blowing up on Tiktok" is nearly as important as you think it is.
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R1chard said:
Chicago is getting roughly the same number of streams as Earth Song. And Dirty Diana. Combined. Let that sink in for a minute.
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No offence, but I don't think you realise just how massive social media is these days. A song blowing up on social media can increase the number of daily streams it gets on streaming platforms.
 
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zinniabooklover said:
iirc, it was you that was posting stuff on this thread, tracking the progress of HCW and Chicago - especially Chicago. It was cool watching it unfold. :)


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Yes, it was really cool to see such an unknown track like Chicago get so popular on tiktok and spotify.

I wish that after the release of the biopic, we have another not-so-famous song increase in popularity.
 
Nite Line said:
Yes, it was really cool to see such an unknown track like Chicago get so popular on tiktok and spotify.

I wish that after the release of the biopic, we have another not-so-famous song increase in popularity.
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few songs for sure
 
Michael Jackson now has 56.1 MILLION MONTHLY LISTENERS ON SPOTIFY!!!! Im so happy!!! Its going up so quickly! IM PRETTY SURE HE SURPASSED BEYONCÉ?!
 
best selling album of all time ( 2025) top-2500:

Thriller ( 1)( 124,083,000)
bad ( 5)( 67,099,000)
dangerous ( 21)( 47,760,000)
History ( 71)( 33,448,000)
off the wall ( 72)( 33,324,000)
invincible ( 9,910,000)
ben ( 5,181,000)
Triumph ( 4,646,000)
xscape deluxe version ( 4,176,00
Jackson five christmas album ( 4,117,000)
Michael ( 3,041,000).
 
best selling album of all time ( 2025) top-2500:

got to be there ( 7,028,000)
destiny ( 5,799,000)
victory ( 5,417,000)
Jackson five third album ( 5,311,000)
the jacksons album ( 2,678,000)
maybe Tomorrow ( 2,263,000).
 
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