MJ Chart Data Halloween Special, Week of November 13, 2021

November 13, 2021

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I know, I know, I’m 2 weeks late for this and there’s so much to cover, I don’t even know where to start!!!

According to MRC Data Thriller (song) drew 22.1 million streams (up 105%) and sold 8,800 downloads (up 78%) around the world during Billboards tracking week (Oct. 29 through Nov. 4) hitting its peak at #28. That’s a nearly 30% higher streaming than last year, when Thriller gained 17 million streams (up 95%) during Halloween week, hitting its initial high of #51.

Similarly, Rockwell’s (technically Michael’s) “Somebody’s Watching Me” hits #35 on Billboard Global 200 with 18.5 million streams. Unlike Thriller, song has not appeared on any Billboard charts since its first appearance in the 80s.

As for Billboard Hot 100 both Thriller & Somebody’s Watching Me re-enter the charts. Thriller hits its highest peak at #19 since 1984 which means Michael Jackson has now ranked in the top 20 on the Hot 100 in each of the last 7 (I repeat last SEVEN) decades (1960s-2020s) across his entire career!!!

And Somebody’s Watching Me re-appears on the chart at #42 (originally peaking at #2. That’s higher than Thrillers original peak at #5)

Thriller (album) has also jumped 40 spots on Billboard 200 albums chart and it’s occupying #25 spot, while The Essential re-enters Top 100 & Scream (album) re-enters the chart for the first time since 2017.

This is going to be a lot but here’s Billboard Charts:

Billboard 200:

#25 – Thriller
#79 – The Essential
#179 – Scream (re)

Billboard Hot 100:

#19 – Thriller (re)
#42 – Somebody’s Watching Me (re)

Billboard Global 200:

#28 – Thriller (new peak)
#35 – Somebody’s Watching Me (new peak)

Artist 100:

#21 – Michael Jackson

Billboard Canadian Hot 100:

#16 – Thriller (new peak)

Billboard Canadian Albums:

#26 – Thriller (new peak)

Top Catalog Albums:

#1 – Thriller (re-peak)
#14 – The Essential

Top Album Sales:

#63 – Thriller

Top R&B Albums:

#3 – Thriller (new peak)
#6 – The Essential
#22 – Scream (re)

R&B Digital Song Sales:

#1 – Thriller (re-peak. 5^th week at #1)
#3 – Somebody’s Watching Me (new peak)

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums:

#14 – Thriller
#42 – The Essential (re)

Thriller has not been as impressive on UK charts but Thriller did re-enter Top 40 on Official Singles Chart and spent its 57^th week on the chart. It was followed by Somebody’s Watching Me peaking at #47 for the first time ever. Due to tracking differences songs have not charted as high as they did in the US but the fact that Number Ones has sold estimated 100,000 units in 2021 is very surprising.

UK Official Charts

Singles Chart Top 100:

#40 – Thriller (re)
#47 – Somebody’s Watching Me (new peak)

Albums Chart Top 100:

#26 – Number Ones

Albums Streaming Charts:

#12 – Number Ones
#87 – Thriller (re)

Official Singles Sales Chart:

#15 – Thriller (new peak)
#50 – Somebody’s Watching Me (new peak)

Singles Downloads:

#14 – Thriller
#48 – Somebody’s Watching Me (new peak)

Singles Sales Top 100:

#15 – Thriller (new peak)
#50 – Somebody’s Watching Me (new peak)

Thriller short film gained 1,403,281 views on YouTube on Halloween. That’s slightly less than last year when Thriller was watched 1,469,680 time. Number remains short films most views in a day. In whole of October short film gained estimated 10,800,000 views. Thriller short film has also surpassed 800 million views on the platform and it’s expected to hit billion views on 2024/02/13.

Both Thriller and Somebody’s Watching Me did phenomenally on streaming platforms. Thriller peaked #1 for the first time ever on Apple Music in the US and Canada.

Thriller gained over 13.5 million streams in October on Spotify & 3,409,857 streams on October 31^st, followed by Somebody’s Watching Me with 2,212,567 streams on Halloween.

MJ also hit his highest number of “Monthly Listeners” on the platform with 32,333,966.

Here’s Spotifys weekly charts: