MJ Chart Data Week of March 18, 2023

March 18, 2023

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What? It’s already Saturday? And it’s time for the MJ Chart Data updates! Times fly!

Let’s start with the UK’s good news, “Thriller” (single) just received 2x Platinum (1,200,000) and making it Michael Jackson’s fifth multi-platinum certified single in the UK.

In the Official UK Charts, “The Essential Michael Jackson” gained 3 places this week to be at #13 on the UK Official Streaming Chart Top 100 and gained 6 places to be at #19 on the UK Official Album Chart Top 1oo.

In the US, the album “Thriller” is at #13 on the Billboard Vinyl Album Chart, #20 on the Billboard Top Album Sales. On the Billboard Top R&B Album Chart, “Thriller” is at #12 and “The Essential Michael Jackson” is at #17. On the Billboard Top Catalog Album, “Thriller” is still at #21 and “Essential” dropped one place to #39. And finally on the Billboard 200, “Thriller” is at #74 gaining 6 places this week and “Essential” dropped 3 places to end this week at #110.

For all other Michael Jackson Albums, here the full charts list by countries:

Album: Number Ones

Apple Music:

#9 Uzbekistan

#27 Cayman Islands

#30 Cyprus

#64 United Arab Emirates

#72 Namibia

#74 Costa Rica

#92 New Zealand

#117 United Kingdom

#139 Ireland

#141 Peru

iTunes:

#3 Mongolia

#5 Niger

#6 Azerbaijan

#6 Moldova

#7 Sri Lanka

#12 Costa Rica

#12 Kazakhstan

#12 Trinidad and Tobago

#13 Uzbekistan

#15 El Salvador

#15 United Arab Emirates

#16 Barbados

#16 Bermuda

#16 Lebanon

#16 Turkmenistan

#17 Chile

#17 Qatar

#19 Belarus

#19 Mozambique

#21 Uganda

#22 Botswana

#23 Estonia

#23 Latvia

#23 Nicaragua

#23 Slovakia

#24 Laos

#25 Bolivia

#25 Colombia

#25 Ecuador

#26 Romania

#27 Jordan

#28 Saudi Arabia

#28 Slovenia

#29 Cape Verde

#30 Israel

#30 Mauritius

#30 Panama

#30 Paraguay

#31 Argentina

#31 Cyprus

#31 Malaysia

#31 Venezuela

#32 Armenia

#32 Bahrain

#33 Lithuania

#37 Egypt

#38 Honduras

#40 Nigeria

#40 Philippines

#41 Oman

#41 Zimbabwe

#42 Guatemala

#46 New Zealand

#48 Cayman Islands

#53 Hong Kong

#53 Singapore

#59 Taiwan

#66 Brazil

#73 Dominican Republic

#80 Ireland

#83 South Africa

#85 Indonesia

#90 Spain

#95 Austria

#96 India

#106 Germany

#110 Denmark

#111 Russia

#141 United Kingdom

Album: Thriller

Spotify:

#101 Netherlands

#145 Belgium

#158 Switzerland

#161 Denmark

#168 New Zealand

#181 Worldwide

#185 Sweden

#185 United Kingdom

#193 Germany

Apple Music:

#19 Nepal

#77 Maldives

#107 Netherlands

#119 Dominican Republic

#154 Argentina

#170 Belgium

#191 New Zealand

iTunes:

#23 Niger

#36 Uganda

#103 India

Album: The Essential Michael Jackson

iTunes:

#15 Uzbekistan

#16 Oman

#21 Barbados

#32 United Arab Emirates

#39 India

#48 Chile

#52 Romania

#54 Bulgaria

#56 Burkina Faso

#71 Brazil

#86 South Africa

#92 Australia

#94 Belgium

#120 Mexico

#128 Japan

Album: Michael Jackson’s This Is It

iTunes:

#34 Luxembourg

#42 Norway

#45 Greece

#47 Cyprus

#66 Sweden

#74 Austria

#76 Denmark

#89 Belgium

#89 Netherlands

#103 Peru

#111 Switzerland

#126 Spain

#133 Italy

Album: XSCAPE

iTunes:

#6 Uzbekistan

#13 Azerbaijan

#20 Armenia

#23 Cape Verde

#38 Oman

#41 Azerbaijan

#59 Romania

#63 Argentina

#76 Egypt

#83 Colombia

#99 Chile

#100 Hong Kong

#101 Malaysia

#107 Poland

#116 Peru

#125 Mexico

Album: Bad

Apple Music:

#39 Montserrat

#84 Maldives

#187 Norway

iTunes:

#105 Romania

Album: Dangerous

Apple Music:

#86 Maldives

#96 Uzbekistan

iTunes:

#8 Turkmenistan

Album: Michael

Apple Music:

#45 Turkmenistan

Album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

iTunes:

#22 Bolivia

#30 Armenia

#73 Egypt

#89 Peru

#113 Chile

#120 Colombia

Album: Blood On the Dance Floor: HIStory In the Mix

Apple Music:

#100 Maldives

And for Michael’s songs, here they are:

Billie Jean Apple Music: #75 Netherlands #137 Denmark #160 Sweden #181 Switzerland #191 Norway iTunes: #11 Niger #188 Switzerland Shazam: #74 China Deezer: #71 Latvia	Beat It Apple Music: #163 Netherlands iTunes: #24 Niger #99 India Deezer: #76 Jamaica #93 Costa Rica #98 Kenya	They Don’t Care About Us iTunes: #69 Netherlands #102 India	Love Never Felt So Good iTunes: #19 El Salvador #34 Azerbaijan #57 Armenia #83 Dominican Republic #95 Argentina #97 Chile #154 Philippines
Thriller iTunes: #23 Niger #52 Niger	Rock With You iTunes: #35 Saint Kitts and Nevis Deezer: #84 South Korea	Smooth Criminal TikTok: #92 Switzerland	Black or White Deezer: #69 Norway
Dangerous Shazam: #109 Uruguay	P.Y.T. iTunes: #72 Saint Kitts and Nevis	Music and Me iTunes: #93 Czech Republic

And of course, here comes the top 10 most watched YouTube Official Videos:

Video	Views	Yesterday	Published
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Official Video)	1,322,241,206	485,727	2009/10
Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us (Brazil Version) (Official Video)	989,477,418	242,674	2009/10
Michael Jackson – Beat It (Official 4K Video)	917,589,726	256,462	2011/04
Michael Jackson – Thriller (Official 4K Video)	890,835,388	215,738	2009/10
Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal (Official Video)	814,601,593	316,381	2010/11
Michael Jackson – Remember The Time (Official Video)	509,108,996	100,311	2009/10
Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel (Official Video)	439,349,002	66,394	2009/10
Michael Jackson – Bad (Shortened Version)	434,111,232	79,375	2009/10
Michael Jackson – Black Or White (Official Video – Shortened Version)	432,046,861	87,190	2009/10
Michael Jackson – Earth Song (Official Video)	381,740,524	99,990	2009/10

Fans around the world will be campaigning to bring “They Don’t Care About Us” (Brazil Version) to 1 Billion next week, so make sure you check your social media and watch the video! Let’s start now shall we?