The final Halloween charts are in! Halloween 2023 is officially over! Until next year!
But let’s start with some good news, “Thriller” (album) has now surpassed 4 billion streams and “Leave Me Alone” has now surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify. In Denmark, “Billie Jean” has been certified 3x Platinum making the single sold for 27,000,000 units.
Let’s go straight to the Official UK Charts where “The Essential Michael Jackson” lost 7 places in the Official UK Albums Top 100 to be at #25 and lost 10 places in the Albums Streaming Top 100 to end this week at #17.
In Portugal, the single “Thriller” re-entered the Top 200 Singles at #197 and in Austria, it re-entered the Top 75 Singles at #71.
In Canada, the single “Thriller” gain nearly 70 places to end this week at #22 on the Hot 100 Singles and re-entered the Canadian Top 50 Digital Songs at #6. Meanwhile the album “Thriller” re-entered the Top 100 Albums at #38.
Now let’s go to the US where all the eyes have been focusing on, especially with the two fan’s challenges to bring “Thriller” to the Billboard Charts!
Let’s go with the albums first!
Billboard 200:
#32 – Thriller (+46)
#103 – The Essential Michael Jackson (+9)
Billboard Top Catalog Albums:
#6 – Thriller (+21)
#37 – The Essential Michael Jackson (+11)
Billboard Top R&B Albums:
#3 – Thriller (+3)
#16 – The Essential Michael Jackson (-3)
Billboard Top Streaming Albums:
#32 – Thriller (re-entry)
And not to the singles with few good surprises and news:
Billboard R&B Digital Song Sales:
#1 – Thriller (=)
#4 – Somebody’s Watching Me (+4)
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales:
#1 – Thriller (+1)
#5 – Somebody’s Watching Me (+7)
Billboard R&B Streaming Songs:
#1 – Thriller (+9)
#5 – Somebody’s Watching Me (re)
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs:
#3 – Thriller (re)
#12 – Somebody’s Watching Me
Billboard Hot R&B Songs:
#2 – Thriller (+5)
#7 – Somebody’s Watching Me (+6)
Billboard Global 200:
#39 – Thriller (re)
#93 – Somebody’s Watching Me (re)
#172 – Billie Jean (re)
Billboard Global Excl. US:
#90 – Thriller (re)
#183 – Billie Jean (re)
Billboard Streaming Songs:
#23 – Thriller (re)
#48 – Somebody’s Watching Me (re)
Billboard Digital Song Sales:
#8 – Thriller (+3)
Billboard Hot 100:
#21 – Thriller (re)
Pretty good results this year for Halloween and for Michael Jackson. I believe there are two factors to this greatness: 1. it seems that the general public is paying more attention to Michael this year and 2. the mobilisation of the fans to bring “Thriller” single into the charts.
Now let’s get to the other Michael Jackson albums in other charts:
| Album: Number Ones Apple Music: #75 Trinidad and Tobago #100 Ireland #128 United Kingdom #182 Peru #196 Russia iTunes: #1 Mongolia #5 Azerbaijan #6 Niger #6 Sri Lanka #10 Kenya #11 Moldova #13 Costa Rica #14 Kazakhstan #14 Turkmenistan #15 Bermuda #15 Uzbekistan #17 El Salvador #18 Botswana #18 Lebanon #19 Qatar #20 Uganda #20 United Arab Emirates #21 Argentina #21 Jordan #21 Mozambique #21 Slovakia #22 Belarus #22 Hungary #22 Slovenia #24 Laos #24 Lithuania #25 Bahrain #25 Mauritius #25 Romania #25 Russia #26 Armenia #26 Ecuador #26 Estonia #26 Nicaragua #26 Trinidad and Tobago #27 Cape Verde #27 Chile #27 Colombia #27 Cyprus #27 Zimbabwe #28 Saudi Arabia #29 Israel #30 Panama #30 Paraguay #30 Venezuela #32 Bolivia #32 Malaysia #32 Poland #36 Nigeria #40 Czech Republic #40 Honduras #41 Barbados #42 Cayman Islands #42 Egypt #45 Oman #46 Peru #47 Guatemala #52 Singapore #56 Philippines #65 Hong Kong #65 Indonesia #77 Dominican Republic #77 Ireland #87 Brazil #90 India #95 Spain #106 Austria #119 Germany #151 Canada | Album: Thriller Spotify: #110 Netherlands #121 Belgium #135 Switzerland #137 Sweden #141 United Kingdom #156 Worldwide #159 Germany #162 Denmark #166 New Zealand #173 Australia #174 Ireland #181 Norway #198 France #200 Chile Apple Music: #37 St. Vincent and The Grenadines #82 Bulgaria #134 Netherlands iTunes: #22 Niger #35 Uganda #75 Nigeria | Album: The Essential Michael Jackson iTunes: #17 Uzbekistan #21 Oman #32 India #42 Barbados #57 Chile #58 Burkina Faso #63 New Zealand #72 Nigeria #81 South Africa #86 France #89 Belgium | Album: Michael Jackson’s This Is It iTunes: #34 Greece #36 Luxembourg #49 Norway #85 Belgium #86 Denmark #91 Austria #97 Netherlands #122 Peru #128 Spain |
| Album: XSCAPE iTunes: #8 Uzbekistan #12 Azerbaijan #14 Armenia #21 Cape Verde #39 Oman #40 Azerbaijan #53 Argentina #63 Romania #77 Egypt #83 Poland #86 Colombia #95 Nigeria #100 Netherlands #101 Chile #110 Malaysia #112 Hong Kong #131 Indonesia #134 Mexico #136 Peru #140 Ghana | Album: Bad Apple Music: #34 Montserrat #132 Netherlands | Album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I iTunes: #24 Armenia #25 Bolivia #67 Egypt #94 India #110 Peru #114 Chile #114 Colombia #194 Germany | Album: The Indispensable Collection Apple Music: #71 Chad |
| Album: Dangerous iTunes: #8 Turkmenistan |
And now to all Michael Jackson’ singles in the charts:
| Thriller YouTube: #9 Canada #9 United States #12 Ireland #13 United Kingdom #26 Norway #34 Iceland #43 Sweden #50 Denmark #57 Belgium #59 Luxembourg #60 Australia #80 Netherlands #83 Germany #84 France #87 Spain #94 Finland iTunes: #24 Niger #59 Niger | They Don’t Care About Us iTunes: #81 Turkey Shazam: #28 Czech Republic #44 Kazakhstan #45 Belarus #45 India #48 Ukraine #64 Azerbaijan #67 Worldwide #72 Turkey #73 Greece #78 Germany #79 Netherlands #82 Poland #82 Switzerland #86 Argentina #93 Finland #93 Uruguay #94 Norway #102 Hungary #105 Sweden #105 Uzbekistan #107 Croatia #108 United Arab Emirates #113 Bulgaria #121 Tunisia #123 Austria #127 Israel #127 Italy #144 Romania #156 Algeria #173 Ireland #177 Spain #178 United Kingdom #180 Chile #190 France #197 Canada | Billie Jean Apple Music: #90 Netherlands #139 Switzerland #193 Norway YouTube: #61 Belgium #70 Switzerland #74 France #79 Germany #80 Luxembourg #93 Finland #98 Austria iTunes: #8 Niger #37 Mongolia #72 Brazil Deezer: #44 Lebanon | Beat It YouTube: #92 United Kingdom #97 Ireland iTunes: #25 Niger #127 Hong Kong |
| Love Never Felt So Good iTunes: #22 El Salvador #35 Azerbaijan #73 Armenia #80 Argentina #82 Dominican Republic #160 Philippines | You Are Not Alone iTunes: #36 Mongolia Deezer: #26 Indonesia | Heal the World iTunes: #144 Indonesia | Say Say Say Shazam: #110 Norway #116 Ukraine |
And now your favorite: The Top 10 Michael Jackson Short films on YouTube:
| Video | Views | Yesterday | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Official Video) | 1,483,172,765 | 576,508 | 2009/10 |
| Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us (Brazil Version) (Official Video) | 1,045,961,864 | 170,664 | 2009/10 |
| Michael Jackson – Beat It (Official 4K Video) | 996,295,530 | 277,879 | 2011/04 |
| Michael Jackson – Thriller (Official 4K Video) | 945,342,630 | 192,500 | 2009/10 |
| Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal (Official Video) | 896,594,414 | 203,590 | 2010/11 |
| Michael Jackson – Remember The Time (Official Video) | 536,791,798 | 83,336 | 2009/10 |
| Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel (Official Video) | 457,586,349 | 63,235 | 2009/10 |
| Michael Jackson – Black Or White (Official Video – Shortened Version) | 455,029,625 | 72,939 | 2009/10 |
| Michael Jackson – Bad (Shortened Version) | 454,944,232 | 71,393 | 2009/10 |
| Michael Jackson – Earth Song (Official Video) | 409,634,583 | 113,602 | 2009/10 |
Well that was a long one! My eyes are hurting with all those numbers! LOL
Until next week… Have a great week-end!
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