Exciting news! Michael Jackson has become the first artist from the 20th century to have five short films reach the YouTube Billion Views Club, with “Smooth Criminal” as the latest addition!
Also to note that Michael Jackson has now surpassed 33 million followers on Spotify with over 49 million monthly listeners!
Let’s go straight to the USA! “The Essential Michael Jackson” is currently at #85 in the Billboard Top 200 Albums and #30 in the Billboard Top 200 Albums.
“Thriller” is just going up and up, being at #70 in the Billboard Top 200 Albums, #24 in the Billboard Top 50 Album Sales, #19 in the Billboard Top 50 Catalogue Albums and #9 in the Billboard Top 25 Vinyls.
The song “Billie Jean” is also raising in the Billboard charts being at #119 in the Billboard Global 200 Tracks and #100 in the Billboard 200 Tracks excluding the US.
“Thriller”, the song, is still at the top position #1 in the Billboard Top 10 R&B Digital Song Dales.
All to get Michael Jackson at #32 (gaining 6 spots) in the Billboard Top 100 Artists.
As for here in the UK, “The Essential Michael Jackson” is currently at #18 in the Top 100 Albums and #13 in the Top 100 Streaming Albums. However, thanks to Halloween, the song “Thriller” re-enters the Official UK Charts at #55 in the Top 100 Single Sales, #53 in the Top 100 Digital Songs and #63 in the Top 100 Video Streaming.
Not too far in Ireland, “The Essential Michael Jackson” is at #26 in the Top 100 Albums and in the Netherlands, “Thriller” album is at #46 in the Top 100 Albums chart.
Now to Michael Jackson albums in the digital realm:
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Album: Thriller
Spotify: #62 Netherlands
#91 Switzerland
#94 United Kingdom
#96 Ireland
#96 Sweden
#96 Worldwide
#98 Denmark
#100 Belgium
#101 Germany
#106 Chile
#117 New Zealand
#123 Ukraine
#125 France
#129 Austria
#132 Norway
#133 United States
#149 Canada
#155 Peru
#160 Hungary
#161 Kazakhstan
#164 Australia
#165 Israel
#166 Romania
#171 Ecuador
#183 Mexico
#188 Brazil
#199 Guatemala
Apple Music: #25 Nepal
#61 Grenada
#68 Sweden
#83 United Arab Emirates
#84 Macau
#94 Azerbaijan
#94 Ecuador
#94 Netherlands
#96 Belgium
#98 Côte d’Ivoire
#104 Switzerland
#106 Ireland
#134 Germany
#145 Peru
#151 France
#166 Brazil
#170 Mexico
#171 United Kingdom
#173 Dominican Republic
#178 Poland
#195 Australia
#197 Italy
#199 Chile
iTunes: #3 Bulgaria
#22 Niger
#31 Uganda
#35 Denmark
#42 Zimbabwe
#70 Mexico
#114 Nigeria
#115 Egypt
#118 Argentina
#134 Canada
#147 Peru
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Album: Number Ones
iTunes: #4 Niger
#5 Mongolia
#9 Azerbaijan
#12 Jordan
#12 Moldova
#13 Cyprus
#14 Turkmenistan
#18 Sri Lanka
#18 Uzbekistan
#19 Belarus
#19 Bermuda
#20 Mozambique
#20 Trinidad and Tobago
#21 Thailand
#22 Nicaragua
#23 Barbados
#23 Sweden
#24 Cape Verde
#25 Laos
#26 Lebanon
#27 Uganda
#28 Mauritius
#29 Armenia
#29 Kenya
#30 Botswana
#30 Venezuela
#31 Bahrain
#31 El Salvador
#35 Zimbabwe
#41 Oman
#46 Ecuador
#46 Panama
#47 Kyrgyzstan
#52 Qatar
#60 Estonia
#64 Egypt
#66 Lithuania
#68 Hungary
#79 Kazakhstan
#81 Canada
#87 Dominican Republic
#90 Argentina
#90 United Kingdom
#105 Peru
#109 India
#112 Nigeria
#144 Germany
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Album: Bad
Spotify: #172 Netherlands
Apple Music: #33 Kuwait
#35 Solomon Islands
#40 Montserrat
#118 Sweden
#170 Belgium
iTunes: #191 Poland
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Album: Dangerous
Apple Music: #19 Tunisia
#65 Papua New Guinea
#72 Belarus
iTunes: #7 Turkmenistan
#55 Ireland
#89 Turkey
#115 India
#167 Sweden
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Album: The Essential Michael Jackson
iTunes: #24 Barbados
#24 Oman
#24 Uzbekistan
#31 Saint Kitts and Nevis
#32 Denmark
#59 Burkina Faso
#68 Australia
#111 India
#137 Switzerland
#144 Nigeria
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Album: HIStory – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE – BOOK I
iTunes: #17 New Zealand
#26 Armenia
#28 Russia
#89 Egypt
#137 Italy
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Album: Bad 25th Anniversary
Spotify: #167 Netherlands
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Album: XSCAPE
iTunes: #10 Uzbekistan
#12 Azerbaijan
#18 Cape Verde
#19 Armenia
#137 Argentina
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Album: Thriller 40
iTunes: #115 Denmark
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Album: Scream
iTunes: #10 Kazakhstan
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Album: The Indispensable Collection
iTunes: #26 Finland
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Check out all Michael Jackson songs in the Digital charts:
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Thriller
Spotify: #192 Ireland
Apple Music: #30 Ireland
#76 Sweden
#86 United Kingdom
#151 Austria
#190 United States
YouTube: #74 Ireland
#77 United States
#87 United Kingdom
#93 Canada
#98 Norway
iTunes: #3 Niger
#7 Ireland
#9 Costa Rica
#13 Sweden
#14 Norway
#18 United States
#19 Mexico
#19 Netherlands
#24 United Kingdom
#25 Chile
#29 Canada
#29 Peru
#38 Belgium
#43 Australia
#53 Portugal
#65 Denmark
#92 New Zealand
#96 El Salvador
#120 Brazil
#127 Italy
#153 Austria
#157 Spain
#181 France
#192 Germany
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Billie Jean
Spotify: #153 Switzerland
#184 Worldwide
#188 Netherlands
Apple Music: #65 Chad
#121 Netherlands
#145 Switzerland
#173 Sweden
YouTube: #47 Norway
#51 Ireland
#51 United Kingdom
#52 Australia
#54 Denmark
#57 Canada
#60 Iceland
#63 Germany
#63 New Zealand
#65 Luxembourg
#66 Switzerland
#67 Netherlands
#67 United States
#68 El Salvador
#70 Costa Rica
#71 Belgium
#71 Bolivia
#72 Austria
#76 Chile
#76 Sweden
#82 Peru
#84 France
#89 Czech Republic
#89 Finland
#92 Nicaragua
#94 Ecuador
iTunes: #4 Niger
#20 Peru
#26 Norway
#62 Brazil
#91 Turkey
#95 El Salvador
#172 India
#175 Mexico
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Beat It
Apple Music: #28 Chad
YouTube: #97 Norway
#98 United Kingdom
iTunes: #29 Norway
#93 Singapore
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Heal the World
iTunes: #21 Singapore
#46 Mozambique
#48 Luxembourg
#148 Nigeria
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Smooth Criminal
iTunes: #23 Lebanon
#46 Greece
#53 Brazil
#62 Hungary
Deezer: #40 Costa Rica
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Bad
iTunes: #53 Niger
#97 Brazil
#141 Finland
Deezer: #43 Israel
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You Are Not Alone
iTunes: #4 Swaziland
#5 Gambia
Deezer: #71 El Salvador
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You Rock My World
iTunes: #2 Oman
#32 Brunei Darussalam
Deezer: #87 Malaysia
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Earth Song
iTunes: #51 Luxembourg
#146 Switzerland
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Will You Be There
iTunes: #47 Mozambique
#50 Mozambique
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Man in the Mirror
Deezer: #63 Tunisia
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Give In to Me
iTunes: #27 Lebanon
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In the Closet
iTunes: #29 Lebanon
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Liberian Girl
iTunes: #42 Poland
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The Way You Make Me Feel
iTunes: #61 Colombia
#170 Philippines
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Love Never Felt So Good
iTunes: #57 Mongolia
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One More Chance
iTunes: #70 Namibia
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Remember the Time
iTunes: #76 Israel
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History
iTunes: #77 Namibia
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They Don’t Care About Us
Shazam: #183 India
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And with a 5th Michael Jackson entering the 1 Billion Club on YouTube, here is your updated top 15 most viewed Michael Jackson Short films on the platform:
| Video | Views | Yesterday | Published |
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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Official Video)
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1,704,921,213 | 1,034,249 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us (Brazil Version) (Official Video)
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1,116,954,393 | 593,048 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – Beat It (Official 4K Video)
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1,105,938,962 | 754,975 | 2011/04 |
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Michael Jackson – Thriller (Official 4K Video)
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1,009,412,301 | 680,319 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal (Official Video)
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1,000,000,394 | 875,924 | 2010/11 |
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Michael Jackson – Remember The Time (Official Video)
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574,903,980 | 285,005 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – Bad (Shortened Version)
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485,921,301 | 206,679 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – Black Or White (Official Video – Shortened Version)
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485,669,580 | 223,766 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel (Official Video)
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482,193,629 | 191,212 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – Earth Song (Official Video)
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451,876,742 | 344,790 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Official Video)
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411,835,745 | 186,619 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – Rock With You (Official Video)
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385,609,797 | 274,481 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake – Love Never Felt So Good (Official Video)
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375,419,283 | 86,786 | 2014/05 |
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Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone (Official Video)
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375,009,194 | 225,740 | 2009/10 |
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Michael Jackson – You Rock My World (Official Video)
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282,119,828 | 138,130 | 2009/10 |
So Halloween is bringing some good news for Michael Jackson in the charts, like every year of course! As Halloween is next Thursday, most of the Halloween parties and of course influence the charts will show net week. So until then… There’s a ghost out in the hall!
You can also help bringing the song “Thriller” in the top of the charts by participating to the #Thrillerchallenge2024, the goal is to get the song in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 by streaming, buying or requesting the song on radio. For more information CLICK HERE.
The numbers are wild on Spotify – Michael already surpassed 50 million monthly listeners on the 27th October!