Michael Jackson has now placed a solo song in the Hot 100’s top 20 in six consecutive decades.
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” returns to the Hot 100 at No. 19, marking its highest placement since its original chart run in 1984, when it peaked at No. 4. The song tallied 12.9 million U.S. streams (up 109%), 8.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 275%) and 6,300 downloads sold (up 71%) in the Oct. 29-Nov. 4 tracking week, according to MRC Data.
Thriller was produced by Quincy Jones and written by Rod Temperton, while its short film was inducted into the National Film Preservation Board’s National Film Registry.
Michael has now placed a solo song in the Hot 100’s top 20 in the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, ’10s and ’20s. (As a Jackson 5 member, he also ranked in the top 20 in the ’60s with “I Want You Back,” which reached top 20 in December 1969 on its way to No. 1 the following month.)
Michael sent six songs into the Hot 100’s top 20 in the ’70s; 17 in the ’80s; seven in the 90s; and two each in the ’00s and ’10s. MJ appeared in the top 20 posthumously in the ’10s with “Love Never Felt So Good,” with Justin Timberlake (No. 9 peak in 2014), and as featured on Drake’s “Don’t Matter to Me” (No. 9; 2018).
I know I keep saying this but… Take that Dan Reed! LOL
SOURCE: Billboard Hot 100
