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Annita said:
Yey I assume. The boost for Queen was/is gigantic.
Can someone remember how it was before the biopic. I think MJ was ahead of Queen on Spotify.
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I don’t expect MJ’s streams to gain as much as Queen’s. I think most people are already well aware of Michael’s most famous tunes. Unless they opt for a handful of lesser known tracks of course.
But don’t see how for example billie jean or i want you back could gain a lot of streams, they already get 600 000 streams a day…
 
filmandmusic said:
I don’t expect MJ’s streams to gain as much as Queen’s. I think most people are already well aware of Michael’s most famous tunes. Unless they opt for a handful of lesser known tracks of course.
But don’t see how for example billie jean or i want you back could gain a lot of streams, they already get 600 000 streams a day…
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I don't really think that many American Caucasian are boosting MJ streams. They seem woefully unfamiliar with him.
 
filmandmusic said:
Really? Like not knowing who he was?!
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Absolutely! Really, alot of today's children/teenagers just don't understand him. He has been downplayed significantly. Not even due to controversy, they've just started favoring these new talents.

I mean, online he's still super popular, youre just not gonna be able to expect to walk up to anybody and get a great answer about his career. He's kind of lost from the public conscious.
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:
Absolutely! Really, alot of today's children/teenagers just don't understand him. He has been downplayed significantly. Not even due to controversy, they've just started favoring these new talents.

I mean, online he's still super popular, youre just not gonna be able to expect to walk up to anybody and get a great answer about his career. He's kind of lost from the public conscious.
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Where are you from, if you don’t mind me asking? Because what you’re describing is not the view I get from this neck of the woods (Sweden).
 
Agonum said:
Where are you from, if you don’t mind me asking? Because what you’re describing is not the view I get from this neck of the woods (Sweden).
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America. The south, South Carolina. So kinda backwater anyway, from a certain point of view.
 
Well it is possible. I have no idea if teenagers actually know him much. The name yes and thriller probably but maybe that’s it
 
filmandmusic said:
I don’t expect MJ’s streams to gain as much as Queen’s. I think most people are already well aware of Michael’s most famous tunes. Unless they opt for a handful of lesser known tracks of course.
But don’t see how for example billie jean or i want you back could gain a lot of streams, they already get 600 000 streams a day…
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If the Biopic nearly get as succseful then the Queen-docu then I really expect a big boost in his streaming.
4 years ago Bohamian Rapsody had 691,629,090 streams now it`s over 2 billion, more then 1 million streams per day and for sure in the first year after the biopic even more.

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Belgian Album charts: 11/02/2023

Thriller rose from 118 to 45 ( problem with supplies last week?)
Bad dropped from 166 to 193

French part of the country

Thriller dropped from 73 to 110
 
Joining this convo a little late, but I'm also American (though I'm from the Northeast). I do think young people are very familiar with Michael. I teach college and they are 100% aware of him and visually recognize him easily and have an interest in his music. But I agree that it's pretty surface level, still. I've had several students say they are big fans of him though and actually demonstrate knowing some deeper cuts (of course these are some limited anecdotal examples). Because of this, though, I see there being a lot of room for the biopic to catapult his discography. There is an interest already, so with more content put out there, I think it has the potential to really take off.

On another note, I've spent more time doing school work at coffee shops recently, so have been hearing more radio lately. I've noticed more Jackson 5 on radio stations, but have not noticed much Michael. However, after a few weeks off social media yesterday I popped onto the MJ subreddit just to see what was up and I saw a thread about hearing MJ on the radio more often in the US and several people who work retail were saying that in the last couple of weeks they are hearing *significantly* more MJ in the rotation including songs like Butterflies and Wanna Be Startin' Something, and Another Part of Me (i.e. not just Billie Jean, Beat it, and MITM) so that's kinda cool.
 
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Michael Jackson’s "Rock with You" is now certified Platinum in the UK.

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Michael Jackson's new German certifications (@BVMI_music), (@sonymusicde): *Billie Jean - Platinum 500k units, *Thriller (song) - Gold, 250k units, *Smooth Criminal - 250k units, *Hold My Hand - Gold 150k units, *Love Never Felt So Good - 150k units





 
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MICHAEL JACKSON Charts & Sales
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GERMANY 6 singles newly certified. BILLIE JEAN - Platinum (500,000) BEAT IT - Platinum (500,000) THRILLER - Gold (250,000) SMOOTH CRIMINAL - Gold (250,000) HOLD MY HAND - Gold (150,000)* LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD - Gold (150,000)* * Singles released from 01/2003.

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2 new certifications in GERMANY. KING OF POP - 7xGold (700,000) THIS IS IT - 3xGold (300,000)


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Annita said:

MICHAEL JACKSON Charts & Sales
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GERMANY 6 singles newly certified. BILLIE JEAN - Platinum (500,000) BEAT IT - Platinum (500,000) THRILLER - Gold (250,000) SMOOTH CRIMINAL - Gold (250,000) HOLD MY HAND - Gold (150,000)* LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD - Gold (150,000)* * Singles released from 01/2003.

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2 new certifications in GERMANY. KING OF POP - 7xGold (700,000) THIS IS IT - 3xGold (300,000)


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Great to see these new certifications!

I checked the whole databse:

Datenbank: BVMI

Die GOLD-/PLATIN-Datenbank enthält Informationen über alle Auszeichnungen mit GOLD/PLATIN für MUSIKPRODUKTE seit 1975 (seit Januar 2013 auch für DIAMOND-Auszeic...
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Interesting that Dangerous last certified in 1993, Thriller and Bad albums in 1995, HIStory in 1997. I'm sure all is eligible at least 1 more award. Big surprise for me Off the wall album hasn't been certified yet in Germany.
 
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