michael jackson still making chart history 👑📈
the king of pop has become the first and only artist ever to earn a new billboard hot 100 hit in each of the last six consecutive decades 🎶🏆
1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
Michael Jackson is slated to become the Black artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify in the coming days.
— After gaining 400K+ listeners yesterday, he is now approximately 2.54 million listeners behind The Weeknd, with the gap rapidly closing.
📊Michael Jackson's most streamed
daily songs on Spotify (June 1)
⭐️Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 900M (merged)
⭐️You Rock My World 500M (merged)
Total daily: 49,511M
🔝 Some major milestones achieved by Michael Jackson across music platforms and charts since the release of the Michael movie:
• #1 Global Digital Artist (all platforms)
• #1 Daily and Weekly Global Artist on Spotify
• #1 Daily and Weekly Global Song on Spotify
• #1 on the Billboard Artist 100
• #1 song on the Billboard Global 200
• #1 song on the United World Chart
• #1 album on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums Chart
• #1 album on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums Chart
• #1 album on the iTunes Worldwide Chart
• #1 album on the UK Albums Chart
• 100 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums Chart
• 100M Spotify monthly listeners
• 500M monthly audience on YouTube Music
• Biggest streaming month ever for a legacy artist on Spotify
• Biggest streaming day ever for a legacy artist on Spotify
• Biggest monthly listener peak ever for a legacy artist on Spotify
• 23 consecutive days with over 50M daily streams on Spotify
• 19 songs surpassing 1M daily streams on Spotify
• 7 songs surpassing 1M daily views on YouTube
• 17 songs on the Billboard Global 200 (18 including “I Want You Back”)
• 15 songs on the Spotify Global Weekly Chart (16 including “I Want You Back”)
• 9 songs on the Spotify Global Top 50 Chart
• 9 songs on the YouTube Global Weekly Chart
• 6 albums in the iTunes Worldwide Top 10
• 4 albums charting in over 100 countries on Apple Music
• 2 albums in the Billboard 200 Top 10
• 3 albums in Spotify’s Global Top 10 Albums Chart
• 2 albums surpassing 10M daily Spotify streams (including 20M for Thriller)
"Thriller" by Michael Jackson earned 16,636,044 streams [+1.89%] on Spotify ( Jun. 1, 2026 )
"Human Nature" saw the biggest rise — 2,861,063 streams [+4.06%]
Michael Jackson's "Chicago" debuts on the Hot 100 for the first time, 12 years after its official release (#30).
It was reportedly first recorded in 1999.
Michael Jackson becomes the first and only act in history to earn a new Hot 100 hit in each of the last six consecutive decades.
1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
WHEN THE MARIAH BIOPIC COMES OUT AND EVERYONE IS GAGGED BY THE DEREK STORY SO THEY ALL START MASS STREAMING THE ROOF AND IT BECOMES HER HUMAN NATURE AND REACHES TOP 5 GLOBAL SPOTIFY?????
Paula Abdul on Mariah Carey:
“The first time I heard this woman sing, I literally pulled over in my car because I could not believe her insane vocal ability. Her music has inspired multiple generations of artists”.