4 minutes ago, Highway Unicorn said:

It’s been a hot minute since an R&B song by a British artist took off.

He's Irish!

11 minutes ago, Highway Unicorn said:

Urgh, I really want Human Nature to chart top 40 for the first time.

Just noticed that ‘Human Nature’ is his second highest song on Apple now 😮 shall see what happens on Spotify going forward.

1 hour ago, gasman449 said:

He's Irish!

My mistake.

22 hours ago, Scene said:

Shame not many songs from MJ’s (incredible) Off The Wall are appearing.

I listened to it in full yesterday - not a bad song on it, and it still sounds as fresh and exciting as ever.

Got my wish for the Chemical Brothers to be top 100 on Spotify today as 'Go' is up 32 places to #81

Spotify (04.05.26)

 

01 [01] Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (486,126) 

02 [02] Oliva Dean - Man I Need (447,363) 

03 [03] Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit (421,969)

04 [04] Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (355,601)

05 [05] Justin Bieber & Nicki Minaj – Beauty and a Beat (335,889)

06 [06] Dominic Fike - Babydoll (305,826)

07 [07] Olivia Rodrigo – drop dead (299,199)

08 [09] Michael Jackson - Beat It (285,799)

11 [13] sombr – Homewrecker

12 [11] Justin Bieber - Daisies

13 [15] Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough

15 [20] Michael Jackson – Human Nature

17 [17] Dominic Fike - White Keys

21 [22] Alex Warren – Fever Dream

22 [24] Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana

26 [27] Noah Kahan – Doors

27 [28] Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

28 [33] Malcolm Todd – Earrings

29 [30] Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal

34 [34] Tame Impala & JENNIE - Dracula (173,661)

42 [47] Michael Jackson – Rock With You

43 [45] The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back

46 [50] Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel

48 [53] Temper City – Self Aware

51 [55] Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror

52 [56] Michael Jackson - Bad

54 [52] Katy Perry – The One That Got Away

56 [58] Tame Impala - Dracula (142,642)

58 [61] Michael Jackson – Thriller

61 [63] Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us

65 [68] Michael Jackson – P.Y.T.

67 [74] Michael Jackson – Chicago

73 [76] Stella Lefty - Boston

79 [86] Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

81 [113] The Chemical Brothers - Go

83 [72] Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind

87 [65] Alex Warren – FINE PLACE TO DIE

100 [117] F3miii – NOBLE

105 [122] Michael Jackson – You Rock My World

107 [93] ANOTR & 54 Ultra - Talk To You

114 [116] Michael Jackson – Remember the Time

138 [NE] The PropheC & Hasan Raheem – Ek Nishani

145 [162] sombr – Potential

175 [NE] CORTIS – REDRED

180 [RE] The Jackson – Blame it on the Boogie

196 [NE] Michael Jackson – Black or White

Good to see Self Aware crack the top 50!

10 minutes ago, Jade said:

Got my wish for the Chemical Brothers to be top 100 on Spotify today as 'Go' is up 32 places to #81

Really hope this can finally hit the top 40!

Alex Warren's newie kind of flopping was not something I expected.

Apple

02 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

04 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

05 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM

06 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead

10 Michael Jackson - Human Nature

11 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

13 Justin Bieber - Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj)

18 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

23 Noah Kahan - Doors

39 Bebe Rexha & Faithless - New Religion

40 Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love

42 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind

48 Asake - Forgiveness

50 The Chemical Brothers - Go

51 Alex Warren - FINE PLACE TO DIE

58 ANOTR - Talk To You (feat. 54 Ultra)

65 Zara Larsson & PinkPantheress - Midnight Sun (Girls Trip)

66 Tyla - SHE DID IT AGAIN (feat. Zara Larsson)

91 STELLA LEFTY - Boston

102 Lady Gaga & Doechii - RUNWAY

104 Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen - I Can't Love You Anymore

115 Malcolm Todd - Earrings

191 Temper City - Self Aware

20 minutes ago, TheSnake said:

Alex Warren's newie kind of flopping was not something I expected.

Maybe he'll learn there's only so many times you can rehash 'Ordinary'

Is it as carbon copy of it then? I refuse to listen

At least Bring Your Love is holding a reasonable position on Apple.

Looking like it's not coming back to Spotify in a hurry.

If anyone else was wondering how the Michael Spotify impact compared to fellow music biopic juggernaut Bohemian Rhapsody then this seems to have been the peak for that in the November 2018 streaming thread, courtesy of Dan:

25 Bohemian Rhapsody

52 Another One Bites The Dust

61 Don't Stop Me Now

74 Somebody To Love

86 Killer Queen

87 Under Pressure (with David Bowie)

103 We Will Rock You

177 We Are The Champions

so this current domination is next level

6 hours ago, Tom1991 said:

I listened to it in full yesterday - not a bad song on it, and it still sounds as fresh and exciting as ever.

Totally agree! Hopefully it can get some new love for its 50th anniversary in a couple years. Working’ Day and Night, Get On The Floor and the title track need some attention. ❤️

I wonder what yesterday’s UK streams were for Bring Your Love and if it was close to the top 200.

2 hours ago, Jade said:

If anyone else was wondering how the Michael Spotify impact compared to fellow music biopic juggernaut Bohemian Rhapsody then this seems to have been the peak for that in the November 2018 streaming thread, courtesy of Dan:

25 Bohemian Rhapsody

52 Another One Bites The Dust

61 Don't Stop Me Now

74 Somebody To Love

86 Killer Queen

87 Under Pressure (with David Bowie)

103 We Will Rock You

177 We Are The Champions

I wonder why this one is so big as BR was a huge box office smash. Have the dynamics changed since 2018 in terms of streaming becoming more mainstream. I remember we used to get a lot of rap album bombs then which we don’t seem to as much now.

On a seperate note, glad that ‘Doors’ is doing so well following the release of Noah’s album.

To me, a Michael Jackson biopic was ALWAYS going to do better than a Queen (or about 98% of other artists) biopic. I'm not sure that there has ever been a popstar bigger than Michael Jackson at the very height of his fame (other than maybe The Beatles (? - we'll see how well their 4 (!) movies do in a couple of years - but I suspect a HUGE dominance for them)).

I haven't seen the movie yet but critics aren't fans but fans/audiences are LOVING it and are just enjoying being swept up in the Michael Jackson hysteria all over again. Doesn't seem to matter to people that quite a bit of reshoots had to be done and certain moments cut due to legalities. People are just enjoying the music and enjoying being in the MJ hysteria all over again.

Think the userbase of Spotify in 2018 was also probably a lot younger on average than it is now.

I wonder if a Fleetwood Mac biopic could produce a similar domination to this

56 minutes ago, Steve201 said:

I wonder why this one is so big as BR was a huge box office smash. Have the dynamics changed since 2018 in terms of streaming becoming more mainstream. I remember we used to get a lot of rap album bombs then which we don’t seem to as much now.

Michael had the biggest opening weekend for any biopic ever and is looking to do better than Bohemian Rhapsody in the long run though. I think social media being all over Michael is helping it a lot too