Radio play for Michael Jackson's music catalog increased 1,735 percent in the three days following his death, according to Nielsen BDS numbers reported by Billboard. For the week ending June 28, 143 Jackson recordings have been played more than 67,000 times on over 1,600 terrestrial and satellite radio stations, and 22 of those tracks surpassed 1,000 plays. Leading the pack was "Billie Jean" with 4,540 plays (compared with 318 the week before), followed by "Thriller" with 3,570 plays, "Rock With You" with 3,546 plays, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" with 3,135 plays, and "P.Y.T." with 2,986 plays. Rounding out the top 10: "Beat It," "Man in the Mirror," "Wanna Be Startin' Something," "The Way You Make Me Feel," and "Human Nature."
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Can any of these songs ‘re-enter’ the HOT 100?
I know his CD’s will re-chart on the ‘Pop Catalog’ since they are over 2 years of age and are ineligible to re-enter the Top 200 Album chart, but I do believe his singles can re-chart!
Yes, astounding. But understandable. Things will get back to normal soon though. In the meantime, still time to vote for your favorite MJ song in poll here:
http://movies-tv-entertainment.blogspot.com/
This is why I am glad I have a six disc cd changer in my car.
I just CANNOT believe this.. why didn’t radio stations play his music while he was living? Michael only gets recognition in death. For many years however.. Thriller was NEVER played during Halloween. There NEVER was a celebration of MJ’s B’day (Aug 29) of stations playing his music. It’s ashame to be recognized by others only when deceased.
With all of the airplay, I for one am rediscovering some of my old MJ favorites I hadn’t heard in awhile: Liberian Girl, Dirty Diana, PYT, etc. It certainly beats most of the junk on the radio nowadays.
to Stiffy: To answer your question, NO. The Hot 100 is for current tracks only. Unless Billboard changes the rules by Wednesday, no Michael Jackson singles or albums are eligible to chart on either the Hot 100 or the Billboard 200.
Albums will appear on the Comprehensive and Catalog album charts and songs will appear on top of the Digital charts probably well up the Airplay charts. However the above airplay is probably across several formats (AOR, Pop, A-C, Oldies, Urban) so I don’t expect Jackson to dominate any particular airplay chart.
What stations were these? I didn’t hear a single song from any of the pop/r&b stations I listened to
I’m not sure they can’t re-enter the top 100. Benny Mardones’ “Into the Night” double-dipped in 1880 and 1989. So did Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, which jumped back in after “Wayne’s World”.
Ye gods. Mardones was, of course 1980 and 1989. 1880’s rock music charts all featured actual rocks.
Rock Golf is right. According to Fred Bronson (who wrote Billboard’s Chart Beat for many years), “oldies” are not eligible to chart on the Hot 100 unless there is a specific reason to do so. Valid reasons would include a song’s appearance on a soundtrack, such as Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” being heard in “Wayne’s World,” or a remix gaining current radio airplay, such as the Four Seasons’ “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night).”
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000968833
Rock Golf is right. According to Fred Bronson (who wrote Billboard’s Chart Beat for a number of years), “oldies” are not eligible to chart on the Hot 100 unless there is a specific reason to do so. Valid reasons would include a song’s appearance on a soundtrack, such as Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” being heard in “Wayne’s World,” or a remix gaining current radio airplay, such as the Four Seasons’ “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night).”
sorry about the double post
To Dinosaur (& Dinosaur jr): If a single is remarketed (associated with new product, and generally given a new label number), such as Bohemian Rhapsody, or Twist & Shout, or Unchained Melody, or Stand By Me, or Do You Love Me (all associated with film soundtracks, notice) then they are considered new product and can go back on the Hot 100.
Note this also means that if and when The Beatles go on iTunes, their music will similarly not be eligible for the big two charts (Hot 100, Billboard 200).