Michael is a certified blockbuster, and now, Michael Jackson’s catalog is set to skyrocket as well.
On Spotify alone the late superstar’s monthly listener count jumped by five million from last Monday to today — from just over 68 million to 73 million. The Jackson 5 meanwhile, gained a million monthly listeners in the same time frame, going from 8.7 million to 9.7 million.
According to Luminate, when comparing last Friday and Saturday, the first two days Michael was in theaters, to this past weekend, Jackson’s streams jumped 95 percent, from 16.3 million combined streams to 31.7 million. The Jackson 5, meanwhile, saw an 85 percent boost, going from 1.3 million streams to 2.4 million in that same time period.
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