Michael Jackson Biopic Sparks Global Music Surge

0:00It's April 27. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, where the headlines shine, powered by AI. The Michael Jackson-Bial Pick dropped big time, raking in $97 million across U.S. and Canada theaters over its opening weekend. That success lit a fire under his music streams, which spiked 95% in the states compared to the prior weekend. Fans couldn't get enough, streaming 31.7 million tracks of his catalog on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, the 25th. Up from 16.3 million the weekend before, on April 17 and 18. The love spread to his roots too, with the Jackson-5 seeing an 85% jump to 2.4 million streams those same days, versus 1.3 million previously. It's clear the movie pulled everybody back to those classic vibes. Full music lit up Monday, with 8 Jackson songs cracking the daily top 100 global chart, Billie Jean leading at number 11.

1:01Shazam reported streams 140% higher, from April 24 through 26, landing 7 tracks in their global top 2, 100, even with critics throwing shade, like one review docking it to 1.5 stars out of 4, for skipping the tough parts, Jackson's poll stays, unbreakable, keeping the beats alive for a new wave of listeners.