Michael Jackson's Comeback, Prince & Beyoncé's Milestones

0:00On April 29, Michael Jackson's catalog is on fire after his bio-pick Michael crushed the box office with $97 million domestically and over 218 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Strings for his solo songs hit 47.9 million official on-demand plays in the US from April 24 to 26, a 1. 116% jump from the week before. That's setting him up for his biggest streaming week ever. The Jackson 5 catalog pulled 3.4 million streams of 89%, while the Jackson's hit 1.8 million, surging one, 104%. Top tracks like Billie Jean at 4 million, beat it at 2.9 million, and others from Thriller dominated, showing the film's pulling fans back to the king of pop's classics. Prince fans marked the 10th anniversary of his passing on April 21, boosting his catalog streams 25% to 2.44 million that day. Meanwhile, Beyonce's lemonade celebrated its own 10th birthday on April 23, with 3.01 million streams over 3 days up.

1:0840% proving these icons still resonate deep. Deathcap for Cutie's Deep Cut. Fragments from the decade exploded, 4,886% to 124,000. Streams after sinking in Amazon's Invincible series, hitting Top 5 on Shazam and drawing new ears to their indie sound. Underground rapper Azeado and Texas turn heads with Everglades, surging nearly 5,000% in streams over 2 weeks after a killer live. Clip racked up millions of TikTok views. From legends reliving glory to fresh voices breaking through, the charts stay alive with these unexpected sparks. That raps music news today brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with The Story.