{"id":447597,"date":"2026-05-14T00:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447597\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:21:13","slug":"michael-jackson-janet-jackson-streams-still-up-weeks-after-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447597\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson Streams Still Up Weeks After Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWelcome to Billboard Pro\u2019s Trending Up<\/a> newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry\u2019s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.\u00a0
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This week: Three weeks into the Michael biopic and its subject\u2019s catalog is still growing, while even his missing-in-film-action sister is feeling the benefits, and a couple very different acts see new gains for 2010s hits.<\/p>\n

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\t\tJackson Rewrites Personal Weekly Streaming Record\t<\/p>\n

\n\tFor the third consecutive week, Michael Jackson<\/a> obliterates his personal-best weekly streaming count as impact from Michael biopic continues to spell massive streaming returns and more chart placements for many of his best-known songs.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor the May 1-7 tracking week, Jackson\u2019s solo catalog registered 181.6 million official on-demand song streams in the United States, according to Luminate. The new seven-day sum is a 32% increase from what was his previous best, last week\u2019s haul of 137.6 million, itself a 146% improvement over a then-high of 55.9 million clicks in a week.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBillie Jean\u201d repeated its standing atop the songs\u2019 pack, with 14.8 million official on-demand streams, up 31.7% from last week (11.3 million). That streaming swell translates to the Billboard Hot 100, where the seven-week former champ rockets 38-17. Fellow Thriller singles \u201cBeat It\u201d and \u201cHuman Nature\u201d finished second and third in Jackson\u2019s catalog, respectively, 11.4 million plays and 10.8 million clicks.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarly signs indicate Jackson gliding to another nine-digit streaming sum next week. According to initial reports submitted to Luminate, the King of Pop\u2019s solo catalog has already crossed 86 million official on-demand streams from May 8-10 alone. Should it maintain its pace in the high 20 million-plus range per day, it\u2019s possible that Jackson\u2019s catalog could once again set a new personal benchmark, and while a longer shot, make a play for a 200 million+ week.<\/p>\n

\t\tJanet\u2019s Up a Decent Amount in Streams, Too\t<\/p>\n

\n\tMuch has been made of the absence of Janet Jackson<\/a> from the Michael biopic, with the baby of the Jackson family \u2014 a pop legend in her own right<\/a>, of course \u2014\u00a0not only not portrayed in the movie, but not mentioned at any point. (Janet \u201ckindly declined\u201d to be depicted in Michael, according to<\/a> sister La Toya.) But despite her total lack of representation in the box office smash, Ms. Jackson has been seeing streaming gains of her own over the past couple weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe catalog bump isn\u2019t nearly on the level of the one her older brother\u2019s discography is currently enjoying, of course. But for the week ending May 7, Janet amassed over 9.4 million official on-demand U.S. streams \u2014\u00a0easily her best weekly total for 2026, and a 31% gain from the 6.9 million streams she totaled two weeks earlier (Apr. 17-23), according to Luminate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA healthy chunk of that is attributable to the increased streaming presence for \u201cScream,\u201d the lone song co-credited to the two superstar Jacksons \u2014\u00a0which amassed nearly 1.2 million plays on its own in the most recent tracking week. But even removing that MJ duet from the equation, Janet\u2019s catalog is still up a full 20% in streams from two weeks earlier, a difference of nearly 1.4 million streams.<\/p>\n

\n\tCould a Janet biopic of her own be in the cards for the not-too-distant future? It feels like only a matter of time. \u2014\u00a0ANDREW UNTERBERGER<\/p>\n

\t\tApex Sync Spurs Huge Gains for Chemical Brothers\u2019 \u201cGo\u201d\t<\/p>\n

\n\tApex, a new Netflix survival thriller, is the latest hit movie for actors Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton \u2014 and it\u2019s also reviving a 2015 track from The Chemical Brothers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Grammy-nominated track plays in the film\u2019s official trailer<\/a>, which arrived on March 25, setting the stage for its key sync in the full movie, which hit Netflix a month later on April 24. As viewers watched Apex and word of mouth spread, people have recreating Taron Egerton\u2019s unnerving, villainous dance scene set to \u201cGo,\u201d launching a new meme challenge for the Q Tip-assisted song. On TikTok, the official \u201cGo\u201d sound<\/a> now boasts over 68,000 clips, with<\/a> most<\/a> spoofing<\/a> the \u201cI thought you liked danger\u201d line from the film. \u201cGo\u201d also plays in nearly 60,000 Instagram Reels<\/a>, with solo runners<\/a> and gym buffs<\/a> gravitating towards the song.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Luminate, \u201cGo\u201d earned over 91,000 official on-demand U.S. streams the week before Apex hit Netflix (April 17-23). During the film\u2019s debut week (April 24-30), \u201cGo\u201d soared over 431% to over 487,000 official streams. By the following week (May 1-7), that number jumped a further 167% to a whopping 1.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams. Over the past two weeks, \u201cGo\u201d has exploded by over 1,319% in streaming activity.<\/p>\n

\n\tNotably, thanks to these gains, \u201cGo\u201d is now The Chemical Brothers\u2019 highest-charting hit on Dance\/Electronic Songs (No. 9). Perhaps more chart feats are in store should \u201cGo\u201d continue its resurgence. \u2014 KYLE DENIS<\/p>\n

\t\tKaty Perry\u2019s \u2018The One That Got Away\u2019 Spins a Streaming Resurgence Out of Fictional Romance Fancams & Real-Life Testimonials\t<\/p>\n

\n\tKaty Perry <\/a>is a mainstay in the headlines \u2014 and this time, all the buzz is around a 15-year-old song! \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d was a massive hit during its initial 2011 run, peaking at No. 3 and helping extend Perry\u2019s enormous Teenage Dream era as the sixth single from its standard edition.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the better part of the past 12 months, the song has experienced a relatively slow but steady surge across streaming and social media. This winter, many fans gravitated towards the song to bid farewell to their favorite fictional romances, spurred by the final<\/a> season<\/a> of Stranger Things, which aired last November-December. By the spring, social media users started using \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d in two different ways. Some used the ballad\u2019s wistful chorus to soundtrack escapes from domestic violence<\/a> or epic defenses<\/a> of loved ones, while others used the song to mourn fictional romances from Euphoria,<\/a> their perceived real-life friendship between Rihanna and Perry<\/a> herself and Manon\u2019s hiatus<\/a> from KATSEYE. Other users have also leaned into the nostalgia of it all, remarking how the song still has an intense<\/a> emotional<\/a> impact<\/a> on them 15 years later.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the week of March 6-12, \u201cGot Away\u201d logged over 2.8 million official on-demand U.S. streams, with that number leaping nearly 40% the following month to over 3.9 million official streams (April 3-9), according to Luminate. By the week of May 1-7, \u201cGot Away\u201d leapt a further 56% to over 6.2 million official streams, marking a 118% surge in streaming activity for the song over the past two months.<\/p>\n

\n\tKaty Perry has also seized the moment in several ways. She shared a \u201cdirector\u2019s cut\u201d<\/a> of the music video (narrated by Steve Nicks, no less) on April 21, used an acoustic version to soundtrack clips of her MET Gala glam sessions<\/a>, and trolled her ex-boyfriend Josh Groban\u2019s<\/a> engagement announcement by playing \u201cGot Away\u201d over a screenshot of the news. On May 13, Perry dropped a new compilation album titled The One That Got the Plays, with \u201cGot Away\u201d slotted first on the tracklist.<\/p>\n

\n\tThanks to all of this motion, \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d now stands as Perry\u2019s highest-charting entry on the Billboard Global 200<\/a> since the chart\u2019s inception in September 2020 (No. 37). \u2014 KD<\/p>\n


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