Michael Jackson, Tracks played per hour after announcement of his death
Fresh data straight out of our uber warehouse: As the news breaks, scrobbles soar as people go to pay tribute to one of the greatest pop artists of all time.
We'll update throughout the day, the scrobbles keep coming...
www.last.fm/music/Michael+Jackson
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SilkyBanana (32 months ago | reply)
Interesting!
ar_gtr (32 months ago | reply)
Wow basically a straight line up. Thats how the economic recovery should be
Lynt (32 months ago | reply)
I would love to see more graphs like this on Last.fm !
madcaow (32 months ago | reply)
that's mad!
andronicusmax (32 months ago | reply)
wow
piepsteil (32 months ago | reply)
Michael who?
SKY SAXON DIED!
rockable84 (32 months ago | reply)
That's his heart pulse in the new world .
ceetee_uk (32 months ago | reply)
so if we kill gordon brown, will we see the UK economy experience such an upturn?
qhuetastique (32 months ago | reply)
wow exactly at 22h00 UTC (2pm LA time/5pm NY time) his songs started to surge.
R.I.P. Michael Joseph Jackson , King of Pop, Man of Song and Dance.
ceetee_uk (32 months ago | reply)
@qhuetastique. you forgot King of celebrity paedophiles.
brainlove (32 months ago | reply)
I contributed. Jackson 5 wins though.
networkcultures (32 months ago | reply)
I played the record. Thriller. To my seven years old son this morning. Does that also count? Geert
Larvi (32 months ago | reply)
whoa
bashford (32 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
Wexxie (32 months ago | reply)
Can we see more of these graphs? Interesting.
rageburner (32 months ago | reply)
Listening to Michael Jackson today period. Hell I grew up with Michael Jackson and his inspiration. Have all the albums. I plan to blow this chart off the map along with others. Love last.fm
wikshah (32 months ago | reply)
Bullshit, it's fake. Check the charts page of Last.fm. You won't see Michael Jackson anywhere in the hyped "artists" and tracks.
Last.fm (32 months ago | reply)
@wikishah:
The charts at www.last.fm/charts are calculated weekly, so expect an MJ dominated list to appear on Monday!
Michael Jackson tribute scrobbles since last night have already passed 500k, compared to around 800k-1m for the entirety of last week for other artists in the charts. (!)
mazzi (32 months ago | reply)
Awesome analysis! (and awesome DB too ;)
bwv 1017 (32 months ago | reply)
R.I.P. from Turkey.
Rest in peace MJ.
You are the king of the pop. there is and there will be no replacement for you. Your loss took some part of my childhood, never come back again. I am so sorry.
I miss you.
cougarmicrobes (32 months ago | reply)
Seems like dying was a step forward for his career.
hypatia- (32 months ago | reply)
Seems like dying was a step forward for his career. - it's for every pop/etc star!
SilkyBanana (32 months ago | reply)
That's why some people think he faked it, imagine the comission he'll be getting right now (If he was alive) =P
as,dk (32 months ago | reply)
hey he is not dead he is in our music in our hearts hey jascon my brother realy hats off uuuuuuu i will pray from god u live any where u live always happy bye i am coming sooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
C.J3 (32 months ago | reply)
Michael was one in a million. Have all his albums. Have always wanted to see him live but never got the chance. Sharing my birthday with him has always been an honor even if it has only been for the last 28 years. Whenever life was getting me down I always turned on your songs and they made me smile. You will live on in my heart forever. My heart goes out to his family, friends and other fans. RIP Michael. Clair X
hfiusajoisfdl (32 months ago | reply)
I love that I had been listening to him for two days straight before he died, psychic? haha.
singh.lorna (32 months ago | reply)
My favourite song by Michael is "You Are Not Alone".His voice just suited the words.
buddhadog (32 months ago | reply)
A Haiku to Michael
To Michael Jackson,
Thank you for the memories.
May you rest in peace.
Jiga Jigsaw (32 months ago | reply)
Last.FM are PUMPING Michael Jackson scrobblings by stealing them from unsigned artists.
Many unsigned artists in fact got no scrobbling advance from Michael Jackson death.
Nothing against Michael Jackson, of course. Vultures (CBS and Sony) want to squeeze out the more money they can from the poor Jackson's corpse. I think it's REALLY disgusting.
ben_xo (30 months ago | reply)
Oh Jiga!
That's not tracks WE are playing to people per hour, that's tracks per hour that people are listening to of their OWN music collection!
charming.prince96 (8 months ago | reply)
Mj you were just not the king of pop you was The king of music&dance.i will never forget you in my life.you r my inspiration for dance.i love u