Nokia Music is a global music service so it's in a rather unique position, as it's able to get a great snapshot of musical tastes and how the world reacts to any situation. This can be seen the most acutely with the death of Michael Jackson. We reported last week that stores had sold out of his music on CD, so people were turning to services like Comes With Music to get hold of Michael Jackson's music. Check out how Comes With Music has reacted to this sudden surge in Michael Jackson mania....
With the untimely death of Michael Jackson it was time for many to re-evaluate his music, which the resulting demand being a shortage of CDs in shops. This has created a flurry of activity online for digital downloads. Nokia Music has been tracking these results and has thrown up some interesting nuggets.
We use Comes With Music on a daily basis and even we have downloaded Michael Jackson Number One album. However, it seems that a third of all Comes With Music users have downloaded at least one album, many of them more than this.
The result being Michael Jackson now occupies seven of the Top 10 song downloads on Comes With Music, and even more amazing is that nine of the Top 10 albums are Michael Jackson albums! Globally, the most downloaded Michael Jackson song has been 'Thriller', followed by 'Billie Jean' in both the Nokia Music store and Comes With Music.
Nokia Music has over six million tracks and it’s been added to almost daily. Every week, you’ll find the latest Single and Album of the week being promoted, along with the official Top 40 Singles and Album charts. Comes With Music is the all-you-can-eat subscription service that allows you to download as much music as you like for free from Nokia Music.
The Top 10 Singles chart for the last week:
1 Thriller Michael Jackson
2 Billie Jean Michael Jackson
3 Beat It Michael Jackson
4 Black Or White Michael Jackson
5 New Divide Linkin Park
6 Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson
7 Boom Boom Pow Black Eyed Peas
8 The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson
9 Bad (Album Version) Michael Jackson
10 When Love Takes Over (Single) David Guetta
Top 10 CWM Album chart for the last week:
1 Thriller 25 Deluxe Edition Michael Jackson
2 THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) (International Version) Black Eyed Peas
3 Anthology: The Best Of Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
4 History - Past, Present And Future - Book I Michael Jackson
5 King Of Pop (Extended Version) Michael Jackson
6 Number Ones Michael Jackson
7 Thriller 25 Super Deluxe Edition Michael Jackson
8 Bad Michael Jackson
9 Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
10 Off The Wall Michael Jackson