Michael Jackson's play-rates soar

THE play-rate for Michael Jackson's tracks across Britain has soared to astonishing levels since his death with Billie Jean and Thriller topping the charts, it was revealed today.

PRS for Music, which collects royalties of on behalf of artists and songwriters looked at the number of plays of Jacko tracks across radio, television and online in the 100 days before his death on June and 100 days after.

In the four months since Michael Jackson's death, his estate has brought in $90 million, according to Forbes magazine.

Adding to Jackson's total was the $60 million Sony shelled out for the rights to This is It, which had its premiere last night.

Michael's music also garnered huge profits since his untimely passing on June 25, selling an estimated 9 million albums worldwide, in addition to more than 5.5 million digital downloads.


SONG
Pre Death Uses
Post Death Uses

BILLIE JEAN
628,872
1,312,523

THRILLER
569,937
1,025,326

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH
399,760
839,947

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
363,404
816,399

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
358,298
660,641

BEAT IT
330,381
633,391

BLACK OR WHITE
239,512
567,088

SMOOTH CRIMINAL
187,483
485,670

BAD
160,783
460,346

MAN IN THE MIRROR
151,430
436,412

YOU ARE NOT ALONE
95,208
369,755

YOU ROCK MY WORLD
75,172
356,246

DIRTY DIANA
75,135
255,541

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US
71,848
233,965



JACKSON SONG
% INCREASE

BILLIE JEAN
209%

THRILLER
180%

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH
210%

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
225%

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
184%

BEAT IT
192%

BLACK OR WHITE
237%

SMOOTH CRIMINAL
259%

BAD
286%

MAN IN THE MIRROR
288%

YOU ARE NOT ALONE
388%

YOU ROCK MY WORLD
474%

DIRTY DIANA
340%

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US
326%

Courtesy of PRS For Music