Michael Jackson Radio Airplay Stays Strong According to Mediabase

LOS ANGELES, July 2, 2009 - Nearly one week after his passing, radio airplay of Michael Jackson's music remains strong according to Mediabase, the leader in radio airplay monitoring. While it has tapered off a bit, it is still dramatically stronger than it was prior to Jackson's death on Thursday, June 25. Below are the total number of spins of all songs by Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, and The Jacksons from June 24 - July 1.

WED (6/24) 511
THU (6/25) 15,551
FRI (6/26) 34,371
SAT (6/27) 17,153
SUN (6/28) 11,851
MON (6/29) 4,166
TUE (6/30) 2,531
WED (7/1) 2,060

A full week later, airplay of Jackson's music is still more than four times what it was prior to his passing. The most played Jackson song remains "Billie Jean," the #1 hit from his legendary 1983 album "Thriller." The track has received more than 6,000 spins since last Thursday. While Friday, June 26, was clearly the largest day, on-air tributes continued over the weekend keeping Jackson well over 10,000 spins each day.

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Mediabase monitors more than 1,800 radio stations in 180 U.S. and Canadian markets, 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. In addition to providing vital airplay and programming information to more than 1,700 affiliate radio stations and every major broadcast group, Mediabase 24/7, a division of Premiere Radio Networks, is the data source for popular countdown and syndicated shows like American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, After MidNite with Blair Garner, Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton, Jeff Foxworthy Countdown, Country Top 40 Countdown with Bob Kingsley, and others. Mediabase also provides its airplay research to every major record label in North America. Mediabase pioneered the concept of monitored airplay in 1987. Its charts can be found weekly in numerous trade and consumer publications and websites.