Either way, Jackson's postmortem music earnings are insulated against a potential decline in consumption by a quarter-billion-dollar pact signed with Sony last year. Such a boost could be attributed to Jackson's fans -who have advocated consuming the singer's music instead of watching Leaving Neverland -or to the old adage that any publicity is good publicity. terrestrial radio spins dipped by 5%, on-demand audio and video streams ticked up by half a percent apiece while album sales increased by 3.4% and song sales grew 5.8%.

Newer week-over-week numbers provided by rival outfit Nielsen for the period ending Tuesday tell a similar story. While Jackson's U.S. 'We haven't seen an uptick or downtick in album sales or song sales, but there has been an upward trend the last two weeks for streams,' says Jim Lidestri, chief of Border City Media, the company behind the BuzzAngle music charts. While it's still too early to see how Leaving Neverland will impact overall consumption of Jackson's work, early indications are that the numbers are mostly flat or rising. Neither service replied to a request for comment, nor did Sony/ATV, which still administers his publishing. A spokesperson for Sony, which houses Jackson's recorded music catalog, declined to comment, but a rep for Jackson's estate confirms the singer's major deals-including the Sony pact-remain in place. Indeed, several radio outlets from Canada to New Zealand have pulled his songs from rotation, but he's available on most stations and, critically, via streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify, which recently rolled back a controversial policy on problematic artists.

The singer's empire begins with his music, the logical first target of any Jackson backlash.

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