Michael Jackson fans in the United States turned their mourning into record-breaking chart magic.
Six days following the King of Pop’s death, he reigns as the King of Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. Nine of the top ten albums on the chart belong to Jackson as a solo artist or with his brothers in the Jackson 5, selling a combined 422,000 units (by comparison, he sold 10,000 in the week before his death).
Coming in at No. 1 is the compilation album Number Ones selling 108,000 copies, followed by The Essential Michael Jackson at No. 2 (102,000), the reissue of Thriller at No. 3 (101,000), Off The Wall at No. 4 (33,000), The Jackson 5 The Ultimate Collection at No. 5 (18,000), Bad at No. 6 (17,000), Dangerous at No. 7 (14,000), HIStory, Vol. 1 at No. 8 (12,000), and Jackson’s The Ultimate Collection box set at No. 9 (11,000).
Over on the Hot Digital Songs chart, the Jackson buying bonanza continued. 21 solo and four Jackson 5 hits charted, with six titles landing in the top ten.
“Thriller” is tops at No. 2 with 167,000, “Man In The Mirror” at No. 3 (165,000), “Billie Jean” at No. 4, (158,000), “The Way You Make Me Feel” at No. 6 (136,000), “Beat It” at No. 7 (134,000), and “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” at No. 8 (125,000).
All 25 songs on the digital chart combined sold a whopping 2.6 million downloads.
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wow..people totally forgot they could DL it for free..but you know thats love right there when youre willing to buy the album. I almost did but I already have 2 albums that Im listening to. LOVE YOU MJ!!
i still have his albums and dvds. he’s very alive in those