With thanks to MJDangerous on UKMIX:
I will try to make a summary of MJ sales since his death... I will try to make clear each figure, considering many "totals" announced on Billboard/Music Week and such are misleading (sometimes exclude tracks with his brothers, sometimes exclude his duets, or exclude records not charting).
US Sales
Albums
Wk 1 - 422,000
Wk 2 - 800,000
Those figures appear to concern Michael Jackson alone. Albums on top 22 catalog chart alone last week sold already 800,000, due to J5 compilations. Two Motown albums charted on catalog chart on each week but also on main album chart and others on R&B catalog chart. As a whole, estimates of his sales:
Wk 1 - 470,000 (29,000 from 2 albums on Cat Chart)
Wk 2 - 830,000 (14,000 from 2 albums on Cat Chart)
Singles
Wk 1 - 2,372,000
Wk 2 - 2,078,000
Again, figures related to Michael Jackson. Checking his sales of charted tracks alone:
Wk 1 - 2,171,000
Wk 2 - 1,858,000
Now, the rest of Jackson-related tracks charted but not counted.
Wk 1 - 355,000
Wk 2 - 260,000
J5/Jacksons catalog is very large, the previous figures are made of only 9 tracks.
Please note that Billboard stated 3,3m/2,9m worldwide in the first 2 weeks after his death adding US/Ca/EU/Oz counting tracks with his brothers, against 2,950m/2,674m without them, which equals to 350k/225k worldwide - they sold more in the US alone, with not even a dozen of tracks.
I would estimate those figures for their entire catalog:
Wk 1 - 580,000
Wk 2 - 450,000
So, in total, MJ downloads in the US those 2 weeks:
Wk 1 - 2,950,000
Wk 2 - 2,530,000
Music Videos now:
Wk 1 - 25,000
Wk 2 - 88,000
Ringtones, MJ alone/+J5 estimates
Wk 1 - 199,000 / 230,000
Wk 2 - 336,000 / 390,000
To resume, US sales in the first 2 weeks after his death:
Albums -- Singles -- Music Videos -- Ringtones
Wk 1 - 470,000 -- 2,950,000 -- 25,000 -- 230,000
Wk 2 - 830,000 -- 2,530,000 -- 88,000 -- 390,000
Totals:
Wk 1 - 3,675,000
Wk 2 - 3,838,000
Which means 7,5 million records sold in 10 days IN THE US
UK Sales
Week 1
Singles: 204,703
Albums: 109,082
DVDs: 7,896
Those are figures of charted stuff. It does not include albums charted on Budget album chart. Now, figures posted by Music Week for MJ stuff on his own:
Singles: 196,000
Albums: 124,000
All MJ albums charted were credited to him (both J5 compilations charted were "MJ & J5"). Since almost all MJ albums were charted, the gap between both figures (109k to 124k) should be due to sales on Budget album chart. We still have to add stuff of the Jackson 5/Jacksons.
Their charted singles cumulated 25,000 copies, as a whole I would estimate their sales that week at 44,000. For albums, they weren't stocked and missed to chart, I would go with 6,000 copies sold, MJ & J5 being already counted on MJ total. That means:
Singles: 240,000
Albums: 130,000
DVDs: 8,000
Week 2
Charted stuff:
Singles: 357,678
Albums: 234,347
DVDs: 38,570
Using the same proportions as on week 1, that means 390,000 singles sold adding uncharted tracks. Then there is the problem of albums, let say 245,000 once adding all non-charted albums, but the real issue is sales of albums charted on Budget album chart, Bad, Dangerous, Invincible and Blood On The Dancefloor. I will stick with proportion: Those sold 15k while albums charted on normal chart sold 109k, so with 234k on normal chart let assume 32k for albums on Budget chart. To resume:
Singles: 390,000
Albums: 277,000
DVDs: 39,000
Week 3
Charted:
Singles: 265,101
Albums: 315,744
DVDs: 75,337
Using always the same methods, I will go with 295,000 singles sold, for albums on budget chart 43k, with uncharted albums, total of 370,000.
Singles: 295,000
Albums: 370,000
DVDs: 76,000
So, in UK in 16 days, we have the following sales:
Singles: 925,000
Albums: 777,000
DVDs: 123,000
Australian Sales
Week 1, charted records:
Singles: 107,821
Albums: 62,015
Week 2, charted records:
Singles: 80,319
Albums: 88,650
DVDs: 35,662
With uncharted records, estimated totals for both weeks together:
Singles: 220,000
Albums: 160,000
DVDs: 60,000
Sales of 440,000 records in 2 weeks.
French Sales
A few data only. Billie Jean and Thriller sold 20,000 copies together in the first 2 days of sales, they were his 2 best sellers but his entire catalog was pretty solid, a bit like in the US. In that country, the top 2 sold 11% of the total of Jackson catalog, I will go with a share of 13% in France to be conservative, the result is 150,000 singles sold in the first 2 days, an outstanding result for French market. His albums were out of stock, still he got to 1 and 2 on comprehensive chart with 10k sold each, all his albums cumulated around 40,000 sales looking at charts rankings. That is without digital album sales which are excluded, Thriller alone sold 5k there and Jackson owned almost all top 10. I will go with the following figures:
Singles: 150,000
Albums: 60,000
The second week was already complete and he charted on 5 of the 6 first positions on comprehensive album chart, his singles climbed on digital rankings as well. The Collection sold 10k+ at 6, King Of Pop more, The Essential should have sold already over 20k, Number Ones again more while I estimate Thriller at 40k sold (looking at increases on charts of his other studio albums, they multiplied their sales by around 4). I assume the following estimates:
Singles: 180,000
Albums: 160,000 (140k physical, 20k digital)
Still missing DVDs which are huge in France, I will go with 60,000 for both weeks together.
To resume:
Singles: 330,000
Albums: 220,000
DVDs: 60,000
Total of 610,000 records sold in France
Netherland Sales
I have sheets to calculate their sales and we got his single sales in week 1: 11,000 copies sold, which is massive for such a low market. Calculations give the following results for week 1:
Singles: 12,000 (with uncharted tracks)
Albums: 25,000
Week 2:
Singles: 13,000
Albums: 60,000
So, in total:
Singles: 25,000
Albums: 85,000
*DVDs: 25,000
Catalog DVDs aren't allowed to chart so only the unofficial "One Night In Japan" is charted, ranking at 1, I guess others are selling massively.
Canadian Sales
Looking at % from the US market and his positions, in 2 weeks, vague estimates:
Singles: 130,000
Albums: 80,000
DVDs: 10,000
German Sales
We only know that over 100,000 tracks were sold on first 2 days alone, and his incredible domination of the album chart (8 albums top 9). I would say in 2 weeks:
Singles: 350,000
Albums: 300,000
DVDs: 50,000
Totals US+UK+GE+FR+Oz+NE
Singles: 7,460,000
Albums: 2,840,000
DVDs: 440,000
Worldwide, I would say:
Singles: 9-10 million
Albums: 3,5-4 million
DVDs: 0,5 million
With 3rd week figure this tally will increase dramatically again.
