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Official Charts Thread For ''Michael''

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RETURN OF THE KING: The late King of Pop makes a triumphant return to Billboard's charts.

Michael Jackson's posthumous set claims top honors on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

The album is Jackson's eighth No. 1 on the R&B/hip-hop album tally:

Peak Year, Title, Weeks at No. 1
1979, "Off the Wall," 16
1983, "Thriller," 37 (the longest reign in the chart's 45-year history)
1987, "Bad," 18
1992, "Dangerous," 12
1995, "HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book 1," two
2001, "Invincible," four
2009, "Michael Jackson's This Is It" (soundtrack), four
2011, "Michael," one

Jackson ups his total to 94 cumulative weeks atop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the most among solo acts. Only the Temptations (109) have spent more time at the summit. Jackson has spent an additional 39 weeks at No. 1 with five leading albums as a member of the Jackson 5.

The arrival of "Michael" spurs a 65-39 jump on the Billboard Hot 100 for the set's first radio single "Hold My Hand," with Akon. The song is Jackson's 38th top 40 hit on the Hot 100, breaking a tie with Neil Diamond. Among male artists, Jackson trails only Elvis Presley (80), Elton John (57), Stevie Wonder (46), James Brown (44), Marvin Gaye (41), Lil Wayne (41; see below) and Frankie Valli (39) for most top 40 charted titles among solo males.

"Hold My Hand" is Jackson's first song to ascend to the Hot 100's top 40 since "Butterflies" took flight to No. 14 in January 2002. With the new track's advance, Jackson becomes the first artist to reach the top 40 on the Hot 100 in each of the '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s and '10s.

http://www.billboard.com/column/cha...el-jackson-lonely-1004137157.story?tag=hpfeed
 
MsMo said:
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RETURN OF THE KING: The late King of Pop makes a triumphant return to Billboard's charts.

Michael Jackson's posthumous set claims top honors on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

The album is Jackson's eighth No. 1 on the R&B/hip-hop album tally:

Peak Year, Title, Weeks at No. 1
1979, "Off the Wall," 16
1983, "Thriller," 37 (the longest reign in the chart's 45-year history)
1987, "Bad," 18
1992, "Dangerous," 12
1995, "HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book 1," two
2001, "Invincible," four
2009, "Michael Jackson's This Is It" (soundtrack), four
2011, "Michael," one

Jackson ups his total to 94 cumulative weeks atop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the most among solo acts. Only the Temptations (109) have spent more time at the summit. Jackson has spent an additional 39 weeks at No. 1 with five leading albums as a member of the Jackson 5.

The arrival of "Michael" spurs a 65-39 jump on the Billboard Hot 100 for the set's first radio single "Hold My Hand," with Akon. The song is Jackson's 38th top 40 hit on the Hot 100, breaking a tie with Neil Diamond. Among male artists, Jackson trails only Elvis Presley (80), Elton John (57), Stevie Wonder (46), James Brown (44), Marvin Gaye (41), Lil Wayne (41; see below) and Frankie Valli (39) for most top 40 charted titles among solo males.

"Hold My Hand" is Jackson's first song to ascend to the Hot 100's top 40 since "Butterflies" took flight to No. 14 in January 2002. With the new track's advance, Jackson becomes the first artist to reach the top 40 on the Hot 100 in each of the '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s and '10s.

http://www.billboard.com/column/cha...el-jackson-lonely-1004137157.story?tag=hpfeed
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That's great to read.
 
I CANT believe billboard magazine is also reporting that mj sold 3million copies worldwide
 
1 / 5
week 6 The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 377.000 - 3 weeks at No.1
4 / 4
week 9 Firework - Katy Perry
Capitol - 323.000
2 / 2
week 14 Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna 2
Def Jam - 315.000
When We Collide - Matt Cardle
Syco Music - 306.000 - Hot Shot Debut
7 / 9
week 7 What's My Name - Rihanna feat. Drake
Def Jam - 301.000 - Largest Points Increase
6 / 5
week 10 Raise Your Glass - Pink
LaFace / Zomba - 273.000
5 / 3
week 19 Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars 2
Elektra / Warner Bros. - 269.000
10 / 11
week 5 Grenade - Bruno Mars
Elektra / Warner Bros. - 229.000
11 / 10
week 8 We R Who We R - Ke$ha
Jive / RCA - 208.000
8 / 6
week 16 Like A G-6 - Far East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev
Cherrytree / Interscope - 207.000


21 / 37
week 3 Hold My Hand - Michael Jackson with Akon
Epic - 180.000

http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm

hold my hand is now number 11 worldwide up from 21 ..keep buying people
 
Michael is #4 again on the danish chart.

Michael is nowcertificated Gold in Denmark - that means Michael has sold more than 15.000 copies in Denmark.

HMH moves up and is #9 this week !!!! - A top 10 song in Denmark. It was #13 last week.

Michael is #1 Bit album for the 2nd week in a row in Denmark. !!

HMH is #16 Bit track in Denmark this week. (#15 last week)

Source: http://hitlisten.nu/


(What is Bit Album and Bit Track) - Michael being #1 Bit Album for two rows in a row is good I guess?
 
MICHAEL JACKSON'S "MICHAEL" IS THE #1 SELLING GLOBAL ALBUM


Today's worldwide results underscore Michael Jackson's prophetic vision in seeing the world as one territory and his fans part of a single community, which helped endear him to countless fans and make him the global icon and superstar he remains today. Some of the sales figures from across the world show the following:

The album marks another release under the new agreement between the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music announced in March that continues the label's 35-year relationship with Michael and his music. During that time, Michael sold hundreds of millions of records, had 13 #1 singles and released the pop culture phenomenon "Thriller," which remains music's all-time bestselling album with more than 100 million copies sold worldwide.
  • MICHAEL shipped Platinum in 14 territories including the United States, UK, Germany, France (2x), Italy (3x), Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Belgium, Czech Republic (4x), Canada, Korea and the Middle East.
  • The album debuted at #1 in Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden.
  • And on top of the # 1 album chart entry in Germany, sales of MICHAEL broke the country's 2010's first-week record with over 85,000 units sold.
  • Opening week sales of more than 113,000 in the U.K. scored the biggest opening week for a new Michael Jackson studio album since 'Dangerous' nearly 20 years ago.
  • In Japan, the album is the fourth Michael Jackson album to ever debut in the top 3, joining Bad, Thriller and last year's "This Is It" companion album.
  • The album is in the top five in Belgium (#2), US (#3), Japan (#3), the UK (#4), France (#4), Denmark (#4). In the US, the album shipped platinum and debuted at #3 of the Billboard Album chart with just under 230,000 copies sold.
  • The album went Gold in 17 territories on arrival in Japan, China, Australia, Ireland, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, India, Philippines and Taiwan.
Source: http://www.sonymusic.dk/nyheder/?news_id=446
 
Does somebody know how is album performing in Mexico, India, Argentina, South Korea, Greece, Portugal, Turkey? Those are also pretty big markets for MJ.
 
A total of 3.2 million copies of MICHAEL were shipped around the world (that was the first initial shipment). Of that, approximately 800,000 were sold the first week. This does not include China.

It is expected that when all is said and done MICHAEL will sell between 4 and 5 million copies which would make it a very successful album.
 
smooth_criminal05 said:
A total of 3.2 million copies of MICHAEL were shipped around the world (that was the first initial shipment). Of that, approximately 800,000 were sold the first week. This does not include China.

It is expected that when all is said and done MICHAEL will sell between 4 and 5 million copies which would make it a very successful album.
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This will be a dumb question but how can they know it will end up selling that much in the end? I hope the new single will come out to help the album. I hope it is considered a success.
 
Danish Chart week 50:

Michael is #4 again on the danish chart.

Michael is nowcertificated Gold in Denmark - that means Michael has sold more than 15.000 copies in Denmark.

HMH moves up and is #9 this week !!!! - A top 10 song in Denmark. It was #13 last week.

Michael is #1 Bit album for the 2nd week in a row in Denmark. !!

HMH is #16 Bit track in Denmark this week. (#15 last week)

Source: http://hitlisten.nu/


(What is Bit Album and Bit Track) - Michael being #1 Bit Album for two rows in a row is good I guess?
 
Is the album Number 1 worldwide JUST on the R&B/hip-hop album charts...or is it simply the Number 1 album on all charts worldwide right now? Which one is it? I'm confused...
 
ForeverKOP said:
Is the album Number 1 worldwide JUST on the R&B/hip-hop album charts...or is it simply the Number 1 album on all charts worldwide right now? Which one is it? I'm confused...
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theres no world chart for R&B...

MJ is #1 worldwide

MJ is #1 in the US in the R&B chart.
 
'Michael' which debuted #1 in Sweden last week is now at #2. (The Swedish Idol finalist took the number one spot this week).

'Hold My Hand' moves up and has cracked the top 10.. it is now at #10 (was #12 last week)

'Vision' is at #4 (was #2 last week).
 
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Michael is officially Number ONE in Russia!!!

http://www.lenta.ru/articles/2010/12/24/chart/

In the article they said that the year is ending on a loud positive note cause Michael Jackson's album "Michael" smashed down the charts debuting on the top spot with a platinum status! :)

(they also mentioned that Michael failed to climb the top of Billboard charts but did much better in Europe with top spots in Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden).
 
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^^ so many great news. MJ is smiling down from heaven knowing we haven't let him down.

Thank you to the wonderful & loyal fans. You deserve a pat on the back.

ETA: Jmie, i cant believe 2 weeks ago, you were worrying that the album wouldn't be available ...and this week you guys have a #1 album. Yaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!
 
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