The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

Best-selling albums ever in France:

01 Céline Dion – D’eux (1995) : 4 235 000
02 Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982) : 3 760 000
03 Francis Cabrel – Samedi Soir Sur La Terre (1994) : 3 385 000
04 Andrea Bocelli – Romanza (1997) : 2 855 000
05 Musical – Notre-Dame De Paris (1998) : 2 830 000
06 Louise Attaque – Louise Attaque (1997) : 2 760 000
07 Patrick Bruel – Entre Deux (2002) : 2 230 000
08 Patrick Bruel – Alors Regarde (1989) : 2 195 000
09 Era – Era (1997) : 2 180 000
10 Michael Jackson – Dangerous (1991) : 2 180 000

11 Queen – Greatest Hits II (1991) : 2 170 000
12 Renaud – Boucan D’Enfer (2002) : 2 135 000
13 Musical – Starmania (1978) : 2 075 000
14 Florent Pagny – Savoir Aimer (1997) : 2 070 000
15 Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygène (1976) : 2 070 000
16 Stromae – Racine Carrée (2013) : 2 065 000
17 Soundtrack – Grease (1978) : 2 045 000
18 Johnny Hallyday – Sang Pour Sang (1999) : 2 020 000
19 Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms (1985) : 2 020 000
20 Francis Cabrel – Sarbacane (1989) : 1 980 000

21 Lara Fabian – Pure (1996) : 1 975 000
22 Garou – Seul (2000) : 1 970 000
23 Francis Cabrel – Hors-Saison (1999) : 1 905 000
24 Bob Marley – Legend (1984) : 1 905 000
25 Céline Dion – S’il Suffisait D’Aimer (1998) : 1 895 000
26 Adele – 21 (2011) : 1 870 000
27 Manu Chao – Clandestino (1998) : 1 825 000
28 ABBA – Gold – Greatest Hits (1992) : 1 815 000
29 Michael Jackson – Bad (1987) : 1 795 000
30 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Chansons Pour Les Pieds (2001) : 1 785 000

31 Manau – Panique Celtique (1998) : 1 780 000
32 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Singulier (1996) : 1 760 000
33 Soundtrack / Éric Serra – Le Grand Bleu (1988) : 1 760 000
34 Soundtrack – Dirty Dancing (1987) : 1 760 000
35 Johnny Hallyday – À La Vie, À La Mort (2002) : 1 750 000
36 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Non Homologué (1985) : 1 745 000
37 Elton John – The Very Best Of (1990) : 1 735 000
38 Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) : 1 725 000
39 Soundtrack / Bruno Coulais – Les Choristes (2004) : 1 725 000
40 Soundtrack / Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard (1992) : 1 725 000

41 Soundtrack / James Horner – Titanic (1997) : 1 690 000
42 Nirvana – Nevermind (1991) : 1 690 000
43 Michael Jackson – HIStory (1995) : 1 680 000
44 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Entre Gris Clair Et Gris Foncé (1987) : 1 655 000
45 Yannick Noah – Yannick Noah (2000) : 1 650 000
46 Christophe Maé – Mon Paradis (2007) : 1 615 000
47 Céline Dion – Let’s Talk About Love (1997) : 1 610 000
48 Norah Jones – Come Away With Me (2002) : 1 595 000
49 Neil Young – Harvest (1972) : 1 585 000
50 Mylène Farmer – Les Mots (2001) : 1 555 000

Credit: MJD at Chartmasters.
 
Nice to see MJ with two best selling albums in top 10 in France with one of them being Dangerous. Also nice to see Dangerous outselling Bad. HIStory also has impressive sales.
 
MJMarty;4183107 said:
Best-selling albums ever in France:

01 Céline Dion – D’eux (1995) : 4 235 000
02 Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982) : 3 760 000
03 Francis Cabrel – Samedi Soir Sur La Terre (1994) : 3 385 000
04 Andrea Bocelli – Romanza (1997) : 2 855 000
05 Musical – Notre-Dame De Paris (1998) : 2 830 000
06 Louise Attaque – Louise Attaque (1997) : 2 760 000
07 Patrick Bruel – Entre Deux (2002) : 2 230 000
08 Patrick Bruel – Alors Regarde (1989) : 2 195 000
09 Era – Era (1997) : 2 180 000
10 Michael Jackson – Dangerous (1991) : 2 180 000

11 Queen – Greatest Hits II (1991) : 2 170 000
12 Renaud – Boucan D’Enfer (2002) : 2 135 000
13 Musical – Starmania (1978) : 2 075 000
14 Florent Pagny – Savoir Aimer (1997) : 2 070 000
15 Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygène (1976) : 2 070 000
16 Stromae – Racine Carrée (2013) : 2 065 000
17 Soundtrack – Grease (1978) : 2 045 000
18 Johnny Hallyday – Sang Pour Sang (1999) : 2 020 000
19 Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms (1985) : 2 020 000
20 Francis Cabrel – Sarbacane (1989) : 1 980 000

21 Lara Fabian – Pure (1996) : 1 975 000
22 Garou – Seul (2000) : 1 970 000
23 Francis Cabrel – Hors-Saison (1999) : 1 905 000
24 Bob Marley – Legend (1984) : 1 905 000
25 Céline Dion – S’il Suffisait D’Aimer (1998) : 1 895 000
26 Adele – 21 (2011) : 1 870 000
27 Manu Chao – Clandestino (1998) : 1 825 000
28 ABBA – Gold – Greatest Hits (1992) : 1 815 000
29 Michael Jackson – Bad (1987) : 1 795 000
30 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Chansons Pour Les Pieds (2001) : 1 785 000

31 Manau – Panique Celtique (1998) : 1 780 000
32 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Singulier (1996) : 1 760 000
33 Soundtrack / Éric Serra – Le Grand Bleu (1988) : 1 760 000
34 Soundtrack – Dirty Dancing (1987) : 1 760 000
35 Johnny Hallyday – À La Vie, À La Mort (2002) : 1 750 000
36 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Non Homologué (1985) : 1 745 000
37 Elton John – The Very Best Of (1990) : 1 735 000
38 Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) : 1 725 000
39 Soundtrack / Bruno Coulais – Les Choristes (2004) : 1 725 000
40 Soundtrack / Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard (1992) : 1 725 000

41 Soundtrack / James Horner – Titanic (1997) : 1 690 000
42 Nirvana – Nevermind (1991) : 1 690 000
43 Michael Jackson – HIStory (1995) : 1 680 000
44 Jean-Jacques Goldman – Entre Gris Clair Et Gris Foncé (1987) : 1 655 000
45 Yannick Noah – Yannick Noah (2000) : 1 650 000
46 Christophe Maé – Mon Paradis (2007) : 1 615 000
47 Céline Dion – Let’s Talk About Love (1997) : 1 610 000
48 Norah Jones – Come Away With Me (2002) : 1 595 000
49 Neil Young – Harvest (1972) : 1 585 000
50 Mylène Farmer – Les Mots (2001) : 1 555 000

Credit: MJD at Chartmasters.

Well damn.
These are some great stats. :yes:
 
Great to see Dangerous and HIStory there. "Great music never dies".
 
All Time Top Selling Album Artists U.K.
(W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 31st December 2015)

1. 31,500,000 - The Beatles

2. 23,800,000 - Queen

3. 23,500,000 - Michael Jackson

4. 22,000,000 - Elvis Presley

5. 19,800,000 - Madonna

Source: zeus555 @ UKMIX
 
Nice to see MJ is quite close to 2nd place in the UK's biggest album selling artists.
It would be almost impossible to catch The Beatles but it could be possible to surpass Queen at some point, although the band are still around to release new material, which kinda works against MJ (who according to Branca won't be releasing new material any time soon). So it would take a very successful album re-release to push MJ into second place. We've recently had BAD and OTW. The Dangerous anniversary was overlooked by the MJ Estate, as was HIStory. Thriller '08 was very successful and was almost 10 years ago. Perhaps there will be another Thriller release in the next couple of years?? We know John Landis has done some work on the Thriller short film recently.
 
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UK Album Chart (Sales+streaming)

#77 The Essential Michael Jackson

UK Streaming Album Chart

#29 The Essential Michael Jackson
 
THE UK's TOP 100 BEST SELLING SINGLES ACTS

(W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 11th January 2014)

#1 Beatles -- 22,350,000
#2 Elvis Presley -- 21,800,000
#3 Cliff Richard -- 21,610,000
#4 Rihanna -- 19,055,000
#5 Madonna -- 17,900,000
#6 Michael Jackson -- 15,865,000
#7 Elton John -- 15,300,000
#8 Queen -- 12,675,000
#9 ABBA -- 11,230,000
#10 David Bowie -- 10,860,000

Source: zeus555 @UKMIX


Not too bad at all.
 
BPI:
MICHAEL JACKSON - BEAT IT
Gold Certification (Single) 17 February 2017
SONY MUSIC (EPIC)
 
Poland
1 march

MICHAEL JACKSON
NUMBER ONES
SONY MUSIC PL
certified Platinum

From ukmix.org
 
Yeah, I was kinda confused though because the website said UKmix.org.

Sorry I should have been more clear. Ukmix is a forum which keeps track of all the artists and their chart positions. I copied and pasted the platinum post from the Michael Jackson thread there. Numbers One has gone platinum (20,000) in Poland. In UK it's already 8X platinum as someone mentioned above.
 
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Official UK Album Chart

#28 Number Ones - Michael Jackson

Official Music Video Chart Top 50

#35 Moonwalker
 
3/18/17. Billboard Top Album Sales

90. Thriller 2,958 434 183 1060 1283

136. The Essential Michael Jackson 2,111 185 22 1342 562

146. Bad 2,054 374 120 1177 383

198. Off The Wall 1,740 350 32 1111 246

Quite impressive. I wonder how many copies Dangerous, HIStory and Invincible sell on a weekly basis in USA. Probably less than 200.
 
Sorry I should have been more clear. Ukmix is a forum which keeps track of all the artists and their chart positions. I copied and pasted the platinum post from the Michael Jackson thread there. Numbers One has gone platinum (20,000) in Poland. In UK it's already 8X platinum as someone mentioned above.
It's okay!
I was a bit confused is all.:lol:
Thanks for clearing things up.:)

3/18/17. Billboard Top Album Sales

90. Thriller 2,958 434 183 1060 1283

136. The Essential Michael Jackson 2,111 185 22 1342 562

146. Bad 2,054 374 120 1177 383

198. Off The Wall 1,740 350 32 1111 246

Quite impressive. I wonder how many copies Dangerous, HIStory and Invincible sell on a weekly basis in USA. Probably less than 200.
Are the bolded numbers the amount that each album has sold this year thus far?
Thanks in advance.:)
 
No, the bolded numbers are the amount that each album sold in the last week. Welcome. :)

Wow!:D
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United States iTunes Albums Chart:

#2 Thriller
#191 The Essential Michael Jackson
 
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United States iTunes Albums Chart:

#2 Thriller
#191 The Essential Michael Jackson
This is great!:D
Thriller being at #2 is random AF tho.:lol:
Is it on sale or something?

Here's a screenshot (Thriller the short film is at #30).
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This thread should be sticky. I'm not a fan of combing the Michael Mania forum and the news section forum tbh.
 
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