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The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

Nite Line;4277996 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Jackson's 2019 stats are a success. Hear that <a href="https://twitter.com/Oprah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Oprah</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/danreed1000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danreed1000</a> .<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KingOfPop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KingOfPop</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelJackson?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MichaelJackson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MJFam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MJFam</a> <a href="https://t.co/BJUFURFNSk">pic.twitter.com/BJUFURFNSk</a></p>— King Of Pop News & Chart data (@NMusis) <a href="https://twitter.com/NMusis/status/1212223202291863553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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whoa.
 
Paris78;4278171 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At the end of 2019, Michael’s albums held spots on ten Billboard Year-End charts. There remains no doubt that Michael is the greatest artist of all time. <a href="https://t.co/ovg4D0nW7S">pic.twitter.com/ovg4D0nW7S</a></p>— Michael Jackson (@michaeljackson) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljackson/status/1213146838787936256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">3. Januar 2020</a></blockquote>
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Congrats Michael. me and mother are very proud of you. sadly you not here to see it. bless you dear.
 
Girl;4278196 said:
Absolutely, I’m sure he would have ruled the charts. I know I’m not the only one around here who would have loved to hear not just some of the J5 tunes in adult version, but also Christmas classics. It would have been extraordinary, I’m sure.
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He would be right there with Mariah. I wish he did too. he also want it to do an Halloween album. but never got the chance to do it sadly. that would of been cool. Michael doing Halloween and Christmas albums as an adult. ugh. that would of been great. he had so much left to give us. :(
 
I find it funny that the Eagles is so call the best album in usa. LOL! seriously? I only like one song from them and that's the hotel california. Thriller is still one of the best album of all time around the world.
 
NatureCriminal7896;4279495 said:
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the list of Best-Selling LP from 2010 to 2020 in the US:
01. The Beatles &#8211; &#8220;Abbey Road&#8221; (558,000 copies)
02. Pink Floyd &#8211; The Dark Side of the Moon (376,000 copies)
03. Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (367,000 copies)
04. Bob Marley & The Wailers &#8211; Legend (364,000 copies)
05. Amy Winehouse &#8211; Back to Black (351,000 copies)
06. Michael Jackson &#8211; Thriller (334,000 copies)
07. The Beatles &#8211; Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (313,000 copies)
08. Fleetwood Mac &#8211; Rumors (304,000 copies)
09. Miles Davis &#8211; Type of Blue (286,000 copies)
10. Lana Del Rey &#8211; Born to Die (283,000 copies)

As concerning 2019, here the results:
Top 10 Selling Vinyl Records of 2019
01. The Beatles &#8211; Abbey Road (246,000)
02. Billie Eilish &#8211; When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (176,000)
03. Queen &#8211; Greatest Hits 1 (139,000)
04. Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (123,000)
05. Queen &#8211; Bohemian Rhapsody (Original Soundtrack) (108,000)
06. The Beach Boys &#8211; Sounds of Summer: Very Best Of (107,000)
07. Pink Floyd &#8211; Dark Side of the Moon (92,000)
08. Michael Jackson &#8211; Thriller (88,000)
09. Bob Marley & The Wailers &#8211; Legend (84,000)
10. Fleetwood Mac &#8211; Rumors (78,000)

https://consequenceofsound.net/
 
Michael Jackson&#8217;s hit single &#8220;Thriller&#8221; returns to the Hot 100 almost every year when Halloween rolls around, as it has become a staple of that season...but that&#8217;s not the only time when people are pressing play on the album it&#8217;s featured on. Thriller is preset on the Billboard 200 fairly consistently, and this week, it reaches a special milestone. Thriller has now spent 400 frames on the tally, and it&#8217;s just the twelfth release to hit that mark.

Michael Jackson&#8217;s hit single 'Thriller' returns to the Hot 100 almost every year when Halloween rolls around, as it has become a staple of that season...but that&#8217;s not the only time when people are pressing play on the album it&#8217;s featured on.

'Thriller' is preset on the Billboard 200 fairly consistently, and this week, it reaches a special milestone at number 149. 'Thriller' has now spent 400 frames on the tally, and it&#8217;s just the twelfth release to hit that mark.

Refresh your memory: 'Thriller' is the sixth single out Michael's album 'Thriller', released in November, 1983 in the USA on the Epic label. Written and composed by Rod Temperton and Michael Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones.

'Thriller' was one of Jackson's signature songs and featured a rap by horror actor, Vincent Price.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmc...ves-on-this-weeks-billboard-200/#1c52ef791c3b
 
ScreenOrigami;4279502 said:
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Thank You.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Thriller is preset on the Billboard 200 fairly consistently, and this week, it reaches a special milestone. Thriller has now spent 400 frames on the tally,” <a href="https://t.co/RikyXURFUs">https://t.co/RikyXURFUs</a></p>&mdash; Regina&amp;Roger (@RogerStan123) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerStan123/status/1219505616646897664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">21. Januar 2020</a></blockquote>
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Thriller spends its 404th week on the Billboard 200 charts , remaining at #161 on the charts for the 2nd week in a row.

The Essential went up two spots to #127 , spending its 310th week on the chart.
 
What are the latest sales figures for Michael’s albums from “Got To Be There” through “Invincible?
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Jackson loves taking over the charts. Both &quot;Thriller&quot; &amp; &quot;Beat It&quot; are on iTunes 40 Most Popular Music Videos Charts. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KingOfPop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KingOfPop</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelJackson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MichaelJackson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MJFam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MJFam</a> <a href="https://t.co/D2Z63eRVP3">pic.twitter.com/D2Z63eRVP3</a></p>&mdash; King Of Pop News &amp; Chart data (@NMusis) <a href="https://twitter.com/NMusis/status/1233080077916737536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Paris78;4282530 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Jackson loves taking over the charts. Both "Thriller" & "Beat It" are on iTunes 40 Most Popular Music Videos Charts. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KingOfPop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KingOfPop</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelJackson?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MichaelJackson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MJFam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MJFam</a> <a href="https://t.co/D2Z63eRVP3">pic.twitter.com/D2Z63eRVP3</a></p>&#8212; King Of Pop News & Chart data (@NMusis) <a href="https://twitter.com/NMusis/status/1233080077916737536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Alright Michael. and I didn't know Beat it was release on the 14 of February in 1983. that's makes beat it 37 years old. happy belated anniversary to beat it. one of my favorite songs by him and on the thriller album. i literally dance to this song. lol.
 
Kingofpop4ever3000;4282482 said:
What are the latest sales figures for Michael&#8217;s albums from &#8220;Got To Be There&#8221; through &#8220;Invincible?
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According to Chart Masters (IMO the most accurate for global sales) , MJ's album sales as of September 2017 are as follows


Got To Be There= 6,861,000
Ben= 5,034,000
Music & Me= 1,182,000
Forever Michael= 1,925,000

Off The Wall= 30,954,000
Thriller= 116,732,000
Bad= 62,899,000
Dangerous= 45,391,000
HIStory= 31,365,000
Invincible= 8,961,000

How are these numbers determined?

Studio Album: sales of the original album
Other Releases: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album
Physical Singles: sales of physical singles from the album (ratio 3/10)
Download Singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1,5/10)
Streaming: equivalent album sales of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/11750 for Video stream)
 
UK Albums Chart - 12 March 2020

Number Ones - 58(+3) ; 433 weeks.

With 433 weeks, Number Ones is the 7th longest charting album on the UK albums top 100 chart.
 
Michael Jackson currently sits on top of Forbes’ list of 2019’s most paid dead celebrities list, even after he is long gone. This is the seventh year he has remained on top of this list (released in November) and the ninth time after his death in October 2009.

In 2019, Jackson's estate and the music industry raked in $60 million for the dead pop star, taking his posthumous earnings to about $2.46 billion. Jackson’s estate is run by his former attorney, John Branca. Elvis Presley sits next to Michael Jackson as the second highest paid dead musician with posthumous earnings of $530 million in 2019.

The bulk of what Jackson’s earnings in death can be attributed to the sales of the stakes he owns in two big music publishing companies. In 1981, Jackson was with Paul McCartney where they worked together on songs like Say Say Say. The pair discussed music and how buying rights to other songwriter's songs could earn them royalties. Michael Jackson jokingly said he is going to buy the Beatles’ back catalogue. Interestingly, he did that years later when he bought ATV Music and the whole Lennon-McCartney catalog, worth about $47.5 million. McCartney wasn’t happy about this but Jackson told him that it is nothing but “business”.

Sony and ATV eventually formed a merger, becoming the world’s largest music publishing company. Michael Jackson’s stake in the Sony/ATV business was about 50% and this was sold for $70 million, which is 15 times more than his original investment. Two years after this, Sony paid Jackson's estate $287.5 million to acquire the 9% stake he has in the EMI Music Publishing company. The Sony/ATV and the EMI deal brought in over $1 billion to Jackson’s estate.
Jackson, even in death, has songs that still remain highly lucrative. In January BMI extended the 41 year old deal with Jackson’s estate, to continue to represent his back catalogue. The company will also continue to be the sole collector of Jackson’s royalties from TV, radio and internet broadcasts.
“The deal Jackson brokered with BMI goes to show how important back catalogue is to radio, which appears to be the biggest source of income any song writer could ever earn on his royalties”, says Barry Massarky, an economist who is a specialist in music catalogue valuation.
“It is a remarkable thing that we now talk about streaming, music downloads and so on, but when it comes to streaming for a large base, pop, R&B/urban music seems to be ruling. According to Massarky, most commercial radio listeners in the United States are older folks, the younger folks have moved towards streaming online.”

According to Massarky, the deal Jackson had with BMI was particularly valuable to BMI because the trends in the radio industry; more than 55% of the airplay music in the United States are classified as songs that are not current, which are also referred to as “golden” music. This means that radio stations are gravitating towards the older demographic, playing older inventory of music.
While radio remains the driving force behind Jackson's back catalogue’s value, he is still very popular on most streaming services. With over 13 million followers on Spotify, which is way more than what contemporary artists like Future and J.Cole have. Monthly, he ranks about 101st with about 21 million listeners.

Not only has Michael Jackson enjoyed lucrative posthumous careers, there are also stars like Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Amy Whitehouse, David Bowie and Price. All these artists have enjoyed radio airplay, streaming and special releases which have helped to contribute to their posthumous wealthy estates.

https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/...o-1233087.html
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Jackson&#39;s &#39;Thriller&#39; has now spent 410 weeks on the Billboard 200.</p>&mdash; Michael Jackson Charts (@MJJCharts) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJJCharts/status/1242579445359300608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Jackson&#39;s &quot;Black or White&quot; has now surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify.<br><br>It&#39;s the second version of the song to reach this milestone.</p>&mdash; Michael Jackson Charts (@MJJCharts) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJJCharts/status/1243304220570390528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today in 1988, Michael Jackson&#8217;s &quot;Man in the Mirror&quot; reached #1 on the Hot 100.</p>&mdash; chart data (@chartdata) <a href="https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1243154416980672512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
A member in the ukmix forum shared the 1st week sales of Bad album in the USA with the source and I did more research for other first weeks + more interesting information.


Bad

1st week 295300
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Hits/80s/1987/Hits-1987-09-14.pdf
page 46



Dangerous

325000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-12-14.pdf
page 66

326500
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-11-17.pdf
page 87
2nd week 372210
"In 1991, his Dangerous, with a 14% increase, became the first album of the SoundScan era to see a second-week gain after debuting at No. 1"



HIStory

390000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-07-08.pdf
page 7
Great to read the followings in the mentioned article:
"In Paris, buyers queued all night. In Germany, the album is outperforming "Bad." Sony Australia has never seen anything like it. Tower Records in Tokyo has set a new sales record with it. And in the U.K., some retailers expect it to remain their No. 1 seller for the rest of the year."


page 27
"Michael Jackson's "HIStory" (Epic/Sony) broke all sales records in Chile when the album sold 25,000 units within 72 hours of its release there on June 16."


391000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-11-17.pdf
page 87




"In its first week, the album sold more than 390,000 units, according to SoundScan. This broke the record for one -week sales for a multidisc set, eclipsing the recent Beatles reissue, "Live At The BBC," which sold 360,000 units in its first seven days, according to Sound - Scan."
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-07-15.pdf
page 75


2nd week sales 263000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-07-15.pdf
page 96, they write here that first week sales was 391000 and the Smile single planned to release in December 1996


3rd week 142000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-07-22.pdf
page 88


You are not alone
120000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-06-07.pdf
page 91



Blood on the dance floor album
35000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-06-07.pdf
page 100



Invincible

366000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-11-17.pdf
page 87


2nd week 202000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-11-24.pdf
page 75


3rd week 215000
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-12-01.pdf
page 87
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UK Charts - Top 100 Albums<br>Week End 2 April<br><br>NUMBER ONES re-enters the Top 40 for the first time since March 2019.<br><br>NUMBER ONES #40 (+9)<br><br>Chart Run in 2020 ;<br>RE 2 January ; 71-70-69-69-66-68-66-62-61-58-62-61-49-40- <a href="https://t.co/pPupz5H7lg">pic.twitter.com/pPupz5H7lg</a></p>&mdash; MICHAEL JACKSON Sales-Charts-Statistics (@Pierpinto) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pierpinto/status/1246121241896943617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
UK Albums Charts:

Number Ones: 37(+3) ; 438 weeks.

2nd consecutive week in the top 40.

UK Music Video Chart:

Moonwalker: 34 (-16) ; 458 weeks

Also, I'll Be There and Who's Loving You by Jackson 5 were recently certified silver in the UK.

Michael continues to do well in my home country :billiejean:
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">35 years ago today, USA for Africa&#39;s &quot;We Are the World&quot; reached #1 on the Hot 100.<br><br>Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and selling over 20 million, the song featured vocals from Paul Simon, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Rogers and more.</p>&mdash; chart data (@chartdata) <a href="https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1249532762115256321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Billboard 200 - April 18, 2020

The Essential Michael Jackson: 138(-1) ; 319 weeks
Thriller: 184 (-8) ; 413 weeks

Thriller needs 5 more weeks to spend full 8 years on the chart.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rolling Stone Readers Pick Their 10 Favorite Dancing Musicians <a href="https://t.co/K4OE4VDhWD">https://t.co/K4OE4VDhWD</a></p>&mdash; Cherrelle (@Happychick93) <a href="https://twitter.com/Happychick93/status/1250499818952298498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Michael at #1

It should come as no surprise that the King of Pop won this poll by a significant margin. Michael Jackson's superhuman level of talent extended to an uncanny and utterly natural gift for dancing. On top of possessing remarkable grace, Jackson was also wildly innovative. In this clip from the Motown 25 special on March 25, 1983, the pop legend debuts the moonwalk, a backwards gliding motion which would become his signature move and one of the most famous dance techniques of the 20th Century.
 
Paris78;4286647 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rolling Stone Readers Pick Their 10 Favorite Dancing Musicians <a href="https://t.co/K4OE4VDhWD">https://t.co/K4OE4VDhWD</a></p>&#8212; Cherrelle (@Happychick93) <a href="https://twitter.com/Happychick93/status/1250499818952298498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Michael at #1

It should come as no surprise that the King of Pop won this poll by a significant margin. Michael Jackson's superhuman level of talent extended to an uncanny and utterly natural gift for dancing. On top of possessing remarkable grace, Jackson was also wildly innovative. In this clip from the Motown 25 special on March 25, 1983, the pop legend debuts the moonwalk, a backwards gliding motion which would become his signature move and one of the most famous dance techniques of the 20th Century.
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I can imagine how hard it must have been for Rolling Stone to put Michael at #1.
 
UK Albums Chart:

Number Ones: 33(+4) ; 439 weeks

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">#26 sold 2,486 units and #53 1,626.<br>&quot;Ones&quot; has probably shifted over 2,000 copies.</p>&mdash; MICHAEL JACKSON Sales-Charts-Statistics (@Pierpinto) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pierpinto/status/1251197306981974018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

UK Music Video Chart:

Moonwalker: 34 (=) ; 459 weeks
 
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Nite Line;4286652 said:
I can imagine how hard it must have been for Rolling Stone to put Michael at #1.
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Paris78;4286647 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rolling Stone Readers Pick Their 10 Favorite Dancing Musicians <a href="https://t.co/K4OE4VDhWD">https://t.co/K4OE4VDhWD</a></p>&#8212; Cherrelle (@Happychick93) <a href="https://twitter.com/Happychick93/status/1250499818952298498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Michael at #1

It should come as no surprise that the King of Pop won this poll by a significant margin. Michael Jackson's superhuman level of talent extended to an uncanny and utterly natural gift for dancing. On top of possessing remarkable grace, Jackson was also wildly innovative. In this clip from the Motown 25 special on March 25, 1983, the pop legend debuts the moonwalk, a backwards gliding motion which would become his signature move and one of the most famous dance techniques of the 20th Century.
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Woohoo! alright Michael. it probably was hard but *shrug* Michael was and always be an great dancer. you really can't deny.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Jackson&#39;s &quot;Love Never Felt So Good&quot; has now surpassed 200 million streams on Spotify.</p>&mdash; Michael Jackson Charts (@MJJCharts) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJJCharts/status/1251963979213176832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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