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Xscape chart positions. (incl. singles)

BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF 2014

1. "Frozen" OST - 5,085,000
2. "Ghost Stories" Coldplay - 2,037,000
3. "Beyoncé" Beyoncé - 2,010,000
4. "GIRL" Pharrell Williams - 1,496,000
5. "Pure Heroine" Lorde - 1,450,000
6. "Midnight Memories" One Direction - 1,416,000
7. "Prism" Katy Perry - 1,290,000
8. "The Marshall Matters LP 2" Eminem - 1,152,000
9. "Night Visions" Imagine Dragons - 1,145,000
10. "Xscape" Michael Jackson - 1,109,000

11. "Tsugi No Ashiato" AKB 48 - 1,020,000
12. "Unorthodox Jukebox" Bruno Mars - 1,012,000
13. "Racine Carrée" Stormae - 1,002,000
14. "High Hopes" Bruce Springsteen - 873,000
15. "AM" Arctic Monkeys - 858,000
16. "True" Avicii - 841,000
17. "X" Ed Sheeran - 769,000
18. "Bad Blood" Bastille - 667,000
19. "In The Lonely Hour" Sam Smith - 651,000
20. "Swing Both Ways" Robbie Williams - 640,000

21. "Turn Blue" The Black Keys - 634,000
22. "Random Access Memories" Daft Punk - 627,000
23. "Bangerz" Miley Cyrus - 613,000
24. "Shakira" Shakira - 610,000
25. "Ultraviolence" Lana Del Rey - 570,000
26. "Farbenspiel" Helene Fischer - 527,000
27. "Artpop" Lady Gaga - 511,000
28. "Caustic Love" Paolo Nutini - 500,000
29. "Love In the Future" John Legend - 499,000
30. "The Outsiders" Eric Church - 495,000

31. "Just As I Am" Brantley Gilbert - 446,000
32. "The Hunting Party" Linkin Park - 441,000
33. "If You Wait" London Grammar - 438,000
34. "Born To Die" Lana Del Rey - 436,000
35. "Overdose" Exo - 411,000
36. "Halcyon Days" Ellie Goulding - 404,000
37. "Lazaretto" Jack White - 393,000
38. "Morning Phase" Beck - 377,000
39. "Ballada" Namie Amuro - 377,000
40. "The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2" Justin Timberlake - 370,000

Source: United World Chart
- Numbers indicate sales between 1.1.2014. and 07.10.2014.
- The numbers are solely based on presence of the albums on UWC weekly top 40.
 
^^^ By looking at that list how much they sold, I don't know how they make money at all?
Only 3 albums sold more than 2 million:bugeyed

Hopefully the estate has more stuff coming that MJ will be at least on top 5.
 
Bubs said:
^^^ By looking at that list how much they sold, I don't know how they make money at all?
Only 3 albums sold more than 2 million:bugeyed
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Money is in touring now. No wonder MJ was pressured to do TII.
 
respect77 said:
Money is in touring now. No wonder MJ was pressured to do TII.
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That also explains why his bros were so hard up for him to go on tour with them (instead of focusing on releasing new music on their own). The way album sales are looking nowadays, there isn't a snowball's chance in HELL of even remotely coming close to THRILLER numbers, lol!

It's safe to say that album will FOREVER be the best seller. :)
 
Sorry OT: What`s the last updated sales numbers from Thriller and Eagles in the USA?
 
respect77 said:
Money is in touring now. No wonder MJ was pressured to do TII.
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I thought the money was always in touring. Back in the day they used to say that the music companies took most of the money and the artist really only made good money in touring, so wasn't that always the case back then as now? I can see though that the album sales has drastically decreased, so it seems to me that it is the music company now who see more dips in their profits vs the artist, since they always took most of the money themselves.

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Love the Eagles, although not more than Michael.
 
"Xscape" is doing unbelievably well-I'm so glad!!! And I'm also amazed at how badly record sales are as a whole anymore. Just really sad.
 
Not really a chart position but Love never felt so good is close to cross 11 million plays on spotify, the version without Justin ;)
 
respect77 said:
Last time I checked both were checked 29x Platinum. Why?

(Though I am sceptical of that number for the Eagles. I think it's inflated and I explained why in this thread: http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/t...copies-in-the-US-as-Thriller?highlight=Eagles ) But officially they are both 29x Platinum.
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Apparently, the discrepancy in 1990 was a result of lack of counting regarding club sales, military sales outlets etc, though I share your scepticism. RIAA claimed Eagles surpassed Thriller sometime in 1999, just in time for rewarding Eagles with "the best-selling album of the century" award or something like that. From what I've read, Eagles weren't even informed of their milestone and had to call RIAA themselves to get their award. It all seem very fishy. I figured they just didn't want to give it to MJ. Just speculation of course.
 
Koopa Troopa said:
Apparently, the discrepancy in 1990 was a result of lack of counting regarding club sales, military sales outlets etc, though I share your scepticism. RIAA claimed Eagles surpassed Thriller sometime in 1999, just in time for rewarding Eagles with "the best-selling album of the century" award or something like that. From what I've read, Eagles weren't even informed of their milestone and had to call RIAA themselves to get their award. It all seem very fishy. I figured they just didn't want to give it to MJ. Just speculation of course.
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I very much doubt that club sales and military sales outlets etc. account for that much that you can bridge a 9 million deficit with that. Or that the music taste of people buying from such outlets and the resulting sales trends so dramatically differ from the general populations'. (And actually MJ's music is more of club/dance music than the Eagles, so I would expect him to sell better in clubs.) Seems fishy to me and you might be right that maybe they just did not want MJ to have that award. Politics, politics...
 
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Michael on 14th place with 38.22% of the votes counted! 4848 units have been sold untill now. I hope it ranks higher than last week.
 
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Love Never Felt So Good by Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake is GOLD in Italy
 
It may not have the numbers of USA or UK but I read in many news outlets Xscape reached today a Gold record in Mexico with over 30,000+ copies sold. :woohoo: I hope mine was counted, I could buy my physical copy on Sunday... :blush:
 
Annita said:
Xscape had a huge decline on i-tunes since yesterday:

Xscpae 30: down 12
LNFSG: 10: same as yesterday

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Thanks for the update! Honestly, I am struggling to understand the marketing strategy for this album. There are a lot great songs that could do well if properly promoted via singles and radio releases. After the Billboard performance, the Estate released a statement that they were "just getting started" in terms of the promotion for this album. I really hope this is true and that they are fully committed to the success of this project.
 
It seems in every country it varies the number to get a certification. If Xscape achieves to sell 60,000, it will have a Platinum record here. In some outlets I read it sold more than 37,000 already, so it's close to 40,000.
 
donalb said:
Thanks for the update! Honestly, I am struggling to understand the marketing strategy for this album. There are a lot great songs that could do well if properly promoted via singles and radio releases. After the Billboard performance, the Estate released a statement that they were "just getting started" in terms of the promotion for this album. I really hope this is true and that they are fully committed to the success of this project.
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I don't understand it either. They said they were "just getting started" and didn't do anything since...
 
Annita said:
Would be nice when qbee or a mod would ask the MJ-Online-Team for a clarification.
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And if someone is asking them: could you please ask them if Loving You really is a bridging single and if it's already released to the radios or are we wasting our time requesting it? I haven't seen any official word on it yet.
 
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It may not have the numbers of USA or UK but I read in many news outlets Xscape reached today a Gold record in Mexico with over 30,000+ copies sold. :woohoo: I hope mine was counted, I could buy my physical copy on Sunday... :blush:
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