The Michael Jackson Chart Watch

[HIStory]

I think it's long passed the 30 million mark. But it's up to the record label to ask for an update in the certification.

[HIStory]

OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 19TH FEBRUARY, 2015

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

1. Elvis – 2636 weeks (1302 weeks for singles) (1334 weeks for albums)
2. Cliff Richard – 2033 weeks (1177 weeks for singles) (856 weeks for albums)
3. Michael Jackson – 1906 weeks (686 weeks for singles) (1220 weeks for albums)
4. The Beatles – 1832 (461 weeks for singles) (1371 weeks for albums)
5. Queen – 1823 weeks (439 weeks for singles) (1384 weeks for albums)
6. Madonna – 1822 (736 weeks for singles) (1086 weeks for albums)
7. Elton John – 1670 weeks (649 weeks for singles) (1021 weeks for albums)
8. Rod Stewart – 1590 weeks (476 weeks for singles) (1114 weeks for albums)
9. U2 – 1445 weeks (363 weeks for singles) (1082 weeks for albums)
10. David Bowie – 1419 weeks (459 weeks for singles) (960 weeks for albums)

Thanks Pierpinto

[Bubs]

Respect, I tried to find the original article or post from OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY but couldn't find it?

[HIStory]

There is no article. It's from this chart geek's forum where they make all kind of calculations etc: http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopi...3110&p=5508681

Hence: "Thanks Pierpinto"

[Bubs]

There is no "article". It's from this chart geek's forum where they make all kind of calculations etc: http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopi...3110&p=5508681

Hence: "Thanks Pierpinto"

This bit threw me off the rails
OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY (UK)
MOST SUCCESSFUL UK CHART ACTS
AS OF 19TH FEBRUARY, 2015

There is an Official Charts Company in UK (http://www.officialcharts.com/home/)
so I thought that came from them, which would have made that list "Official", but as that list comes from Pierpinto, it is not "official" in a sense, and I don't think it is ok to use Official Charts Company in the headline:-( It is kind of misleading, but ok, I know now it is from Pierpinto's own "official" chart.

[HIStory]

I guess it just means he took the data from the official charts. He explained his calculation method:

Calculated by the amount of weeks on the chart for both Singles and Albums combined. One point is gained for each week an album/or single appears in the Top 75:

[Erika 23]

Mediatraffic


BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF THE 80'S

01 Michael Jackson ' Thriller' (Epic 1983) 67 million
02 AC/DC 'Back In Black' (Alantic 1980) 34 million
03 Michael Jackson 'Bad' (Epic 1987) 33 million
04 Bob Marley & The Wailers 'Legend' (Island 1984) 32 million
05 Guns n' Roses 'Appetite For Destruction' (Geffen 1988) 29 million
06 Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' (Warner 1985) 29 million
07 Bruce Springsteen 'Born In The USA' (Columbia 1984) 29 million
08 Soundtrack 'Dirty Dancing' (RCA 1987) 28 million
09 U2 ' The Joshua Tree' (Island 1987) 28 million
10 Queen 'Greatest Hits' (Elektra-EMI 1981) 28 Million

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=299303286810530

[Hess]

Mediatraffic


BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF THE 80'S

01 Michael Jackson ' Thriller' (Epic 1983) 67 million
02 AC/DC 'Back In Black' (Alantic 1980) 34 million
03 Michael Jackson 'Bad' (Epic 1987) 33 million
04 Bob Marley & The Wailers 'Legend' (Island 1984) 32 million
05 Guns n' Roses 'Appetite For Destruction' (Geffen 1988) 29 million
06 Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' (Warner 1985) 29 million
07 Bruce Springsteen 'Born In The USA' (Columbia 1984) 29 million
08 Soundtrack 'Dirty Dancing' (RCA 1987) 28 million
09 U2 ' The Joshua Tree' (Island 1987) 28 million
10 Queen 'Greatest Hits' (Elektra-EMI 1981) 28 Million

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=299303286810530

Are these numbers official?? - And if so, why are Thriller and BAD not certified better?

ALSO - if Thriller had already sold 67 million copies in 1990. - then it seems realistic that Thriller has now sold (25 years later!) around 100 million copies. - In 1990 many propably still had Thriller on MC (tape) or LP - they have maybe bought a CD version later, and maybe also 2001 special edition and T25.

[HIStory]

^ These are global numbers which are never "official" the same way as RIAA certifications are considered "official". There is no official certification for global sales, they are simply counted together from single national sales numbers.

And these are not the sales for 1990, these are the sales for now.

[Tony R]

Number Ones re entered UK album charts at 94.

[OnirMJ]

Are these numbers official?? - And if so, why are Thriller and BAD not certified better?

ALSO - if Thriller had already sold 67 million copies in 1990. - then it seems realistic that Thriller has now sold (25 years later!) around 100 million copies. - In 1990 many propably still had Thriller on MC (tape) or LP - they have maybe bought a CD version later, and maybe also 2001 special edition and T25.

Those numbers are not number of copies sold in the 80s, but total number of copies sold of albums released in the 80s.

Nothing new. This is their list from February 2013:

http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-album-chart.htm

Thriller 66 MIL
Bad 32 MIL
Dangerous 30 MIL
Off The Wall 20 MIL
HIStory 20 MIL

[Tony R]

Those numbers are not number of copies sold in the 80s, but total number of copies sold of albums released in the 80s.

Nothing new. This is their list from February 2013:

http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-album-chart.htm

Thriller 66 MIL
Bad 32 MIL
Dangerous 30 MIL
Off The Wall 20 MIL
HIStory 20 MIL

So is that officially Dangerous is only 2 million behind Bad?

Amazing that he has 5 out of 6 adult studio albums in that list. A stunning achievement.

[OnirMJ]

So is that officially Dangerous is only 2 million behind Bad?

Amazing that he has 5 out of 6 adult studio albums in that list. A stunning achievement.

Like respect77 said there are no official numbers for global sales because there is no official organisation that counts global sales, but it is the only reliable source for global sales and it is considered pretty accurate. So it's not official official, but it is as close as it can be.

Yeah, MJ has 5/6 studio albums on Albums All Time Chart and 3 albums in Albums Decade Chart

http://www.mediatraffic.de/2000-2009-album-chart.htm

40. Michael Jackson - Thriller (including 25th Anniversary Reissue) - 10 million copies
53. Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 9 million copies
97. Michael Jackson - Invincible - 7 million copies

[Tony R]

Like respect77 said there are no official numbers for global sales because there is no official organisation that counts global sales, but it is the only reliable source for global sales and it is considered pretty accurate. So it's not official official, but it is as close as it can be.

Yeah, MJ has 5/6 studio albums on Albums All Time Chart and 3 albums in Albums Decade Chart

http://www.mediatraffic.de/2000-2009-album-chart.htm

40. Michael Jackson - Thriller (including 25th Anniversary Reissue) - 10 million copies
53. Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 9 million copies
97. Michael Jackson - Invincible - 7 million copies

Wow, I thought Invincible had surpassed 10 million in its first year?

The drop from 20m to 7 is staggering. But I guess US sales count for most of that.

Number 97 in the decade sounds way too low.

[OnirMJ]

Wow, I thought Invincible had surpassed 10 million in its first year?

The drop from 20m to 7 is staggering. But I guess US sales count for most of that.

Number 97 in the decade sounds way too low.

Yeah, but like I said, they are reliable, but not 100%. I think Invincible sold more (around 13 MIL). Thriller should be around 70 MIL by now. Off The Wall and HIStory stand on 20 MIL since I have internet! Same for Dangerous - 30 MIL. Joe Vogel wrote that Bad sold 35 MIL in 2012 and he had direct contact with Estate. So all these numbers should be taken with a grain of salt. They are just best possible approximations and not official numbers.