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Top 100 Australia Albums Chart (ARIA) Jan 09 Week 02/2006

1 2 james blunt - back to bedlam
2 1 eminem - curtain call: the hits
3 3 human nature - reach out: the motown record
4 NEW the strokes - first impressions of earth
5 7 bernard fanning - tea and sympathy
6 5 black eyed peas - monkey business
7 4 kelly clarkson - breakaway
8 6 il divo - ancora
9 10 wolfmother - wolfmother ep
10 8 madonna - confessions on a dance floor
11 12 robbie williams - intensive care
12 13 nickelback - all the right reasons
13 9 the veronicas - the secret life of...
14 11 green day - bullet in a bible
15 18 ben lee - awake is the new sleep
16 16 pete murray - see the sun
17 15 rogue traders - here come the drums
18 20 gorillaz - demon days
19 22 various - she will have her way - the songs of tim & neil finn
20 24 green day - american idiot
21 21 shannon noll - lift
22 23 missy higgins - the sound of white
23 29 fleetwood mac - the very best of fleetwood mac
24 19 destiny's child - #1's
25 30 enya - amarantine
26 17 kate dearaugo - a place i've never been
27 31 coldplay - x & y
28 33 inxs - switch
29 14 blink 182 - greatest hits
30 28 michael buble - caught in the act
31 27 system of a down - hypnotize
32 32 green day - international superhits
33 25 patrizio buanne - the italian
34 36 r.e.m. - in time: the best of r.e.m. 1988-2003
35 37 rob thomas - something to be
36 26 korn - see you on the other side
37 35 grinspoon - best in show
38 38 hilary duff - most wanted
39 40 neil young - greatest hits
40 46 robbie williams - greatest hits
41 39 mariah carey - emancipation of mimi
42 34 savage garden - truly madly completely - the best of savage garden
43 43 michael buble - it's time
44 41 system of a down - toxicity
45 56 xavier rudd - food in the belly
46 48 franz ferdinand - you could have it so much better
47 59 il divo - il divo
48 49 rod stewart - great american songbook volume iv
49 61 jack johnson - in between dreams
50 52 foo fighters - in your honor
51 55 gwen stefani - love, angel, music, baby
52 44 john farnham - i remember when i was young - songs from the great australian songbook
53 47 kanye west - late registration
54 45 anastacia - pieces of a dream
55 57 santana - all that i am
56 58 keith urban - be here
57 54 the john butler trio - live at st. gallen
58 50 the darkness - one way ticket to hell...and back
59 42 the pussycat dolls - pcd
60 51 crazy frog - crazy hits
61 68 thirsty merc - thirsty merc
62 60 the white stripes - get behind me satan
63 53 jamiroquai - dynamite
64 66 the offspring - greatest hits
65 67 audioslave - audioslave
66 62 limp bizkit - greatest hitz
67 65 alex lloyd - alex lloyd
68 74 backstreet boys - never gone
69 86 inxs - the years 1979 - 1997
70 76 kate bush - aerial
71 69 dire straits - best of dire straits and mark knopfler: private investigations
72 90 guns n' roses - greatest hits
73 71 beastie boys - solid gold hits
74 75 john fogerty - long road home: the ultimate john fogerty creedence collection
75 63 notorious b.i.g. - duets: the final chapter
76 70 soundtrack - get rich or die tryin'
77 95 the cat empire - two shoes
78 91 bon jovi - cross road - the best of
79 77 jimmy barnes - double happiness
80 78 system of a down - system of a down
81 80 michael jackson - essential michael jackson
82 88 neil diamond - 12 songs
83 RE david gray - life in slow motion
84 64 matt tilley - cereal pest
85 NEW pearl jam - ten
86 82 fort minor - the rising tied
87 73 shakira - oral fixation vol. 2
88 85 melbourne symphony orchestra - classical spectacular
89 96 pearl jam - rearviewmirror
90 81 michael buble - michael buble
91 89 the killers - hot fuss
92 87 the prodigy - their law - the singles 1990-2005
93 94 pete murray - feeler
94 NEW tommy lee - tommy land - the ride
95 RE sarah blasko - the overture and the underscore
96 RE lior - autumn flow
97 RE anthony callea - anthony callea
98 83 the ten tenors - tenology - the best so far
99 72 bon jovi - have a nice day
100 RE bee gees - the number ones
 
Good news as the Number Ones DVD jumps 33-21 on the charts. I had a feeling the title would climb back up the charts now that the holiday season is over.

USA

Number Ones (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #92 (21/01/06): #21


CANADA

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 50 R&B Albums
Week #25 (12/01/06): #36
 
UK

Here's are the UK's Top 40 best selling catalogue albums of 2005 (Qualification = albums must have been released before Jan 1st 2003). Number Ones was ineligible since it was released Nov. 17th, 2003 in the UK.

Had MJ's Number Ones been eligible, it would have ranked at #16 on the 2005 Catalogue Chart since it sold 101k for the year and was #176 on the year end chart.

Information courtesy of the edge3 @ UKMix.

Catalogue position, (Overall position), Artist Title, Sales (where known)

1.(38 ) Jeff Wayne The War Of The World : 448,255
2.(40) (Mariah Carey Greatest Hits : 442,305
3.(52) Damien Rice O : 355,000
4.(101) Coldplay Parachutes : 184,000
5.(103)Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head : 180,000
6.(113) The Carpenters Gold - Greatest Hits : 165,000
7.(118 ) Abba Gold - Greatest Hits : 160,000
8.(123) Elvis Presley Elvis - 30 Number 1 Hits : 155,000
9.(129) Queen Greatest Hits I, II & III : 149,000
10.(130) Rod Stewart The Story So Far - The Very Best Of : 148,000
11.(154) Green Day Dookie : 127,356
12.(156) Pink Floyd Echoes - The Best Of : 122,000
13.(158 ) Fleetwood Mac The Very Best Of : 120,000
14.(160) Nirvana Nevermind : 116,000
15.(162) Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon : 112,000
16.(177) U2 The Best Of 1980-1990 : 100,000
17.(179) Stevie Wonder The Definitve Collection : 99,000
18.(184) Oasis Definitely Maybe : 97,000
19.(185) Gorillaz Gorillaz : 96,000
20.(186) David Gray White Ladder : 96,000
21.(196) Blondie Greatest Hits : 91,000
22.(197) Tony Christie The Best Of : 90,500
23.(202) Whitney Houston The Greatest Hits
24.(209) The Beatles 1
25.(211) Blur The Best Of
26.(215) The Doors The Best Of
27.(218 ) Norah Jones Come Away With Me
28.(220) The Verve Urban Hymns
29.(223) Beach Boys The Very Best Of
30.(230) Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales : 77,699
31.(233) Queen Greatest Hits
32.(234) Foo Fighters One By One
33.(236) Prince The very Best Of
34.(239) Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
35.(240) Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002
36.(241) Bob Dylan The Essential
37.(242) The Stone Roses The Very Best Of
38.(244) Prince The Hits/The B-Sides
39.(245) Jeff Buckley Grace
40.(254) Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend

*I believe Oasis' 'What's The Story Morning Glory' should be at # 11 seeing that its ended up with 147,000 (i assume they must have just forgotten).
 
Cool news that 'Number Ones' only dropped one spot this week and is still selling very well.

UK

Number Ones - UK Top 200 Album Chart
Week #88 (15/01/06): #32

The Essential- UK R&B Album Chart
Week (15/01/06): #24

hope - I added the R&B chart info too! Hope you don't mind!
 
AUSTRALIA

Number Ones - ARIA Top 40 Urban Albums
Week #91 (15/01/06): #9 (Re-Entry)

From Hulk on Operation Alliance - The Australian Michael Jackson Network

http://p210.ezboard.com/foperationalliance...ksonnetworkfrm2

Hey Everyone!

This week on the ARIA charts...

#1's re-enters the Top 40 Urban Albums chart at #9!

This is #1's 91st non-consecutive week on this chart, and it's highest position on this chart since 28 March 2004!

I've seen #1's on sale for $9.99 at HMV recently, so I think that must have something to do with the sales spike!

Hulk
 
Thanks Moon for the link! Here is some soundscan information for a couple of titles in Michael's Sony catalogue.

USA

GHV.1 has scanned 850,000 copies through January 1, 2006.
SE Dangerous has scanned 122,000 through January 1, 2006.
 
Good news as the Number Ones DVD jumps back into the Top 20. Meanwhile The Essential jumps into the R&B albums Top 30 in Canada.

USA

Number Ones (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #93 (28/01/06): #19


CANADA

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 50 R&B Albums
Week #26 (19/01/06): #24
 
USA

The Top 15 registered sales of 882,675 units (est.) for 2005.

Neilsen Soundscan 2005 Summary - Thank You JRKing

Note: This summary does not include sales of The One (DVD), Dangerous: The Short Films, single sales, the Jacksons Epic/Sony material, and Jackson 5/solo material released via Motown/Universal.

In addition, exact sales figures for The Essential, Live In Bucharest and The Ultimate Collection aren't available and are based on their nearest sales estimate.

Now let's get to it.

Michael Jackson - 882,675 units (est.)

Rank, Title, SoundScan Sales For 2005

1. Number Ones: 227,000
2. Thriller: 149,350
3. Number Ones (DVD): 148,630
4. The Essential (2 CD): 96,000 (estimate)
5. Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (DVD): 70,000 (estimate)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 56,125
7. Off the Wall: 34,970
8. Greatest Hits: HIStory (DVD): 22,050
10. The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD): 20,000 (estimate)
11. HIStory on Film - Vol. 2 (DVD): 16,905
12. Bad: 14,570
13. Dangerous: 11,620
14. Invincible: 7,595
15. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (2 CD): 6,085
16. Blood on the Dance Floor: 1,775


FLASHBACK TO ONE YEAR AGO

USA

Neilsen Soundscan 2004 Summary - Thank You JRKing

The Top 15 registered sales of 1,150,975 units in the USA for 2004.

Note: This summary does not include sales for The Essential Jacksons, The One (DVD), Dangerous: The Short Films (VHS/DVD), commercial single sales, the Jacksons Epic/Sony material, and Jackson 5/solo material released via Motown/Universal. With that said, let's get down to it.

Michael Jackson - 1,150,975 units

Rank, Title, Soundscan Sales For 2004

1. Number Ones: 391,200
2. Thriller 228,710
3. Number Ones (DVD): 178,645
4. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 130,600
5. Off the Wall: 47,355
6. The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD): 45,000* (estimate; it was at 40,000 the next-to-last week of 2004)
7. Greatest Hits: HIStory (DVD): 38,090
8. HIStory on Film- Vol. 2 (DVD): 29,990
9. Bad: 17,645
10. Dangerous: 14,600
11. Invincible: 11,370
12. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (2 CD): 10,140
13. Blood on the Dance Floor: 3,460
14. Moonwalker (VHS): 2,720
15. HIStory: The Short Films (VHS): 1,450


A COMPARISON BETWEEN 2005 and 2004

2005 Sales - 882,675 units
2004 Sales - 1,150,975 units
Percentage Increase/Decrease: -23%

Rank, Title, SoundScan Sales For 2005, SoundScan Sales For 2004, Percentage Increase/Decrease

1. Number Ones: 227,000 (391,200) (-41.97%)
2. Thriller: 149,350 (228,710) (-34.7%)
3. Number Ones (DVD): 148,630 (178,645) (-17% )
4. The Essential (2 CD): 96,000
5. Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (DVD): 70,000 (estimate)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 56,125 (130,600) (-57.02%)
7. Off the Wall: 34,970 (47,355) (-26.15%)
8. Greatest Hits: HIStory (DVD): 22,050 (38,090) (-41%)
9. The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD): 20,000 (45,000) (-56%)
10. HIStory on Film- Vol. 2 (DVD): 16,905 (29,990) (-44%)
11. Bad: 14,570 (17,645) (-17.4%)
12. Dangerous: 11,620 (14,600) (-20.4%)
13. Invincible: 7,595 (11,370) (-33.2%)
14. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (2 CD): 6,085 (10,140) (-40%)
15. Blood on the Dance Floor: 1,775 (3,460) (-48.7%)
 
A comparison of how MJ's peers did in 2005.

Note: Their DVD totals aren't available at the moment.

If someone could do the math totals for each diva, that would be appreciated.

USA

Madonna

Madonna product rallied the last several weeks of the year, probably thanks in part to the release of Confessions on a Dance Floor. Year-to-year drops are not as large as they had been pre-album-release.

Newer albums like American Life and Remixed & Revisited unsurprisingly suffered the biggest declines, as they settled into catalog life.

1. Confessions On A Dance Floor: 1,102,802
2. The Immaculate Collection: 165,070 (-15.1%)
3. GHV2: 29,305 (-29.3%)
4. Ray of Light: 15,855 (-9.75%)
5. Like a Virgin: 13,715 (-3.7%)
6. Something to Remember: 12,460 (-22.6%)
7. American Life: 9,895 (-69.1%)
8. Madonna: 9,745 (+4%)
9. True Blue: 9,460 (-6.1%)
10. Remixed & Revisited (EP): 9,085 (-81.55%)
11. Music: 9,045 (-29.5%)
12. Like a Prayer: 6,895 (-7.7%)
13. Erotica: 5,530 (-18.3%)
14. You Can Dance: 4,450 (-26.9%)
15. Bedtime Stories: 3,835 (-15.35%)
16. Evita: 3,660 (-9.85%)
17. I'm Breathless: 2,680 (+13.1%)


Janet Jackson

Not the best sales year for Ms.-Jackson-If-You're-Nasty. Here's looking to better things in 2006!

1. Design of a Decade 1986/1996: 32,715 (-30.5%)
2. Damita Jo: 25,455 (-97.3%)
3. janet.: 22,125 (-71.17%)
4. The Velvet Rope: 13,570 (-55.07%)
5. All For You: 13,530 (-66.25%) (the DVD edition- separately- scanned 2,335 units, - 69.8%)
6. Rhythm Nation 1814: 13,225 (-23.97%)
7. Control: 8,730 (-34.9%)
8. Janet Jackson: 91 (-76.2%)
9. Dream Street: 8 (+100%)


Mariah Carey

The great commercial comeback Mimi enjoyed with TEOM trickled down to her catalog sales, as most of her albums sold more in 2005 than they did in 2004- the biggest gainers being the two hits compilations, followed by the Christmas album. Among studio sets, the biggest percentage gainer was the debut album. Among all albums, just four sold less in 2005 than the prior year; the biggest loser was Music Box, down 29.3%.

1. The Emancipation Of Mimi: 4,968,606
2. Greatest Hits: 186,485 (+78.78%)
3. Merry Christmas: 174,180 (+56.55%)
4. #1s: 88,930 (+64.58%)
5. Remixes: 29,475 (-52.91%)
6. Charmbracelet: 17,365 (+6.7%)
7. Butterfly: 16,075 (+14.58%)
8. Music Box: 11,555 (-29.33%)
9. Glitter: 11,060 (+1.05%)
10. Rainbow: 9,705 (+ 1.62%)
11. Daydream: 7,925 (+ 1.6%)
12. Mariah Carey: 5,970 (+27.15%)
13. Emotions: 1,800 (-9.1%)
14. MTV Unplugged EP: 1,370 (-57.14%)


Whitney Houston

Not surprisingly, Just Whitney suffered the biggest loss (as it contnued to settle into catalog life). Just when one thought IYBT couldn't sell any less than in 2004... it did. Drop-offs for the first tewo albums were reasonable, as was the dipfor The Bodygaurd.

1. Greatest Hits: 51,845 (-14.8%)
2. One Wish: 45,480 (-28.3%)
3. The Bodyguard: 16,040 (-20.67%)
4. The Preacher's Wife: 8,740 (-28.6%)
5. Whitney Houston: 7,935 (- 18.3%)
6. Whitney: 5,470 (-16.9%)
7. My Love is Your Love: 4,580 (-45.5%)
8. Just Whitney: 4,445 (-69.2%)
9. I'm Your Baby Tonight: 480 (-66.9%)
 
Soundscan little update :D

The Ultimate Collection (4CD/1DVD BoxSet) - 65,000 copies sold 'til January 2006 [So in 2005 sold 20,000 copies :yes: ]
Jacksons The Essential - 36,000 copies :flowers:

Thankx Hanboo!
 
Soundscan little update :D

The Ultimate Collection (4CD/1DVD BoxSet) - 65,000 copies sold 'til January 2006 [So in 2005 sold 20,000 copies :yes: ]
Jacksons The Essential - 36,000 copies :flowers:

Thankx Hanboo!
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To add further to what Moon has already started, all thanks to Hanboo@UKMIX:

USA

Essential-The Jacksons 36,000 copies scanned through week ending January 15, 2006.

Michael's Essential I believe has scanned 96,000 copies over the same period but I'm not sure.

The Ultimate Collection-65,000 copies scanned through week ending January 15, 2006.

Number Ones-1,038,000 copies scanned through week ending January 15, 2006.
 
I'm not sure if this has already been reported but for the week ending 14 January 2006, 'Thriller' re-entered the Top 200 UK Albums chart at 182. It is it's 116th week on the chart.
 
UK

Number Ones - UK Top 200 Album Chart
Week #89 (22/01/06): #34 (Sales: 6,043 units) (Cumulative total: 1,395,509 units)

The Essential (2 CD) - UK Top 300 Album Chart
Week (15/01/06): #242
Week (22/01/06): #247 (Sales: 979 units)

The Essential (2 CD) - UK R&B Album Chart
Week (22/01/06): #23

Thriller - UK Top 200 Album Chart
Week (15/01/06): #180
Week (22/01/06): #188 (Sales: 1,356 units)

Kevin - Hope you don't mind me editing this too add more info courtesy of hope!
Thanks hope, Moonwalker and everyone else!
 
Say Say Say Remix release in #8!!!!!!!!!

TOP 10 SINGLES - UK

1. When The Sun Goes Down
Arctic Monkeys

2. Nasty Girl
Notorious Big/diddy/nelly

3. All Time Love
Will Young

4. Check On It
Beyonce Ft Slim Thug

5. That's My Goal
Shayne Ward

6. Jcb Song
Nizlopi

7. I'll Be Ready
Sunblock

8. Say Say Say (waiting 4 U)
Hi-tack

9. Break The Night With Colour
Richard Ashcroft

10; Eddie's Song
Son Of Dork

[Virgin.Net]
 
USA

Number Ones (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #94 (04/02/06): #15

Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #17 (04/02/06): #38 (Re-Entry)

CANADA

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 50 R&B Albums
Week #27 (26/01/06): #31
 
thanks guys

Woww good news for Mike !!

Updates from Australia and Mexico.

The Dangerous Tour DVD is still in Top ten in Mexico.

AUSTRALIA

The Essential Michael Jackson
Top 100
(August 1-2005) 23-12-13-12-13(G)-14-13-14-22-27-33-43-55-60-62-65-69-84-91-90-94-89-80-81-84-
25 Weeks

MEXICO
Top DVDs
Live In Bucharest-The Dangerous Tour
Top 10
(August 31-2005) 3-2-2-2-3-2-3-3-3-4-6-8-8-6-8-8-7-6-5-7-6- 21 Weeks
 
HI-TACK - Say Say Say (waiting 4 U)

(Position, Las Week)

UK: #4 (#8)
France: #37 (#43)
 
UK

Number Ones - UK Top 200 Album Chart
Week #90 (29/01/06): #50

Note: Number Ones passed the 1.4 million mark in the UK this week.

The Essential (2 CD) - UK R&B Album Chart
Week (29/01/06): #37
 
USA

SoundScan Information and commentary courtesy of JRKing. Thank you.

Sales For The Week Ending January 22nd, 2006. Billboard Issue Date: February 4th, 2006.

*Note: This tally does not include sales for The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), single sales, certain music DVD titles (eg. The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc.), material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums. Weekly sales information for those titles is not available at this time.

Rank, Title, Sales This Week, +/- percentage

Michael Jackson - 14,762 units (Sales Estimate)

1. Number Ones: 4,346 (+38%) (Debuts at #45 on the Billboard Pop Catalog Chart. 1.042 million units scanned in the USA.)
2. Number Ones (Video): 2,645 (+8%) (#15 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart, Week 94)
3. The Essential (2 CD): 2,500 (Sales Estimate)
4. Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour (Video): 1,500 (Sales Estimate) (Re-enters the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart @ #38, Week 17)
5. Thriller: 1,413 (-8.8%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 612 (-7%)
7. Off the Wall: 530 (+11.2%)
8. Greatest Hits: HIStory (Video): 314 (+5%)
9. Bad: 262 (-3.4%)
10. HIStory on Film - Volume 2 (Video): 222 (-3%)
11. Dangerous: 193 (+10.3%)
12. Invincible: 133 (+7%)
13. HIStory (2 CD): 63 (+17%)
14. Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix: 29 (+164%)


Madonna - 32,315 units (6,715 units excluding Confessions On A Dance Floor)

1. Confessions On A Dance Floor: 25,600 (-10%) (#24 on the Billboard 200) (Cumulative sales: 1,203,833)
2. The Immaculate Collection: 3,010 (+3%)
3. GHV2: 552 (-17%)
4. Ray Of Light: 391 (-6%)
5. Like A Virgin: 299 (-1%)
6. Madonna: 573 (+102%)
7. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 207 (-21%)
8. Something To Remember: 187 (-4%)
9. Music: 189 (-2%)
10. True Blue: 159 (-7%)
11. American Life: 165 (-3%)
12. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy (Video): 108 (-26%)
13. Erotica: 101 (-28%)
14. Remixed & Revisited: 121 (-14%)
15. Drowned World Tour 2001 (Video): 120 (-6%)
16. The Video Collection 93:99 (Video): 105 (-15%)
17. Like A Prayer: 132 (+16%)
18. Bedtime Stories: 72 (-25%)
19. Girlie Show: Live Down Under (Video): 66 (-11%)
20. You Can Dance: 56 (-20%)
21. Evita: 56 (-20%)
22. I'm Breathless: 46 (+5%)


Cher – 5,881 units
(excluding live Farewell Tour CD and the Gold CD)

1. Very Best of Cher: 3,274 (-1%)
2. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (2004 edition): 603 (-13%)
3. Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 400 (+1%)
4. Very Best of Cher (Video): 335 (+1%)
5. Farewell Tour (Video): 306 (+4%)
6. If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher’s GH: 259 (-4%)
7. Live in Concert (video, 1999): 221 (-)
8. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (first edition): 141 (-15%)
9. Heart of Stone: 121 (+4%)
10. Believe: 103 (-10%)
11. Half Breed: 75 (+3%)
12. Living Proof: 43 (-26%)


Whitney Houston – 1,613 units

1. The Greatest Hits (2 CD): 699 (+17%)
2. The Bodyguard: 217 (+33%)
3. The Greatest Hits: (Video): 206 (+6%)
4. The Preacher's Wife: 111 (-26%)
5. Whitney Houston: 111 (-22%)
6. Whitney: 80 (-12%)
7. My Love is Your Love (Album): 63 (-6%)
8. Just Whitney: 61 (-20%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner (Single): 39 (+18%)
10. One Wish: 13 (-80%)
11. I’m Your Baby Tonight: 8 (+14%)
12. It’s Not Right But It’s Okay (Single): 5 (+25%)
13. I'm Your Baby Tonight: 1 (-83%)


Janet Jackson - 2,379 units

1. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (album): 493 (+10%)
2. janet.: 428 (-2%)
3. Damita Jo: 332 (-15%)
4. From janet. To Damita Jo (Video): 252 (+11%)
5. The Velvet Rope: 232 (-19%)
6. All For You (album): 223 (+23%)
7. Rhythm Nation 1814: 181 (-18%)
8. Control: 127 (-14%)
9. Live In Hawaii (Video): 60 (+30%)
10. All For You (CD/DVD): 30 (-33%)
11. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (Video): 21 (-51%)


Mariah Carey – 46,456 units (6,560 units excluding TEOM)
(excluding Live at MSG DVD)

1. The Emancipation Of Mimi: 39,896 (-20%) (#10 on the Billboard 200) (Cumulative sales: 5,132,693)
2. Greatest Hits: 3,082 (-2%)
3. #1's: 1,016 (+9%)
4. Remixes (2 CD): 374 (-1%)
5. Charmbracelet: 309 (+7%)
6. Butterfly: 298 (-12%)
7. Rainbow: 254 (+12%)
8. Glitte:- 251 (+10%)
9. #1's (Video): 239 (-2%)
10. Music Box: 194 (+15%)
11. Merry Christmas: 147 (+30%)
12. Daydream: 110 (-8%)
13. Mariah Carey: 96 (-10%)
14. Around the World (Video): 72 (-4%)
15. Through the Rain (Single): 55 (+6%)
16. Emotions: 45 (+36%)
17. MTV Unplugged: 18 (-58%)
 
CANADA

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 50 R&B Albums
Week #28 (02/02/06): #25

USA

Number Ones (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #95 (11/02/06): #16

Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #18 (11/02/06): #35

"The Essential Michael Jackson" has scanned 111,000 units through week ending January 22, 2006.

Thanks hope and Hanboo!

Hey guys - I picked up the January 7th, 2006 edition of Billboard today and whatdaya know...a brand spanking Michael Jackson article spread across pages 14-15! I enjoyed the article and thought you would aswell, therefore, I've take the liberty to type it up so everyone can read it. Enjoy!

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Michael Grows Support Ashore
Sony BMG Tapping Into Europe's Love For 'Visionary' Michael Jackson

By Paul Sexton

LONDON - An imminent crossmedia campaign from Sony BMG underlines Europe's undimmed appetite for the vintage work of Michael Jackson.

Between February and June in the United Kingdom, the company will begin a series of weekly rereleases of 20 of Jackson's best-known songs as limited-edition singles. The project is reminiscent of a highly successful Elvis Presley campaign that Sony BMG launched 12 months ago.

The Jackson series, under the banner "Visionary - The Video Singles," will see each single released on DualDisc with its original video. Sony BMG claims Jackson is the world's first artist to have DualDisc singles released. The Official U.K. Charts Co. confirms the singles are chart-eligible.

Sony BMG's Presley series was based around his 18 U.K. chart-toppers. All the reissues reached the top five and three reached No. 1, generating total U.K. sales of 625,000 units, according to the OCC.

The Jackson project is due to begin Feb. 20 with two singles, "Thriller" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough." A limited, numbered box will also be sold to house all 20 releases. The series will conclude June 26 with "Blood On The Dance Floor."

Sony BMG U.K. VP of commercial marketing Darren Henderson believes total sales could outnumber the Presley campaign, claiming Jackson's commercial status in Europe has not been adversely affected by negative publicity surrounding his personal life and last year's 14-week U.S. child abuse trial.

"The media have more of an issue [with that] than the British record-buying public," he says. Further, the DualDisc aspect lets the company focus on Jackson's innovative visual work.

Henderson notes that while Sony BMG's international companies initially felt the Presley campaign was innappropriate for their markets, they noted the British sales and media impact with interest. Consequently, Sony BMG in France and in Germany will run with the Jackson series week by week. Other territories will release the singles in "batches." There were not any firm plans at press time for U.S. campaign.

Retail reaction so far is positive. London-based HMV U.K. & Ireland singles buyer Stewart Allan describes Jackson "one of the few artists with the depth of singles, recording heritage and dedicated fan base to make such a project work."

Allan points out that the label and retail can draw upon the Presley experience to make the campaign work effectively. "[This] also presents a perfect opportunity to further test and develop the DualDisc format," he adds.

Sony BMG says the 2005 38-track Epic double CD "The Essential Michael Jackson" is platinum in the United Kingdom (300,000 shipments). In the United States, however, negative publicity appears to have done more damage to the artist's commericial profile. In July the double CD had first week sales of only 8,000 units, according to Neilsen SoundScan, and has sold 93,000 to date. (My note: The writer failed to mention that the "Number Ones" CD has scanned 1.042 million in the USA thus far while the "Number Ones" DVD has scanned over 400,000 units. In addition, as many already know, Jackson scans an average 15,000 units in the USA each week.)

Jackson is still a presence at U.K. radio, Manchester's adult top 40 Key 103 PD Anthony Gay says. "We play Jackson at various points during the week," he says. " 'Billie Jean' and 'Beat It' are active songs, and we'll also work in others from the catalog."

Gay says he stopped playing Jackson's songs during the 2005 trial. "At times," he says, "the nature of the court reporting and the allegations created an uncomfortable atmosphere [that was] jarring around his music."

According to Gay, the reissue of the singles means he will "certainly consider" Jackson's catalog more in the coming weeks. "I'm sure his music will be picked up by new audiences," he adds, "as long as people are able to separate that from his personal life."

The singles campaign will not be the only reminder for U.K. consumers in early 2006 of Jackson's past work.

Dance track "Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)" by Hi-Tack, originally on Dutch label Spinnin and which samples Jackson's vocal from his 1983 collaboration with Paul McCartney, will be released Jan. 16 in the United Kingdom by independent Gusto Records.

That will be followed by a dance version of Jackson's 1988 hit "Man In The Mirror" by Rhythme Digital featuring Redd Angel on dance indie All Around the World.
 
[color=#blue]UK[/color]

Number Ones - UK Top 200 Album Chart
Week #91 (05/02/06): #52

Other charts:
US - Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums: 47
US - Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums: 16
 
CANADA

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 50 R&B Albums
Week #29 (09/02/06): #32

Thriller - National Top 50 R&B Albums
Week #51 (26/01/06): #74
Week #52 (02/02/06): #60
Week #53 (09/02/06): #60

USA

Number Ones (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #96 (18/02/06): #14

Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #19 (18/02/06): #29
 
The Hi-Tack remix of Say Say Say climbs drops three places to #9 in the UK singles chart in its fourth week. Number Ones falls 9 places in the UK Album Chart to #61.
 
IRELAND

Essential has been certified Platinum (15,000 units shipped) in 2005.

http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/platinum.htm

NOs re-enters the album chart at #89 last week.

Number Ones
Top 75
(November 29-2003) 5-2-3-1-2-2-2-3-5-4-8-13-17-18-21-23-19-29-32-31-36-36-47-47-36-49-50-43-40-48-59-46-47-61-//(July 15-2004)
( RE June 23-2005) 57-58-//
Top 100
(RE February 9-2006) 89-


CZECH REPUBLIC

The Essential Michael Jackson
Top 80
(August 19-2005) 53-34-22-21-19-29-41-24-36-45-53-75-66-76-//(November 25-2005)
(RE February 3-2006) 74-66-
 
CANADA

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 50 R&B Albums
Week #30 (16/02/06): #38

USA

SoundScan Information and commentary courtesy of JRKing. Thank you.

Sales For The Week Ending February 12th, 2006. Billboard Issue Date: February 18th, 2006.

*Note: This tally does not include sales for The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), single sales, certain music DVD titles (eg. The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc.), material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums. Weekly sales information for those titles is not available at this time.

Rank, Title, Sales This Week, +/- percentage

Michael Jackson - 14,578 units (Sales Estimate)

Notes: I managed to get to-dates for The Ultimate Collection and The Essential, as well as what their weekly total was at for W/E 2/5. Ultimate scanned 200 units that week (roughly 69,410 to date); Essential scanned 1,842 (roughly 116,265 to date).

1. Number Ones: 3,904 (-10%)
2. Number Ones (DVD/Video): 3,029 (+1%) (Drops 14-19 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart, Week 97)
3. The Essential: 1,900(Sales Estimate)
4. Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour (Video): 1,500 (Sales Estimate) (Drops 29-40 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart, Week 20)
5. Thriller: 1,398 (+3.6%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 739 (+2%)
7. Off the Wall: 578 (+3%)
8. Bad: 273 (-16.5%)
9. Greatest Hits: HIStory (Video): 304 (+1%)
10. HIStory on Film- Vol. 2: 240 (-)
11. The Ultimate Collection: 250(Sales Estimate)
12. Dangerous: 186 (-12.2%)
13. Invincible: 172 (-)
14. HIStory (2-CD): 80 (+4%)
15. Blood on the Dance Floor: 25 (+4%)



Madonna - 31,007 units (7,283 units excluding Confessions On A Dance Floor)

Notes: Sales of the 16 albums/EPs increased 9.5% last week.

1. The Immaculate Collection: 3,502 (+10%)
2. GHV2: 616 (+25%)
3. Ray of Light: 387 (-10%)
4. Like a Virgin: 301 (-10%)
5. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 277 (+17%)
6. Madonna: 265 (+2%)
7. Something to Remember: 241 (+7%)
8. True Blue: 198 (+10%)
9. Music: 185 (+17%)
10. American Life: 180 (+29%)
11. Remixed & Revisited: 148 (+38%)
12. Like a Prayer: 140 (+17%)
13. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy: 134 (+10%)
14. The Video Collection 93:99: 121 (+9%)
15. Erotica: 119 (+16%)
16. Drowned World Tour 2001: 107 (+18%)
17. Evita: 90 (+48%)
18. Girlie Show: Live Down Under: 86 (-5%)
19. You Can Dance: 86 (+19%)
20. Bedtime Stories: 58 (-38%)
21. I'm Breathless: 42 (+17%)


Cher 6,814 units

Notes: Managed to get theto-date for the Gold album- 29,100 to date (weekly scan was at 817 W/E 2/5).

(excluding live Farewell Tour CD and the Gold CD)
1. Very Best of Cher: 4,038 (-5%)
2. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (2004 edition): 638 (-9%)
3. Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 385 (-)
4. Very Best of Cher (Video): 364 (+26%)
5. Farewell Tour (Video): 292 (-5%)
6. If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher’s GH: 267 (+3%)
7. Live in Concert (video, 1999): 234 (+4%)
8. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (first edition): 204 (+13%)
9. Heart of Stone: 132 (-4%)
10. Believe: 122 (+1%)
11. Half Breed: 95 (-)

Living Proof scanned 43 units, down 12% from the prior week.


Whitney Houston 1,838 units

1. The Greatest Hits (Album): 864 (+2%)
2. The Bodyguard: 232 (-1%)
3. The Greatest Hits: (Video): 187 (-23%)
4. Whitney Houston: 148 (+3%)
5. The Preacher's Wife: 107 (-13%)
6. My Love is Your Love (Album): 82 (+17%)
7. Whitney: 79 (-31%)
8. Just Whitney: 73 (+24%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner: 41 (-21%)
10. Im Your Baby Tonight: 16 (+433%)
11. One Wish: 9 (-47%)


Janet Jackson - 2,669 units

Notes Design of a Decade crosses the 2.3 million mark with this week's numbers.

1. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (album): 571 (-2%)
2. janet.: 484 (-12%)
3. Damita Jo: 338 (+19%)
4. The Velvet Rope: 297 (+5%)
5. From janet. To Damita Jo: 255 (+2%)
6. All For You (album): 230 (-4%)
7. Rhythm Nation: 205 (-23%)
8. Control: 169 (-5%)
9. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (DVD/video): 42 (+20%)
10. Live in Hawaii (DVD/video): 39 (-37%)
11. All For You (DVD): 39 (-)


Mariah Carey 97,938 units (7,491 units excluding TEOM)

Notes: Managed to get the to-date and W/E 2/5 weekly total for the Live at MSG DVD- it scanned 201 units that week (24,675 to date; combined with the VHS, that's roughly 107,400 to date).

(excluding Live at MSG DVD)
1. Greatest Hits- 3,531 (+6%)
2. #1s- 1,026 (-4%)
3. Remixes- 455 (-7%)
4. Butterfly- 397 (+17%)
5. Charmbracelet- 356 (+9%)
6. Rainbow- 284 (+6%)
7. Glitter- 277 (+4%)
8. #1s (Video): 233 (-19%)
9. Around the World (Video)- 223 (+23%)
10. Music Box- 213 (+9%)
11. Daydream- 169 (+27%)
12. Mariah Carey- 126 (+3%)
13. Through the Rain- 82 (+91%)
14. Merry Christmas: 42 (+31%)
15. Emotions: 41 (-2%)
16. MTV Unplugged- 36 (+29%)
 
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