Michael Jackson Worldwide Chart Performance Thread

mistermaxxx · Sep 15, 2009

thanks for the numbers peace.

bobmoo79 · Sep 15, 2009

The UK Top 20 Albums of 2009

1 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon * 823,650
2 The Fame - Lady Gaga 728,000
3 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 595,000
4 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 512,000
5 The Essential - Michael Jackson 509,000
6 Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 479,000
7 The Circus - Take That 446,000
8 Songs for You, Truths for Me - James Morrison 397,000
9 Relapse - Eminem 362,000
10 Sunny Side Up - Paulo Nutini 359,500
11 No Line on the Horizon - U2 355,000
12 Day & Age - The Killers 352,000
13 Funhouse - Pink 346,300
14 Rockferry - Duffy 345,700
15 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 341,000
16 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 330,000
17 The Script - The Script 301,000
18 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 292,000
19 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 280,000
20 Freedom - Akon 276,000

punchdrunklove114 · Sep 16, 2009

Michael, Jackson 5, and Jacksons Soundscan totals for the week ending September 6th thanks to M2M at UKMIX

JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 56,435 -17 68,204 3,452,029
JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 25,718 -12 29,341 1,273,005
JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 22,506 -42 38,536 5,454,483
JACKSON*MICHAEL ULTIMATE COLLECTION 12,610 850 1,328 174,353
JACKSON*MICHAEL BAD 11,188 -45 20,474 1,407,079
JACKSON*MICHAEL DANGEROUS 9,747 -40 16,262 451,262
JACKSON*MICHAEL OFF THE WALL 8,845 -12 10,072 1,938,426
JACKSON 5 ULTIMATE COLLECTION 7,802 5 7,402 670,336
JACKSON*MICHAEL VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS HISTORY 5,787 8 5,383 1,055,397
JACKSON*MICHAEL INVINCIBLE 5,164 47 3,508 2,187,831
JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 4,700 4 4,505 776,887
JACKSON*MICHAEL BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR/HISTO 3,946 32 3,000 343,166
JACKSONS LIVE 2,147 21 1,776 129,197
JACKSON*MICHAEL X2 1,448 3 1,411 23,858

Michael Soundscan sales for the week ending September 13th thanks to M2M at UKMIX

NUMBER ONES MICHAEL JACKSON 45000
ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON 19000
THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 17000
BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 8000

smooth_criminal05 · Sep 16, 2009

punchdrunklove114 said:
Michael, Jackson 5, and Jacksons Soundscan totals for the week ending September 6th thanks to M2M at UKMIX

JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 56,435 -17 68,204 3,452,029
JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 25,718 -12 29,341 1,273,005
JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 22,506 -42 38,536 5,454,483
JACKSON*MICHAEL ULTIMATE COLLECTION 12,610 850 1,328 174,353
JACKSON*MICHAEL BAD 11,188 -45 20,474 1,407,079
JACKSON*MICHAEL DANGEROUS 9,747 -40 16,262 451,262
JACKSON*MICHAEL OFF THE WALL 8,845 -12 10,072 1,938,426
JACKSON 5 ULTIMATE COLLECTION 7,802 5 7,402 670,336
JACKSON*MICHAEL VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS HISTORY 5,787 8 5,383 1,055,397
JACKSON*MICHAEL INVINCIBLE 5,164 47 3,508 2,187,831
JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 4,700 4 4,505 776,887
JACKSON*MICHAEL BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR/HISTO 3,946 32 3,000 343,166
JACKSONS LIVE 2,147 21 1,776 129,197
JACKSON*MICHAEL X2 1,448 3 1,411 23,858

Michael Soundscan sales for the week ending September 13th thanks to M2M at UKMIX

NUMBER ONES MICHAEL JACKSON 45000
ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON 19000
THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 17000
BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 8000

What do these numbers mean? There seems to be quite a bit of numbers in the top batch of figures there. I'm confused

loka · Sep 18, 2009

smooth_criminal05 said:
What do these numbers mean? There seems to be quite a bit of numbers in the top batch of figures there. I'm confused

the first number mean the figures of the last week. The final is the total sales according soundscan.

i don't understand how you get the numbers of the other post you made below (the "since death" figures)

especially, History is always behind Invincible in the USA each week in the comprehensive billboard chart. How do you have it before Invincible in your chart ? Thanks...

Hess · Sep 18, 2009

Danish charts.

#2 - MJ The Collection (up from 3 last week) more than 30.000 sold Platin in Denmark.
#28 MT The Essential ( down from 21 last week) more than 15.000 sold. Gold in Denmark.

Hess · Sep 19, 2009

Danish Music DVD chart:

#1 - MJ Number Ones - more than 7.500 sold - GOLD in Denmark
#3 - MJ HISTORY ON FILM, VOL. 2
#4 - MJ HISTORY / GREATEST HITS
#5 - MJ DANGEROUS: THE SHORT FILMS
#7 - MJ HISTORY I & II

Maestro · Sep 21, 2009

punchdrunklove114 said:
Michael, Jackson 5, and Jacksons Soundscan totals for the week ending September 6th thanks to M2M at UKMIX

JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 56,435 -17 68,204 3,452,029
JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 25,718 -12 29,341 1,273,005
JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 22,506 -42 38,536 5,454,483
JACKSON*MICHAEL ULTIMATE COLLECTION 12,610 850 1,328 174,353
JACKSON*MICHAEL BAD 11,188 -45 20,474 1,407,079
JACKSON*MICHAEL DANGEROUS 9,747 -40 16,262 451,262
JACKSON*MICHAEL OFF THE WALL 8,845 -12 10,072 1,938,426
JACKSON 5 ULTIMATE COLLECTION 7,802 5 7,402 670,336
JACKSON*MICHAEL VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS HISTORY 5,787 8 5,383 1,055,397
JACKSON*MICHAEL INVINCIBLE 5,164 47 3,508 2,187,831
JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 4,700 4 4,505 776,887
JACKSON*MICHAEL BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR/HISTO 3,946 32 3,000 343,166
JACKSONS LIVE 2,147 21 1,776 129,197
JACKSON*MICHAEL X2 1,448 3 1,411 23,858

Michael Soundscan sales for the week ending September 13th thanks to M2M at UKMIX

NUMBER ONES MICHAEL JACKSON 45000
ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON 19000
THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 17000
BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 8000

Soundscan total's; are you sure Dangerous figures are correct, I thougt Dangerous was released after Soundscan, should'nt the total be at 7 to 8 million???

smooth_criminal05 · Sep 21, 2009

^ That's why those numbers confuse me.

Vici · Sep 22, 2009

SWEDEN WEEK 38

ALBUM CHART

#10 Number Ones
#20 The Essential Michael Jackson
#37 The Collection
#56 Thriller 25

DVD CHART

#1 Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
#2 Number Ones
#4 Moonwalking - The true story of MJ
#5 MJ - Never Surrender
#9 BAD in Japan
#18 Dangerous - The Short Films

SINGEL CHART

#54 Billie Jean

punchdrunklove114 · Sep 23, 2009

Maestro said:
Soundscan total's; are you sure Dangerous figures are correct, I thougt Dangerous was released after Soundscan, should'nt the total be at 7 to 8 million???

The soundscan totals explain the sales for the week and the last number is the cumulative total. In the case of 'Dangerous' the sales only reflect the SE edition of Dangerous, if you combine what the original 'Dangerous's scanned which was 5,785,000 plus the SE edition of 451,262 scanned you get total copies scanned 6,236,262 copies total from November 1991 to September 6, 2009. The rest of the albums listed are the total copies scanned in the Soundscan era which begin in May 1991 for example we know that Thriller sold more than 24 million copies in the USA before the Soundscan era, since May 1991 the original version of Thriller plus the SE version released in 2001 combined with Thriller 25 released in 2008 and you have the total of 5,454,483 copies scanned in total. I hope this long explanation helps.

Maestro · Sep 24, 2009

punchdrunklove114 said:
The soundscan totals explain the sales for the week and the last number is the cumulative total. In the case of 'Dangerous' the sales only reflect the SE edition of Dangerous, if you combine what the original 'Dangerous's scanned which was 5,785,000 plus the SE edition of 451,262 scanned you get total copies scanned 6,236,262 copies total from November 1991 to September 6, 2009. The rest of the albums listed are the total copies scanned in the Soundscan era which begin in May 1991 for example we know that Thriller sold more than 24 million copies in the USA before the Soundscan era, since May 1991 the original version of Thriller plus the SE version released in 2001 combined with Thriller 25 released in 2008 and you have the total of 5,454,483 copies scanned in total. I hope this long explanation helps.

Yep thanks for the explanation, seems odd though that only SE of Dangerous is shown as Dangerous and all sales were after Soundscan had started!?

bobmoo79 · Sep 24, 2009

Top 50 Year To Date albums (UK).

5 top 50 albums at the moment. Not bad, but of course there are several big albums being released between now and Xmas so that is bound to change before the year end chart is announced. Hopefully 'The Essential' can maintain a top10 position or improve on it's current position. Finger crossed.

1 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon 839,833
2 The Fame - Lady Gaga 736,859
3 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 601,467
4 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 520,379
5 The Essential - Michael Jackson 517,661
6 Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 483,186
7 The Circus - Take That 448,927
8 Songs for You, Truths for Me - James Morrison 406,564
9 Sunny Side Up - Paulo Nutini 368,406
10 Relapse - Eminem 364,586
11 Day & Age - The Killers 357,585
12 No Line on the Horizon - U2 356,733
13 Funhouse - Pink 351,939
14 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 351,528
15 Rockferry - Duffy 349,287
16 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 335,202
17 The Script - The Script 303,122
18 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 293,781
19 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 283,207
20 Freedom - Akon 279,225
21 (23) Lungs - Florence & the Machine 253,000
22 The End - Black Eyed Peas 250,000
23 The Collection - Annie Lennox 243,000
24 We Sing, We Dance,We Steal Things - Jason Mraz 230,000
25 Fearless - Taylor Swift 225,000
26 We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings 211,000
27 Songs for my Mother - Ronan Keating 210,000
28 (31) La Roux - La Roux 207,200
29 Bad - Michael Jackson 207,000
30 Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 206,000
31 The Alesha Show - Alesha Dixon 203,000
32 Love & War - Daniel Merriweather 199,000
33 Gold - Greatest Hits - Abba 195,000
34 Chasing Lights - The Saturdays 191,500
35 Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen 187,000
36 Thriller - Michael Jackson 185,000
37 Number Ones - Michael Jackson 180,000
38 Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo 177,500
39 The Best Bette - Bette Midler 174,000
40 All I ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson 173,700
41 Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna 173,300
42 Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes 167,500
43 Spirit - Leona Lewis 164,000
44 (48) Humbug - Arctic Monkeys * 163,000
45 Out of Control - Girls Aloud 162,000
46 The Sound of - Greatest Hits - Girls Aloud 161,000
47 Uncle B - N-Dubz 157,000
48 Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay ^ 156,000
49 King of Pop - Michael Jackson 152,000
50 One of the Boys - Katy Perry 151,000

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loka · Sep 24, 2009

punchdrunklove114 said:
The soundscan totals explain the sales for the week and the last number is the cumulative total. In the case of 'Dangerous' the sales only reflect the SE edition of Dangerous, if you combine what the original 'Dangerous's scanned which was 5,785,000 plus the SE edition of 451,262 scanned you get total copies scanned 6,236,262 copies total from November 1991 to September 6, 2009. The rest of the albums listed are the total copies scanned in the Soundscan era which begin in May 1991 for example we know that Thriller sold more than 24 million copies in the USA before the Soundscan era, since May 1991 the original version of Thriller plus the SE version released in 2001 combined with Thriller 25 released in 2008 and you have the total of 5,454,483 copies scanned in total. I hope this long explanation helps.

His question was : why dangerous is considered at 8 M sold in USA while soundscan has it at 6,2 M only...

The answer is that Soundscan didnt' give in the early 90's the real sales.

It was 20 % off !

Add 20 % of 6 M to the 6,2 M and you get 7,4 M

Dangerous is already certified 7 M in USA.

Next year it could be certified at 8 M

for more informations, ask MJDangerous on the UKmix Forum...he's an expert.

Cham · Sep 27, 2009

Since his death Michael Jackson had #1 album for total 113-weeks in 21-countries.
This is without the Belgium Charts.,In Belgium they have two charts. And in there MJ had #1 album for 12-weeks in Wallonia & Flanders.
Also in Japan he had #2 album for 3-consecutive weeks. If there is a chart for foreign artists he would have #1 album there too.

richardhardy1979 · Sep 27, 2009

This Is It Soundtrack CD is already at number 5 on Amazon.com bestsellers list 1 month before even being released!!!

Sophielo · Sep 28, 2009

Jackson sales 'will top 2 million in UK by the end of the year.'

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a179447/jackson-sales-will-top-2-million-in-year.html

Michael Jackson's UK album sales in the run-up to Christmas are expected to top two million after record label Sony announced plans to release new LP This Is It.

Music retailers are reportedly expecting the album to become one of the biggest selling records of the season and believe it will renew interest in Jackson's back catalogue, according to Music Week.

"It will do phenomenally well," Play.com category manager for music Helen Marquis said. "His albums are still selling strongly, but having a new piece in the mix could have a phenomenal effect and it could reignite the catalogue."

HMV head of music Rudy Osorio added: "If you consider that hundreds of thousands of fans bought tickets to Michael's O2 shows and if you take into account the incredible lift in sales of Michael albums since his death, then you have to imagine this new release has a huge potential audience - one that could make it one of the biggest-selling albums of the Christmas period."

Jackson has so far shifted 1.55 million albums since he passed away in June. His biggest seller is The Essential, which accounts for 515,000 units sold.

Over 1.2 million Jackson singles have also been sold following his death, with 'Man In The Mirror' notching up 200,000 downloads.

Sony recently confirmed that new single 'This Is It' will be released on October 12. The album follows two weeks later and coincides with the release of the movie of the same name, which follows the late singer preparing for his planned 50-date London residency.

Cham · Sep 29, 2009

bobmoo79 said:
Top 50 Year To Date albums (UK).

5 top 50 albums at the moment. Not bad, but of course there are several big albums being released between now and Xmas so that is bound to change before the year end chart is announced. Hopefully 'The Essential' can maintain a top10 position or improve on it's current position. Finger crossed.

1 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon 839,833
2 The Fame - Lady Gaga 736,859
3 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 601,467
4 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 520,379
5 The Essential - Michael Jackson 517,661
6 Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 483,186
7 The Circus - Take That 448,927
8 Songs for You, Truths for Me - James Morrison 406,564
9 Sunny Side Up - Paulo Nutini 368,406
10 Relapse - Eminem 364,586
11 Day & Age - The Killers 357,585
12 No Line on the Horizon - U2 356,733
13 Funhouse - Pink 351,939
14 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 351,528
15 Rockferry - Duffy 349,287
16 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 335,202
17 The Script - The Script 303,122
18 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 293,781
19 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 283,207
20 Freedom - Akon 279,225
21 (23) Lungs - Florence & the Machine 253,000
22 The End - Black Eyed Peas 250,000
23 The Collection - Annie Lennox 243,000
24 We Sing, We Dance,We Steal Things - Jason Mraz 230,000
25 Fearless - Taylor Swift 225,000
26 We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings 211,000
27 Songs for my Mother - Ronan Keating 210,000
28 (31) La Roux - La Roux 207,200
29 Bad - Michael Jackson 207,000
30 Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 206,000
31 The Alesha Show - Alesha Dixon 203,000
32 Love & War - Daniel Merriweather 199,000
33 Gold - Greatest Hits - Abba 195,000
34 Chasing Lights - The Saturdays 191,500
35 Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen 187,000
36 Thriller - Michael Jackson 185,000
37 Number Ones - Michael Jackson 180,000
38 Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo 177,500
39 The Best Bette - Bette Midler 174,000
40 All I ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson 173,700
41 Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna 173,300
42 Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes 167,500
43 Spirit - Leona Lewis 164,000
44 (48) Humbug - Arctic Monkeys * 163,000
45 Out of Control - Girls Aloud 162,000
46 The Sound of - Greatest Hits - Girls Aloud 161,000
47 Uncle B - N-Dubz 157,000
48 Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay ^ 156,000
49 King of Pop - Michael Jackson 152,000
50 One of the Boys - Katy Perry 151,000

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Does this means that MJ is the top selling artist in UK this year???

bobmoo79 · Sep 29, 2009

Yes, I would presume from these figures that he is the biggest selling artist in the UK this year and I don't think that'll change before the year ends...

bobmoo79 · Sep 29, 2009

The Top 20 Albums of 2009

1 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon 864,377
2 The Fame - Lady Gaga 745,819
3 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 609,092
4 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 528,408
5 The Essential - Michael Jackson 525,882
6 Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 486,643
7 The Circus - Take That 451,863
8 Songs for You, Truths for Me - James Morrison 415,428
9 Sunny Side Up - Paulo Nutini 375,142
10 Relapse - Eminem 366,953
11 Day & Age - The Killers 362,762
12 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 362,496
13 No Line on the Horizon - U2 357,748
14 Funhouse - Pink 357,449
15 Rockferry - Duffy 352,459
16 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 340,140
17 The Script - The Script 305,301
18 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 295,741
19 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 286,833
20 Freedom - Akon 282,665

Vici · Sep 29, 2009

SWEDEN WEEK 39

ALBUM CHART

#14 The Essential Michael Jackson
#39 The Collection
#46 Number Ones

DVD CHART

#1 Number OnesLive in Bucharest
#2 Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
#6 Moonwalking - The true story of MJ
#11 HIstory Video Greatest Hits
#13 HIstory on Film - Volume 2
#19 Michael Jackson - A remarkable Life

SINGEL CHART

#57 Billie Jean

Vici · Oct 12, 2009

SWEDEN WEEK 40

ALBUM CHART

#17 The Essential Michael Jackson
#31 The Collection
#42 Number Ones

DVD CHART

#3 Number Ones
#4 Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
#7 Moonwalking - The true story of MJ
#14 BAD in JAPAN
#16 HIstory Video Greatest Hits

Vici · Oct 12, 2009

SWEDEN WEEK 41

ALBUM CHART

#24 The Essential Michael Jackson
#35 The Collection
#49 Number Ones

DVD CHART

#3 Number Ones
#5 Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
#11 HIstory Tour Helsinki
#20 HIstory on film Volume 2

bobmoo79 · Oct 16, 2009

The Top 50 Albums of 2009 (UK) 16/10/09

1 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon 900,000
2 The Fame - Lady Gaga 763,000
3 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 623,000
4 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 543,000
5 The Essential - Michael Jackson 538,000
6 Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 493,000
7 The Circus - Take That 457,000
8 Songs for You, Truths for Me - James Morrison 431,000
9 Sunny Side Up - Paulo Nutini 389,000
10 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 383,000
11 Day & Age - The Killers 372,000
12 Relapse - Eminem 371,000
13 Funhouse - Pink 369,000
14 No Line on the Horizon - U2 359,500
15 Rockferry - Duffy 358,500
16 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 349,000
17 The Script - The Script 309,000
18 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 299,000
19 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 295,000
20 Lungs - Florence & the Machine 291,000
21 Freedom - Akon 289,000
22 The End - Black Eyed Peas 277,000
23 (26) The Resistance - Muse 249,000
24 The Collection - Annie Lennox 244,000
25 We Sing, We Dance,We Steal Things - Jason Mraz 239,000
26 Fearless - Taylor Swift 236,000
27 La Roux - La Roux 224,000
28 Bad - Michael Jackson 221,000
29 Love & War - Daniel Merriweather 216,000
30 We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings 214,000
31 Songs for my Mother - Ronan Keating 211,000
32 Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 210,500
33 The Alesha Show - Alesha Dixon 204,500
34 Gold - Greatest Hits - Abba 203,800
35 Chasing Lights - The Saturdays * 198,885 - (282,989)
36 Thriller - Michael Jackson 196,500
37 (45) We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn 191,500
38 Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen 188,000
39 Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo 184,000
40 Number Ones - Michael Jackson 183,000
41 Humbug - Arctic Monkeys 179,100
42 Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna 179,000
43 Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes 178,900
44 The Best Bette - Bette Midler 176,000
45 All I ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson 175,700
46 Spirit - Leona Lewis 170,000
47 Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay ^ 169,000
48 Out of Control - Girls Aloud 167,500
49 The Sound of - Greatest Hits - Girls Aloud 165,000
50 Uncle B - N-Dubz 162,000

Cham · Oct 17, 2009

bobmoo79 said:
The Top 50 Albums of 2009 (UK) 16/10/09

1 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon 900,000
2 The Fame - Lady Gaga 763,000
3 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 623,000
4 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 543,000
5 The Essential - Michael Jackson 538,000
6 Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 493,000
7 The Circus - Take That 457,000
8 Songs for You, Truths for Me - James Morrison 431,000
9 Sunny Side Up - Paulo Nutini 389,000
10 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 383,000
11 Day & Age - The Killers 372,000
12 Relapse - Eminem 371,000
13 Funhouse - Pink 369,000
14 No Line on the Horizon - U2 359,500
15 Rockferry - Duffy 358,500
16 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 349,000
17 The Script - The Script 309,000
18 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 299,000
19 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 295,000
20 Lungs - Florence & the Machine 291,000
21 Freedom - Akon 289,000
22 The End - Black Eyed Peas 277,000
23 (26) The Resistance - Muse 249,000
24 The Collection - Annie Lennox 244,000
25 We Sing, We Dance,We Steal Things - Jason Mraz 239,000
26 Fearless - Taylor Swift 236,000
27 La Roux - La Roux 224,000
28 Bad - Michael Jackson 221,000
29 Love & War - Daniel Merriweather 216,000
30 We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings 214,000
31 Songs for my Mother - Ronan Keating 211,000
32 Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 210,500
33 The Alesha Show - Alesha Dixon 204,500
34 Gold - Greatest Hits - Abba 203,800
35 Chasing Lights - The Saturdays * 198,885 - (282,989)
36 Thriller - Michael Jackson 196,500
37 (45) We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn 191,500
38 Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen 188,000
39 Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo 184,000
40 Number Ones - Michael Jackson 183,000
41 Humbug - Arctic Monkeys 179,100
42 Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna 179,000
43 Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes 178,900
44 The Best Bette - Bette Midler 176,000
45 All I ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson 175,700
46 Spirit - Leona Lewis 170,000
47 Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay ^ 169,000
48 Out of Control - Girls Aloud 167,500
49 The Sound of - Greatest Hits - Girls Aloud 165,000
50 Uncle B - N-Dubz 162,000

I'm surprised King Of Pop didn't make to the top 50.

bobmoo79 · Oct 19, 2009

For the first time since his death, Michael Jackson does not have an album in the UK Top 40.

The Essential slips down from 38 to 53, Bad from 49 to 57, and Thriller from 58 t0 67.

53. (38) THE ESSENTIAL (Michael Jackson) 27 wks
57. (49) BAD (Michael Jackson) 138 wks
67. (58) THRILLER (Michael Jackson) 218 wks

The This Is It album very briefly peaked at No.1 on the amazon.co.uk music chart but has since fallen down sharply to No.33. At the rate this album has sold, I don't expect it to be a No.1 album

smooth_criminal05 · Oct 19, 2009

bobmoo79 said:
For the first time since his death, Michael Jackson does not have an album in the UK Top 40.

The Essential slips down from 38 to 53, Bad from 49 to 57, and Thriller from 58 t0 67.

53. (38) THE ESSENTIAL (Michael Jackson) 27 wks
57. (49) BAD (Michael Jackson) 138 wks
67. (58) THRILLER (Michael Jackson) 218 wks

The This Is It album very briefly peaked at No.1 on the amazon.co.uk music chart but has since fallen down sharply to No.33. At the rate this album has sold, I don't expect it to be a No.1 album

That's odd. I just checked and it's down to #60 now in the UK. In the US on the other hand the album remains firmly cemented in the Top 10, currently at #7. In Canada the album is doing even better at #4. Why is there such a huge difference?

Thumper · Oct 20, 2009

smooth_criminal05 said:
That's odd. I just checked and it's down to #60 now in the UK. In the US on the other hand the album remains firmly cemented in the Top 10, currently at #7. In Canada the album is doing even better at #4. Why is there such a huge difference?

Its not odd, in most countries the Essential is starting to drop out of the top 50. don't know where you are checking your chart places because in Canada the only albums left in top 100 are Number Ones at #53 and Thriller 25 at #100. in US Essential is #7 but only on Catalog chart. I'm sure in Comprehensive chart probably not still in top 100.:scratch:

smooth_criminal05 · Oct 20, 2009

Thumper said:
Its not odd, in most countries the Essential is starting to drop out of the top 50. don't know where you are checking your chart places because in Canada the only albums left in top 100 are Number Ones at #53 and Thriller 25 at #100. in US Essential is #7 but only on Catalog chart. I'm sure in Comprehensive chart probably not still in top 100.:scratch:

I was talking about the Amazon sales positions of This Is It The Soundtrack. I know in the music charts, Jackson's albums have fallen off the charts for the most part. They are doing better in the US.

Vici · Oct 20, 2009

SWEDEN WEEK 42

ALBUM CHART

#29 The Essential Michael Jackson
#46 The Collection
#55 Number Ones

DVD CHART

#2 Number Ones
#5 HIstory Tour Helsinki
#6 Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
#20 Moonwalking - The True Story of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Worldwide Chart Performance Thread

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