Michael Jackson Worldwide Chart Performance Thread

USA

SoundScan Information and commentary courtesy of JRKing. Thank you.

Sales For The Week Ending August 21st, 2005. Billboard Issue Date: September 3rd, 2005.

*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, Sales Last Week, +/- percentage

Michael Jackson - 21,010 units (Estimate)

Since SoundScan figures for Live In Bucharest aren't available, we can only estimate how much it sold based on the chart ranking of the Number Ones DVD on the BB Comprehensive Music Videos Chart.

Excluding Live In Bucharest, the Top 13 sold 17,010 units (down from 17,309 units sold the week before.) However, if you include Live In Bucharest's sales estimate of 4,000 units, that means MJ sold roughly 21,010 units last week.

Notes: The Essential drops back to roughly 6,000 units this week, while Number Ones sees a 6% gain. Thriller looks to be the studio set most affected by The Essential (all the hits are on there, leaving just 2 tracks not); but, Bad's also are represented (and then some).

1. The Essential (2 CD): 5,974 (6,145) (-3%) (Drops 170-172 on the Billboard 200)
2. Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour (Video): (Sales Estimate: 3,500-4,000) (Moves 11-9 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart)
3. Number Ones: 4,105 (3,873) (+6%)
4. Number Ones (Video): 2,799 (2,946) (-5%) (Moves 18-15 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart)
5. Thriller: 1,604 (1,604) (-)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 746 (802) (-7%)
7. Off the Wall: 474 (521) (-9%)
8. Greatest Hits: HIStory (Video): 339 (403) (-16%)
9. Bad: 280 (272) (+3%)
10. HIStory on Film - Vol. 2 (Video): 255 (300) (-15%)
11. Dangerous: 179 (184) (-3%)
12. Invincible: 149 (128) (+16%)
13. HIStory (2 CD): 76 (105) (-28%)
14. Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix: 30 (26) (+15%)

Madonna

Notes: Many an album post gains this week. Nice to see Immaculate continue its upward movement, and GHV2 topping 500 units again. Evita aired on at least one WB station over the weekdn, so maybe that halped a little in its gain.

1. The Immaculate Collection: 2,822 (+10%)
2. GHV2: 517 (+18%)
3. Like a Virgin: 243 (+17%)
4. Ray of Light: 226 (-2%)
5. Something to Remember: 213 (-)
6. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 197 (-4%)
7. True Blue: 163 (+36%)
8. Madonna: 156 (+22%)
9. American Life: 151 (+26%)
10. Remixed & Revisited: 142 (+11%)
11. Music: 133 (+10%)
12. The Video Collection 93:99: 100 (+9%)
13. Girlie Show: Live Down Under: 89 (+33%)
14. Bedtime Stories: 84 (+18%)
15. Like a Prayer: 82 (-16%)
16. Evita: 80 (+48%)
17. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy: 79 (+8%)
18. Drowned World Tour 2001: 68 (+6%)
19. Erotica: 66 (-14%)
20. You Can Dance: 57 (-)
21. Me Against the Music: 51 (+4%)
22. Love Profusion: 30 (-3%)
23. Nothing Fails: 29 (+45%)
24. Hollywood: 27 (-23%)
25. I'm Breathless: 24 (-37%)


Cher
(excluding live Farewell Tour and Gold CDs)

Notes: Very Best remains somewhat steady

1. The Very Best of Cher (2 CD): 1,384 (-6%)
2. The Very Best of Cher (Video): 592 (+1%)
3. The Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (first edition): 579 (-2%)
4. The Farewell Tour (Video): 316 (-8%)
5. The Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (2004 edition): 305 (+12%)
6. The Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 291 (+3%)
7. Live In Concert (video, 1999): 207 (-4%)
8. If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher’s GH: 191 (-12%)
9. Half Breed: 128 (-12%)
10. Heart of Stone: 118 (-6%)
11. Believe: 86 (-18%)
12. Living Proof: 29 (+26%)
13. Love Hurts: 22 (+83%)

Whitney Houston

Notes: The Preacher's Wife sees this week's notable movement, while I'm Your Baby Tonight enjoys another one of its monstrous percentage increases.

1. The Greatest Hits (2 CD): 899 (-4%)
2. The Greatest Hits (Video): 224 (-11%)
3. The Bodyguard: 222 (-24%)
4. The Preacher's Wife: 136 (+43%)
5. Whitney Houston: 127 (-22%)
6. Whitney: 76 (-)
7. Just Whitney: 74 (+21%)
8. My Love is Your Love (Album): 43 (-38%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner: 30 (+36%)
10. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Album): 10 (+233%)
11. It’s Not Right But it’s Okay: 7 (+40%)

One Wish scanned 5 units.

Janet Jackson

Notes: Not the best of weeks. Her biggest seller is flirting with fewer than 500 units. The Design Of A Decade video has made notable strides (after selling 20-30 units a week for some time) - possible markdowns may be helping.

1. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (album): 507 (-13%)
2. janet.: 375 (+4%)
3. Damita Jo: 301 (-37%)- 973,331
4. From janet. To Damita Jo: 284 (-4%)
5. Rhythm Nation: 191 (-14%)
6. The Velvet Rope: 180 (-11%)
7. All For You (album): 179 (-5%)
8. Control: 136 (-6%)
9. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (Video): 135 (+23%)
10. Live in Hawaii (Video): 116 (-4%)
11. All For You (CD/DVD): 28 (+33%)

Mariah Carey
(excluding Live at MSG DVD and digital single sales)

Notes: The Emanicpation Of Mimi - this year's Energizer Bunny - scans another 108K. Greatest Hits takes a nice jump forward, while #1's drops back. The #1's video also has picked up sales- maybe a markdown at some outlets? It's available for $8.99 at deepdiscountdvd- wonder if that's helped.

1. The Emancipation Of Mimi: 108,000
2. Greatest Hits: 4,483 (+21%)
3. #1's: 1,741 (-27%)
4. Remixes (2 CD): 480 (-6%)
5. Charmbracelet: 328 (+9%)
6. #1's (Video): 318 (+14%)
7. Music Box: 222 (+2%)
8. Butterfly: 213 (-24%)
9. Glitter: 174 (-7%)
10. Rainbow: 148 (+2%)
11. Daydream: 120 (-27%)
12. Around the World (Video): 111 (+17%)
13. Mariah Carey: 99 (-5%)
14. Through the Rain (single): 60 (-19%)
15. Emotions: 28 (-22%)
16. MTV Unplugged: 25 (+127%)

Merry Christmas scanned 7 units.
 
The Essentials

Denmark: 84
Canada: 62
Italy: 23
Unites World Chart: 22
 
MJ's The Essential has sold 31.914 copies this week as the #1 seller in France.
The #2 album, Raphaël's Caravane, sold 13 700.
 
Thanks jesh for the Canada stats! Just a little more info...

CANADA

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 100 Albums
Week #05 (25/08/05): #62

The Essential (2 CD) - National Top 100 R&B Albums
Week #05 (25/08/05): #8

Thriller - National Top 100 R&B Albums
Week #27 (11/08/05): #63
Week #28 (18/08/05): #65
Week #29 (25/08/05): #41

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/
 
Originally posted by gregson1@Aug 26 2005, 11:50 AM
IRELAND

The Essentials - Week #6 - Remains at No.6
Bucharest DVD falls from No.3 to No.7

http://irma.ie/aucharts.asp
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Hey gregson - Don't you mean The Essential remains at #4 for the second week in a row (6 weeks on the chart). :p
 
EUROPE

The Essential (2 CD) - Eurochart Top 100 Albums
Week #06 (26/08/05): #18

The Essential (2 CD) - Eurochart Top 100 R&B Albums
Week #06 (26/08/05): #3
 
Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour (DVD)

USA: 7-6-11-9
UK: 2-2-2-2
Ireland: 4-7
Netherlands: 16-3-2-2
Spain: 3-3-5-5
Italy: 1-1-1
Portugal: 18-12

In Ireland first week at #3!!!!

DVD Live debuts in HUNGARY.

HUNGARY

Top 20 DVD Sales (Week ending August 21th)

Week I° #16


DVD CHART LINK

HOLLAND

DVD LIVE 3th week in a row at #2 (Week 5th)


ITALY

DVD LIVE 4th week in a row at #1 (Week 4th) :yes:


CZECH REPUBLIC

Top 80 Albums

ESSENTIAL reaches a new peak position moving up from #53 to #34!!! (Week 2th)


BELGIUM

Wallony Top 50 Albums

ESSENTIAL 3th week in a row at #1!!! (Week 5th)

Flanders Top 50 Albums

ESSENTIAL drops from #4 to #6 (Week 5th)


AUSTRALIA

Top 100 Albums

THE ESSENTIAL in the 5th week goes down from #12 to #13 and reaches the GOLD STATUS (35,000 copies shipped) !!!!

NUMBER ONES album drops from #34 to #35 in the Top 40 R&B (90 Weeks on the Chart)
 
In the UK, The Essential drops 12-25 on the Top 75 Album Chart, and 2-7 on the Top 40 R&B Albums Chart. Meanwhile, the Live In Bucharest DVD drops 2-4.

UK

The Essential (2 CD) - UK Top 75 Album Chart
Week #06 (28/08/05): #25

The Essential (2 CD) - UK Top 40 R&B Albums Chart
Week #06 (28/08/05): #7

Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour - UK Top 10 Music DVDs and Videos
Week #05 (28/08/05): #4

In Greece, the album climbs 16-11 (back to its debut week position). Thanks christos.

GREECE

The Essential (2 CD) - English Album Chart
Week #05 (28/08/05): #11

FYI: The Essential will finally be released in FINLAND next Wednesday (Aug 31st) and will have a TV ad campaign starting next Friday. Let's hope it's the same (or as good) as the French TV ad. Thanks pohatta.
 
Here you are another GOOD NEWS from MALAYSIA!!!!


MALAYSIA

Top 20 International English Albums Chart

Week 1th (Ending July 25th - 2005)

THE ESSENTIAL debuts at #20

Week 2th #4

Week 3th #2

Week 4th #2

Week 5th #3


The Charts are compiled by RIM (Recording Industry Association Of Malaysia)

www.rim.org.my

The website is under maintenance, at this time, but i'm on the mailing list to receive future charts in "word" files.

Retail Sales Chart
International Chart

Weekending: 23th August 2005


Week(s) On Chart Move Last Week’s Position Current Position Artist Album Label
9  1 1 Various Super Fresh 2 WARNER
18  3 2 Il Divo Il Divo SONY BMG
5  2 3 Michael Jackson The Essential Michael Jackson SONY BMG
10  5 4 Akon Trouble UNIVERSAL
10  6 5 Backstreet Boys Never Gone SONY BMG
13  4 6 Black Eyed Peas Monkey Business UNIVERSAL
38  7 7 Simple Plan Still Not Getting Any WARNER
1  8 Hilary Duff Most Wanted SONY BMG
6  20 9 MLTR The Ultimate Collection EMI
38  12 10 Green Day American Idiot WARNER

Week(s) On Chart Move Last Week’s Position Current Position Artist Album Label
26  8 11 Various Greatest Love of All WARNER
17  9 12 Various Tea Dance SONY BMG
21  17 13 Various Hot SONY BMG
6  13 14 Offspring Greatest Hits SONY BMG
19  10 15 Kenny G At Last… A Duet Album SONY BMG
2  18 16 Kelly Clarkson Breakaway SONY BMG
8  17 System of Down Mezmerize SONY BMG
10  18 Good Charlotte The Chronicles SONY BMG
10  19 Gorillaz Demon Days EMI
27  20 Eminem Encore UNIVERSAL

Compiled by: Recording Industry Association Of Malaysia (RIM)


GREECE

Chart run for THE ESSENTIAL in the Comprehensive Chart (Greek and English Albums Combined)

Top 50 Comprehensive Albums Chart

In the week ending July 23th THE ESSENTIAL was at #11 in the English Chart and it was out of the Top 50 Comprehensive one.

Week 1th ( Ending July 30th)

#39 in The Comp. Chart ------> (#8 in the English Albums Chart)

Week 2th

OUT of the Comp. Chart-----> (#13 in the English Albums Chart)

Week 3th

OUT of the Comp. Chart-----> (#16 in the English Albums Chart)

Week 4th

#47 in The Comp. Chart------> (#11 in the English Albums Chart)


So far TE spents 2 weeks in the Top 50 Comp. Chart and reaches #39 as peak position.

COMPREHENSIVE ALBUMS CHART LINK by IFPI Greece




:smile:
 
HOLLAND

Top 30 DVDs

DVD LIVE down from #2 to #4 (Week 6th)


Top 100 Albums

ESSENTIAL down from #24 to #27 (Week 6th)


PORTUGAL

Top 30 DVDs

DVD LIVE down from #12 to #13 (Week 3th)


ITALY

Top 20 DVDs

DVD LIVE down from #1 to #2 (Week 5th)

Top 100 Albums

ESSENTIAL down from #23 to #29 (Week 6th)



NEW ZELAND

Top 40 Albums

ESSENTIAL up from #9 to #5 (Week 2th).

ESS reaches GOLD STATUS (7,500 copies shipped)


ARGENTINA

Top 20 Albums

Week 1th
#10

Week 2th

out of Top 20
 
In the USA, The Essential moves down 172-200 (-15% sales) selling 5,104 units last week.

USA

The Essential (2 CD) - Billboard 200
Week #6 (10/09/05): #200 (Sales: 5,104) (Cumulative sales: 44,777 units)
 
Updates....

THE ESSENTIAL and DVD LIVE debuts in Sweden

SWEDEN

Top 60 Albums

Week 1th #9

Top 20 Dvds

Week 1th #3


BELGIUM

Wallony Top 50 Albums

ESSENTIAL down from #1 to #2 (Week 6th)

Flanders Top 50 Albums

ESSENTIAL drops from #6 to #11 (Week 6th)


SPAIN

Top 100 Albums

ESSENTIAL down from #25 to #28 (Week 6th)

Top 20 Dvds

DVD LIVE 3th in a row at #5 (Week 5th)


HUNGARY

Top 20 Dvds

DVD LIVE

OUT of Top 20 (Week 2th )


CANADA

Top 100 Albums

ESS drops from #62 to #74 (Week 6th)

Top 50 R&B

ESS drops from #8 to #10 (week 6th)



Greece (Comprehensive Albums Chart): 39-47

ERRATA CORRIGE

//=Out of Top 50

39-//-//-47-


GREECE

The Essential (2 CD) - Top 50 Comprehensive Albums Chart

Week #01 (23/07/05): #11
Week #02 (30/07/05): #8
Week #03 (06/08/05): #13
Week #04 (13/08/05): #16
Week #05 (20/08/05): #11

Week #01 (23/07/05): DNC (Did Not Chart)
Week #02 (30/07/05): #39
Week #03 (06/08/05): DNC
Week #04 (13/08/05): DNC
Week #05 (20/08/05): #47 (Re-Entry)


ERRATA CORRIGE

GREECE

The Essential (2 CD) - Top 50 English Albums Chart

Week #01 (23/07/05): #11
Week #02 (30/07/05): #8
Week #03 (06/08/05): #13
Week #04 (13/08/05): #16
Week #05 (20/08/05): #11

The Essential (2 CD) - Top 50 Comprehensive Albums Chart


Week #01 (23/07/05): DNC (Did Not Chart)
Week #02 (30/07/05): #39
Week #03 (06/08/05): DNC
Week #04 (13/08/05): DNC
Week #05 (20/08/05): #47 (Re-Entry)

:smile:
 
USA Update #2: On the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart, Live In Bucharest moves down 9-10 while Number Ones moves up 15-12.

USA

Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #05 (10/09/05): #10

Number Ones (DVD) - Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart
Week #75 (10/09/05): #12
 
The Essentials

Denmark: 98

Eurochart top 100 albums: 24

United World Album: 22
 
Japan

The Essential
Week #01 (05/09/05):

Top 100:#67
International Album:#25
 
Originally posted by Yuichi@Sep 3 2005, 06:35 AM
Japan

The Essential
Week #01 (05/09/05):

Top 100 Comprehensive:#67

International Album:#25
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In JAPAN THE ESSENTIAL has sold 3,633 copies in its first week.

(Thanks to Mario from ukmix!!)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Top 80 Albums Chart

ESSENTIAL reaches a new peak!!!!

up from #34 to #22 (Week 3th)


IRELAND

Top 75 Albums Chart

ESSENTIAL down from #4 to #10 (Week 7th)

Top 10 Music DVD

DANG. TOUR up from #7 to #4 (Week 3th)


It's amazing the success in Ireland.
Irish loves Michael !!!!! :yes:
 
but no certifications from ireland yet? what are the units sold for gold and platinum for ireland?

In Ireland sales awards aren't available to general public

There's no associations to certify albums, it should be applied by label (Sony/BMG)

For albums

Gold=7,500
Platinum=15,000

In my opinion THE ESSENTIAL is at least Platinum=15,000

Number Ones, until January 2005, was 5xPlatinum=75,000 (from mjjsource statement on worldwide Number Ones Sales)


ESTONIA

Top 100 Albums

Week ending August 30th

ESSENTIAL debuts at #47

LINK


MALESYA

Top 20 International English Albums Chart

Essential at #3 for the 2th week in a row (Week 6th)


GREECE

Top 50 English Albums Chart

ESSENTIAL down from #11 to #35 (Week 6th)

Top 50 Comprehensive Albums

OUT of the chart


MEXICO

Top 10 Music DVDs

DVD DANGEROUS debuts at #3 (Week ending September 4th)

http://www.mixup.com.mx/mixup/subdept_port...ubdept_id=53000


In CHILE

HIStory On Film Vol II°-DVD is at #6 in the Top 10 DVDs Sales

LINK

AMAZING!!!
 
UK

The Essential (2 CD) - UK Top 75 Album Chart
Week #07 (04/09/05): #32

The Essential (2 CD) - UK Top 40 R&B Albums Chart
Week #07 (04/09/05): #10

Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour - UK Top 10 Music DVDs and Videos
Week #06 (04/09/05): #2 ====> +2 places!
 
Norway:

Michael Jackson
The Essential Michael Jackson - This week 9 (last week 8 )

link
 
Originally posted by mariemarie@Sep 5 2005, 11:46 PM
Norway:

Michael Jackson
The Essential Michael Jackson - This week 9 (last week 8 )

link
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As usual, difficult to say but I think that The Essential is a bit less than 1 million

From what we know:
100 000 in France
125 000 (approx.) in UK
44 777 in the US
35 000 in Australia
3 633 in Japan
7 500 in New Zealand.

= 316 000 copies.
 
USA

Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos

Number Ones: Week #76 (9/7/05): #12
Live In Bucharest: Week #6 (9/7/05): #13
 
Michael Jackson is smashing the charts in Sweden! The Essentials debuted at #9 in Sweden and is now up at #3.. Probably because they advertise the CD during the commercialbreak of the swedish version of "American Idol".

Way to go MJ! =D
 
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