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AUSTRALIA CHARTS

Albums

#54 The Essential Michael Jackson

Catalog Albums

#11 The Essential
#35 Number Ones

Singles
#89 Thriller
 
Spotify introduced a new feature last month with giving the number of monthly listens for each artists. They do not have an actual list of it (at least I did not find any), they just give the monthly listens number and the artist's position in each artist's account. So I compiled the following list from that. For some places towards the end I could not find who that position belonged to so I marked those with a "?". But it is almost complete.

So here we go (data is from November 7, 2015):

1. The Weeknd24 555 006
2. Justin Bieber21 703 203
3. Drake21 656 045
4. Calvin Harris19 587 262
5. Ed Sheeran19 200 388
6. Adele18 958 716
7. Ellie Goulding18 936 791
8. Major Lazer18 064 264
9. Avicii17 779 548
10. One Direction17 047 296
11. Selena Gomez16 570 517
12. OMI15 932 306
13. Maroon 515 274 036
14. Kygo15 273 338
15. Robin Schulz15 166 479
16. Rihanna14 783 109
17. Fetty Wap14 716 339
18. Disciples14 538 336
19. Jason Derulo14 009 629
20. Wiz Khalifa13 923 918
21. Adriana Grande13 715 873
22. Skrillex13 668 512
23. Diplo13 541 370
24. David Guetta13 300 039
25. R. City13 252 817
26. Kanye West13 202 154
27. Macklemore & R. Lewis13 010 444
28. Shawn Mendes12 875 277
29. Demi Lovato12 459 821
30. Flo Rida12 423 118
31. Sam Smith11 491 494
32. Jack Ü11 394 834
33. Enrique Iglesias11 273 433
34. Charlie Puth11 103 073
35. Sia11 071 980
36. Coldplay11 027 146
37. Chris Brown11 023 334
38. Pitbull10 947 370
39. Lost Frequencies10 892 228
40. Nicki Minaj10 834 075
41. Disclosure10 750 003
42. Beyoncé10 739 176
43. Felix Jaehn10 586 336
44. Eminem10 355 389
45. Future10 335 211
46. Imagine Dragons9 756 629
47. Katy Perry9 407 832
48. Rudimental9 347 033
49. DJ Snake9 315 948
50. Zara Larsson9 179 943
51. Nicky Jam9 151 265
52. Mark Ronson9 142 596
53. Hozier8 807 043
54. Jay Z8 741 073
55. Meghan Trainor8 671 914
56. Sigala8 651 848
57. Hailee Steinfeld8 228 384
58. Bruno Mars8 194 539
59. Michael Jackson
8 062 331
60. Walk The Moon7 995 495
61. Jessie J7 717 185
62. Fifth Harmony7 368 959
63. Galantis7 282 654
64. Justin Timberlake7 258 844
65. Lana Del Rey7 162 759
66. Years & Years7 035 615
67. John Legend6 882 036
68. X Ambassadors6 828 084
69. Alessia Cara6 725 964
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71. James Bay6 601 813
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73. Little Mix6 442 299
74. Queen6 440 552
75. MØ6 420 234
76. Usher6 383 222
77. MNEK6 379 917
78. Big Sean6 365 560
79. Miley Cyrus6 320 530
80. Silentó6 318 268
81. One Republic6 316 481
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83. Ne-Yo6 151 452
84. Fall Out Boy6 147 647
85. Tove Lo6 100 453
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88. Jess Glynne5 950 028
89. Lil Wayne5 921 649
90. Pharrell Williams5 904 463
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92. Halsey5 834 783
93. Snoop Dogg5 811 394
94. J. Cole5 797 702
95. Tiesto5 719 535
96. Alesso5 715 349
97. Kendrick Lamar5 697 705
98. Paul McCartney5 677 035
99. Rae Sremmurd5 662 222
100. Adam Lambert5 653 460

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Most of the artists on the list are current artits with current hit singles or albums. The only exceptions being Michael Jackson (#59) and Queen (#74) who are not current artists and do not have any current material out, they are simply doing well based on the presistence of their back catalog, which is very impressive IMO. Paul McCartney is in the Top 100 as well (#98) but his numbers are massively boosted by his recent collaboration with Rihanna and Kanye.

Note: Some notable artists are not on Spotify. Eg. Taylor Swift, The Beatles or Prince.
 
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Billboard 200: #45 @michaeljackson, Thriller 11,812 album equivalent units (5,728 in pure sales).
 
US charts 21/11


Hot 100
45 Re-Entry 17 Thriller


Hot R&B Songs
4 Re-Entry 4 Thriller


Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
16 Re-Entry 17 Thriller


Streaming Songs
28 Re-Entry 3 Thriller


Digital Songs
34 Re-Entry 30 Thriller


Billboard 200
45 80 104 246 Thriller
160 188 188 138 Bad


Top Album Sales
55 Re-Entry 115 Thriller


Top Catalog Albums
3 32 9 328 Thriller
20 25 15 108 Bad
38 Re-Entry 298 Number Ones
41 44 34 203 The Essential Michael Jackson


R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums
1 5 2 725 Thriller
3 3 5 295 Bad
7 10 12 464 Number Ones
8 6 7 343 The Essential Michael Jackson


Music Video Sales
35 27 &#8211; 403 Number Ones


Artist 100
32 49 66 50 Michael Jackson


Thanks Justtheothernight
 
US charts, 5 December


Billboard 200
189 (154) Bad, 140 weeks
191 (117) Thriller, 248 weeks


Top Catalog Albums
40 (24) Bad, 110 weeks


R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums
7 (3) Bad, 297 weeks
13 (2) Thriller, 727 weeks
18 (11) The Essential Michael Jackson, 345 weeks
25 (10) Number Ones, 466 weeks


Hot R&B Songs
19 (15) Thriller, 6 weeks



Thanks Justtheothernight
 
MJ's catalog sales in the USA in 2015. This is only based on the Top 50 catalog albums' sales.

So MJ has four album in the Top 50 catalog album chart in 2015 which is the most albums on that list by any artist.

Total sales in 2015 (USA):

Rank - Estimated Sales - Title - Artist

#27 - 121,000 - Bad - Michael Jackson

#31 - 117,000 - Thriller - Michael Jackson

#41 - 106,000 - The Essential - Michael Jackson

#49 - 100,000 - Number Ones - Michael Jackson


Source: oldbloke
Thanks Justtheothernight


Together that means 444,000 copies sold. With no anniversary, no hype for MJ this year, nothing.


Other artists with multiple albums in the Top 50 are:

Metallica - 3 albums (411,000 copies sold)
Fleetwood Mac - 2 albums (339,000)
Bruno Mars - 2 albums (240,000)
Taylor Swift - 2 albums (239,000)
Blake Shelton - 2 albums (227,000)
Nirvana - 2 albums (213,000)

Other notable mentions:

As expected because of the current Adele hype Adele's 21 album was the best selling catalog album of the year selling 242,000 copies. Its sales jumped up by 100,000 copies only in the last month, so obviously the number is mainly thanks to her new album coming out and giving her old albums a sales boost. 19 is not in the Top 50 though.

The Beatles have one album in the Top 50. Their Greatest Hits compilation 1 sold 135,000 copies this year.

Other big selling Greatest Hits compilations: Bob Marley's Legend (sold 183,000 copies) and Journey's Greatest Hits (173,000). Both artists have however only this one album in the Top 50.

The Rolling Stones too have one album in the Top 50. Sticky Fingers sold 100,000 copies this year.

Other good selling studio albums are AC/DC's Back in Black (151,000 copies), Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon (145,000), Eminem's The Eminem Show (138,000). All of these artists have only this one album in the Top 50 though.

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I think Thriller and Bad's sales are amazing because they could be easily cannibalized by Essential (which contains most of Thriller and Bad, plus songs from other albums). I'm pretty sure Essential hurts Thriller and Bad's sales and they still manage to sell very well, which is impressive.

Unlike other artists with a strong greatest hits album, MJ's GH sales are divided between two GH albums. If we added them its 206,000 copies in GH sales.
 
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MJ's catalog sales in the USA in 2015. This is only based on the Top 50 catalog albums' sales.

So MJ has four album in the Top 50 catalog album chart in 2015 which is the most albums on that list by any artist.

Total sales in 2015 (USA):

Rank - Estimated Sales - Title - Artist

#27 - 121,000 - Bad - Michael Jackson

#31 - 117,000 - Thriller - Michael Jackson

#41 - 106,000 - The Essential - Michael Jackson

#49 - 100,000 - Number Ones - Michael Jackson


Source: oldbloke
Thanks Justtheothernight


Together that means 444,000 copies sold. With no anniversary, no hype for MJ this year, nothing.


Other artists with multiple albums in the Top 50 are:

Metallica - 3 albums (411,000 copies sold)
Fleetwood Mac - 2 albums (339,000)
Bruno Mars - 2 albums (240,000)
Taylor Swift - 2 albums (239,000)
Blake Shelton - 2 albums (227,000)
Nirvana - 2 albums (213,000)

Other notable mentions:

As expected because of the current Adele hype Adele's 21 album was the best selling catalog album of the year selling 242,000 copies. Its sales jumped up by 100,000 copies only in the last month, so obviously the number is mainly thanks to her new album coming out and giving her old albums a sales boost. 19 is not in the Top 50 though.

The Beatles have one album in the Top 50. Their Greatest Hits compilation 1 sold 135,000 copies this year.

Other big selling Greatest Hits compilations: Bob Marley's Legend (sold 183,000 copies) and Journey's Greatest Hits (173,000). Both artists have however only this one album in the Top 50.

The Rolling Stones too have one album in the Top 50. Sticky Fingers sold 100,000 copies this year.

Other good selling studio albums are AC/DC's Back in Black (151,000 copies), Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon (145,000), Eminem's The Eminem Show (138,000). All of these artists have only this one album in the Top 50 though.

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I think Thriller and Bad's sales are amazing because they could be easily cannibalized by Essential (which contains most of Thriller and Bad, plus songs from other albums). I'm pretty sure Essential hurts Thriller and Bad's sales and they still manage to sell very well, which is impressive.

Unlike other artists with a strong greatest hits album, MJ's GH sales are divided between two GH albums. If we added them its 206,000 copies in GH sales.
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Thanks for this great summary.
 
So MJ has more catalogue albums in the chart, but is only #6 on the Year End Billboard 'Catalogue Artist' charts? I'm confused?
 
SmoothMJ;4121742 said:
So MJ has more catalogue albums in the chart, but is only #6 on the Year End Billboard 'Catalogue Artist' charts? I'm confused?
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Yes, I did not understand that either. Billboard seems to have some weird algorhythms to calculate their year-end charts which at times does not seem to correspond with actual sales.

Here is the full Top 50 list:

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 49

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales (m)) RIAA
01 - 242,000 - 21 - Adele ( 11.30 ) &#9650;11
02 - 225,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 5.06 ) &#9650;8
03 - 193,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2.61 ) &#9650;2
04 - 183,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 11.90 ) &#9650;15
05 - 177,000 - + - Ed Sheeran ( 1.10 ) &#9650;
06 - 176,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5.03 ) &#9650;6
07 - 173,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 8.83 ) &#9650;15
08 - 151,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3.33 ) &#9650;22
09 - 147,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Travis Tritt ( 0.60 )
10 - 145,000 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd ( 9.93 ) &#9650;15
11 - 145,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 0.36 )
12 - 144,000 - STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON - N.W.A. ( 1.66 ) &#9650;3
13 - 138,000 - THE EMINEM SHOW - Eminem ( 10.61 ) &#9650;10
14 - 136,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar ( 1.49 ) &#9650;
15 - 135,000 - 1 - Beatles ( 12.57 ) &#9650;11
16 - 134,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line ( 2.27 ) &#9650;2
17 - 133,000 - RED - Taylor Swift ( 4.26 ) &#9650;4
18 - 133,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey ( 1.33 ) &#9650;
19 - 128,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars ( 2.49 ) &#9650;2
20 - 127,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 2.71 ) &#9650;8
21 - 126,000 - DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE - Kid Rock ( 9.52 ) &#9650;11
22 - 126,000 - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin ( 1.65 ) &#9650;16
23 - 125,000 - GREATEST HITS - Foo Fighters ( 1.00 )
24 - 124,000 - SAVE ROCK AND ROLL - Fall Out Boy ( 0.82 )
25 - 122,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Dwight Yoakam ( 0.91 )
26 - 122,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton ( 1.56 ) &#9650;
27 - 121,000 - BAD - Michael Jackson ( 2.00 ) &#9650;9
28 - 121,000 - DARK HORSE - Nickelback ( 3.52 ) &#9650;3
29 - 121,000 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL NEVER FORGETS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band ( 0.79 )
30 - 118,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 5.74 ) &#9650;8
31 - 117,000 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson ( 6.59 ) &#9650;29
32 - 117,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16.19 ) &#9650;16
33 - 116,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack ( 1.27 ) &#9650;
34 - 114,000 - RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac ( 3.51 ) &#9650;20
35 - 112,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars ( 2.47 ) &#9650;2
36 - 112,000 - AMERICAN IDIOT - Green Day ( 6.35 ) &#9650;6
37 - 111,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses ( 5.74 ) &#9650;5
38 - 110,000 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse ( 2.99 ) &#9650;2
39 - 108,000 - NEVERMIND - Nirvana ( 9.33 ) &#9650;10
40 - 106,000 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift ( 6.99 ) &#9650;7
41 - 106,000 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson ( 2.43 ) &#9650;3
42 - 105,000 - MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK - Nirvana ( 5.02 ) &#9650;5
43 - 105,000 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton ( 1.33 ) &#9650;
44 - 103,000 - FAMILY - Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 0.31 )
45 - 102,000 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson ( 2.78 ) &#9650;2
46 - 101,000 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 6.69 ) &#9650;8
47 - 101,000 - SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Bon Jovi ( 3.46 ) &#9650;12
48 - 100,000 - STICKY FINGERS - Rolling Stones ( 1.49 ) &#9650;3
49 - 100,000 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson ( 5.24 ) &#9650;4
50 - 99,000 - ICON: ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton ( 0.24 )

https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=108808&start=725

The artists that Billboard placed ahead of MJ:

1. Blake Shelton
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Metallica
4. Fleetwood Mac
5. Michael Bublé


As you can see Blake Shelton has 2 albums in the Top 50 with a total sales of 227,000 copies.
Led Zeppelin has one album in the Top 50 with sales of 126,000.
Metallica is the closest to MJ with 3 albums and a total sales of 411,000, but still below MJ's number.
Fleetwood Mac - 2 albums, total of 339,000.
And Michael Bublé doesn't even have an album in the Top 50.

I looked up also the Holiday Albums' numbers because I thought Bublé would score there, but even there his biggest seller sold 72,000 copies.


HOLIDAY ALBUMS WEEK 49

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales (m)) RIAA
01 - 221,000 - THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME - Pentatonix ( 1.37 ) &#9650;
02 - 81,000 - ADORE: CHRISTMAS SONGS OF WORSHIP - Chris Tomlin ( 0.08 )
03 - 72,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé ( 3.80 )
04 - 44,000 - MERCYME IT'S CHRISTMAS - MercyMe ( 0.04 )
05 - 39,000 - IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME - Elvis Presley ( 1.71 ) &#9650;3
06 - 35,000 - NOEL - Josh Groban ( 5.86 ) &#9650;5
07 - 35,000 - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - Vince Guaraldi ( 3.52 ) &#9650;3
08 - 29,000 - THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES - Celine Dion ( 5.39 ) &#9650;5
09 - 28,000 - MERRY CHRISTMAS - Mariah Carey ( 5.46 ) &#9650;5
10 - 27,000 - PTXMAS (EP) - Pentatonix ( 0.40 )


It's possible that some of these artists have many albums between #50- #100 or something. Led Zeppelin reissued all of their studio albums in the past year, so it is possible with them and maybe Metallica if they have one or two albums more in the top 100 because they are so close to MJ, but with the others Billboard placed ahead of him I have doubts. I somehow doubt it that artists like Fleetwood Mac have that many albums that chart. It's Rumours and their GH that people usually buy from them. And Bublé would have to have a great number of his albums between #50-#100 to be able to overtake MJ's 444,000 tally which also seems to be very doubtful considering that his most constant seller is his Christmas album which as you have seen sold only 72,000 copies.

And add to that also this:

Number of Weeks with Multiple Catalog Albums on Catalog or BB200 chart, 2015:


#1 Eminem 49
#2 Michael Jackson 47
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So according to Billboard MJ is the #2 artist with the most number of weeks with multiple catalog albums on the BB200 chart, only behind Eminem. So how Billboard came up with that other chart where they place MJ only at #6 among catalog artists is a bit confusing considering all of the above.
 
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Thanks respect.

It must be, yet another, Billboard non-sales, 'made up' system that most normal people are unable to fathom.
 
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#63 Number Ones
#71 The Essential Michael Jackson
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I wonder if Off The Wall is going to chart again :D Does anyone know if Bad charted when Bad 25 documentary was released?
 
US charts, 23/1

Billboard 200
78 (68) The Essential, 154 weeks
112 (RE) Bad, 143 weeks

Top 200 Album Sales
84 (131) Bad, 30 weeks
126 (124) The Essential
131 (RE) Number Ones
136 (182) Thriller

Top Catalog Albums
11 (34) Bad, 113 weeks
31 (32) The Essential, 205 weeks
33 (RE) Number Ones, 299 weeks
35 (RE) Thriller, 331 weeks


R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums
2 (5) Bad, 304 weeks
8 (4) The Essential, 352 weeks
9 (25) Number Ones, 472 weeks
10 (11) Thriller, 734 weeks

Vinyl Albums
23 (23) Thriller, 5 weeks

Artist 100
49 (69) Michael Jackson, 54 weeks



Top 200 album sales (exact sales)

JACKSON*MICHAEL|BAD (84) 3755 467 56 2843 391

JACKSON*MICHAEL|ESSE NTIAL MICH (126) 2761 274 32 432 2023

JACKSON*MICHAEL|NUMB ER ONES (131) 2727 167 44 560 1957

JACKSON*MICHAEL|THRI LLER (136) 2571 482 140 636 1315

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TOP 20 SELLING ALBUM ARTISTS 2010-2019&#8230;so far

1. Adele - 21.1m

2. Taylor Swift - 18.3m

3. Justin Bieber - 11.3m

4. Eminem - 10.8m

5. Lady Antebellum - 8.8m

6. Luke Bryan - 8.2m

7. Drake - 8.2m

8. Lady GaGa - 7.6m

9. Jason Aldean - 7.5m

10. One Direction - 7.4m

11. Michael Bublé - 7.0m

12. The Beatles - 6.9m

13. Mumford & Sons - 6.7m

14. Zac Brown Band - 6.5m

15. Glee Cast - 6.2m

16. Michael Jackson - 6.1m

17. Lil Wayne - 6.0m

18. Blake Shelton - 5.9m

19. Elvis Presley - 5.5m

20. Rihanna - 5.3m

Source: Oldbloke Ukmix.org
 
respect77;4128307 said:
TOP 20 SELLING ALBUM ARTISTS 2010-2019…so far
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That's worldwide, right? Do you have the list from 2000-2009? MJ sold 30 MIL albums just in 2009. + Invincible release in 2001, Number Ones in 2003, Thriller 25 in 2008. He could be at the top of that decade.
 
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