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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Weekly USA Top 100 Album Sales Chart (Albums Sales/no streaming)<br><br>#75 The Essential Michael Jackson<br>#96 Bad<br>#113 Thriller<br>#182 Off The Wall <a href="https://t.co/yeECwCSWEi">pic.twitter.com/yeECwCSWEi</a></p>&mdash; The Best of Internet (@TheBestofMJJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBestofMJJ/status/953135243413938176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16. Januar 2018</a></blockquote>
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Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Dua Lipa's Debut Album Hits Top 40 as 'New Rules' Continues to Gain&#8203;

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Dua Lipa's Debut Album Hits Top 40 as 'New Rules' Continues to Gain

By Keith Caulfield | January 18, 2018

&#8212; Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson &#8211; No. 51 &#8212; Jackson&#8217;s best-of, along with a number of greatest-hits compilations on the chart, profit from special pricing and promotion at digital retailers. The album re-enters the list at No. 51 with 10,000 units (up 139 percent).
 
http://chartmasters.org/2018/01/data-collector-biggest-streaming-artists/

&#8203;Artists Ranking &#8211; Streaming&#8203;

1. Drake &#8211; 21,509,000 (as of Aug 2017)
2. Ed Sheeran &#8211; 14,982,000 (as of Jan 2018)
3. Rihanna &#8211; 14,508,000 (as of Nov 2017)
4. Eminem &#8211; 9,035,000 (as of Aug 2016)
5. Beyoncé &#8211; 7,809,000 (as of Dec 2016)
6. Bruno Mars &#8211; 7,756,000 (as of Oct 2017)
7. Ariana Grande &#8211; 7,524,000 (as of Nov 2017)
8. Coldplay &#8211; 7,410,000 (as of Jun 2017)
9. Justin Bieber &#8211; 6,479,000 (as of Aug 2016)
10. Maroon 5 &#8211; 6,220,000 (as of Oct 2016)
11. Selena Gomez &#8211; 6,055,000 (as of Nov 2017)
12. The Weeknd &#8211; 5,751,000 (as of Dec 2016)
13. One Direction &#8211; 5,630,000 (as of May 2017)
14. Sam Smith &#8211; 4,570,000 (as of Oct 2017)
15. Katy Perry &#8211; 4,012,000 (as of Jul 2016)
16. Adele &#8211; 3,972,000 (as of Jul 2016)
17. Lana Del Rey &#8211; 3,851,000 (as of Aug 2017)
18. Taylor Swift &#8211; 3,759,000 (as of Oct 2017)
19. Usher &#8211; 3,478,000 (as of Sep 2017)
20. Enrique Iglesias &#8211; 3,398,000 (as of Sep 2016)
21. Michael Jackson &#8211; 3,349,000 (as of Sep 2017)
22. Linkin Park &#8211; 3,287,000 (as of Jun 2017)
23. Miley Cyrus &#8211; 3,022,000 (as of May 2017)
24. Macklemore &#8211; 3,015,000 (as of Nov 2017)
25. Shakira &#8211; 2,950,000 (as of Dec 2016)
 
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Michael Jackson has now surpassed 5 billion views across all official YouTube channels.


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MJ VEVO News? @MJVEVONews 1 Std.Vor 1 Stunde
NEWS: Michael Jackson's VEVO Channel just surpassed 8 MILLION subscribers, 5 months after surpassing the 7 million milestone. #MichaelJackson
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ album (35 years old) and ‘Bad’ album (30 years old) charting on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart THIS week! &#128081; <a href="https://t.co/CX8OfkDgX9">pic.twitter.com/CX8OfkDgX9</a></p>&mdash; Michael Jackson &#9813; (@MJJLegion) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJJLegion/status/961270816402010114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">7. Februar 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Best of Internet&#8207; @TheBestofMJJ · 40 Min.Vor 40 Minuten

Weekly US Top 200 Album Sales Chart (Albums Sales Only)

#54 Bad
#88 Thriller
#142 The Essential Michael Jackson
#187 Off The Wall
 
Billboard 200:

Thriller #145- 320 weeks
Bad #170- 169 weeks

After not appearing on Billboard 200 at all in 2017, Bad has been charting for a third consecutive week. It's selling really well so far in 2018 and hopefully it will get to 200 weeks before it turns 35 in 2022.

Thriller remains as consistent as ever. I hope to see it pass 350 weeks by the end of 2018 and I think it will.

P.s I long for a day when Dangerous will chart on billboard 200 again.
 
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Yes Dangerous needs more love but MJ has long been dismissed as an 80s only artist, despite Dangerous' great albums and single performance. The MJ Estate should be (IMO) trying to encourage the idea that MJ was bigger than that through the projects they release and statements they make, but instead they focus on BAD and Thriller most.

BAD, Thriller keep selling consistently well in the last few updates I found.

1/20/18 Billboard's Top Album Sales
Total = Chain, Independent, Mass Merchants, Non Traditional

75. JACKSON*MICHAEL|ESSENTIAL MICH 1,970 = 88 27 587 1267

96. JACKSON*MICHAEL|BAD 1,636 = 289 53 1153 141

113. JACKSON*MICHAEL|THRILLER 1,552 = 280 150 453 670

182. JACKSON*MICHAEL|OFF THE WALL 1,118 = 198 136 526 260
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2/10/18 Billboard's Top Album Sales
Total = Chain, Independent, Mass Merchants, Non Traditional

61. JACKSON*MICHAEL|THRILLER 2,732 = 284 272 541 1633

71. JACKSON*MICHAEL|BAD 2,470 = 264 120 1367 719

161. JACKSON*MICHAEL|ESSENTIAL MICH 1,425 = 102 10 819 494
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2/17/18 Billboard's Top Album Sales
Total = Chain, Independent, Mass Merchants, Non Traditional

54. JACKSON*MICHAEL|BAD 2,579 = 288 119 1653 518

88. JACKSON*MICHAEL|THRILLER 1,869 = 289 291 554 736

142. JACKSON*MICHAEL|ESSENTIAL MICH 1,439 = 106 8 831 494

187. JACKSON*MICHAEL|OFF THE WALL 1,222 = 227 82 707 207
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UK certifications (<a href="https://twitter.com/bpi_music?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bpi_music</a>): <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaeljackson</a>, Thriller Platinum (600,000; single).</p>&mdash; chart data (@chartdata) <a href="https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/964578683099930624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16 February 2018</a></blockquote>
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MJTruth said:
Yes Dangerous needs more love but MJ has long been dismissed as an 80s only artist, despite Dangerous' great albums and single performance. The MJ Estate should be (IMO) trying to encourage the idea that MJ was bigger than that through the projects they release and statements they make, but instead they focus on BAD and Thriller most.

BAD, Thriller keep selling consistently well in the last few updates I found.
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Thriller always did well but Bad & Off The Wall are benefiting big time from their respective anniversary releases. IIRC, before the 25th anniversary release of Bad, it had only spent like 90 weeks on the Billboard 200. Now it's spent like 170 weeks and is always in the top 200 best selling albums every week. Off The Wall is also in most weeks a part of the top 200 best selling albums of the week. Clearly the anniversary re-issues have helped both albums gain new audience. Dangerous needs an anniversary treatment badly. Like you said, Dangerous is a great selling album with sales of over 30 million, yet it seems to have been forgotten by the public and that's sad. I hope & pray we get a 30th anniversary edition in 2021.
 
Wow that seems such a long time! But yes I hope so too.

Before that we have MJ's 60th birthday and the 10th anniversary of his death. I hope the MJ Estate have big plans for those dates.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UK certifications (<a href="https://twitter.com/bpi_music?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bpi_music</a>): <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaeljackson</a>, Thriller Platinum (600,000; single).</p>— chart data (@chartdata) <a href="https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/964578683099930624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16 February 2018</a></blockquote>
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Also ROCK WITH YOU is now SILVER (200,000)

In ITALY, I WANT YOU BACK has just got a GOLD (25,000) award for its sales/streamings since 2009

http://fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:singoli/year:2018/page:0
 
Most Top 10 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 by Solo Male Artists in History

1. Michael Jackson (29)
2. Stevie Wonder (28)
3. Elton John (27)
4. Elvis Presley (25)
5. Paul McCartney (23)
5. Drake (23)
7. Jay-Z (21)
8. Prince (19)
8. Lil Wayne (19)
8. Justin Timberlake (19)
11. Marvin Gaye (18)
11. Usher (18)
11. Ludacris (18)
14. Eminem (17)

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NEWS:Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' just surpassed 200 MILLION plays on Spotify!-It's the 2nd MJ song to do so.#MichaelJackson?pic.twitter.com/HJEWwrGiHp?
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Weekly US Top 200 Album Sales Chart (no streaming)<br><br>#60 Bad <br>#81 Thriller<br>#152 The Essential Michael Jackson <a href="https://t.co/wp639eoUe9">pic.twitter.com/wp639eoUe9</a></p>&mdash; The Best of Internet (@TheBestofMJJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBestofMJJ/status/968161752788754432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">26. Februar 2018</a></blockquote>
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pierpinto1 said:
Also ROCK WITH YOU is now SILVER (200,000)

In ITALY, I WANT YOU BACK has just got a GOLD (25,000) award for its sales/streamings since 2009

http://fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:singoli/year:2018/page:0
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Just a question. Why are they counting sales for I Want You Back from 2009 and not from 1969 when it was released? Also on the BPI website, it states that the 600,000 sales for Thriller are from 2004. Again why are they not counting sales from when the song was first released as a single in 1983? Is there a rule that I'm not familiar with?
 
I wonder why Bad got a sudden surge in sales in the US. Did Sony promote it or something?
 
chart data&#8207; @chartdata · 6 Std.Vor 6 Stunden

Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' has now spent 325 weeks on the Billboard 200.
 
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Thomas Christiansen says:

March 26, 2018 at 7:41 pm


P.Y.T. has passed 100 million plays on Spotify. It is the 4th song from Thriller reach this milestone after Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller.
Thriller is the first pre-2000 album to ever accomplish this. Truly magnificent!

Here is the top pre-2000 ALBUMS ranked by biggest 4th track:

MJ Thriller: 340.1m/210.2m/157.0m/101.2m
Dr. Dre 2001: 266.2m/250.6m/167.5m/89.2m
Pearl Jam Ten: 120.1m/109.1m/100.0m/75.2m
MJ Bad: 137.1m/111.2m/107.7m/68.9m
Nirvana Nevermind: 376.7m/243.7m/136.3m/67.3m
Metallica Black Album: 234.0m/211.0m/103.2m/62.4m
AC/DC BIB: 228.7m/150.3m/62.5m/61.7m
Bob Marley Exodus: 215.2m/135.2m/115.9m/58.9m
 
Wow PYT is really a hit with the younger audience. I thought after Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller, that WBSS and Human Nature would be the most popular Thriller songs but no, it’s PYT instead.!
 
chart data&#8207; @chartdata · 5 Std.Vor 5 Stunden

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has now surpassed 500 million views on YouTube.
 
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MJ VEVO News&#8207; @MJVEVONews · 23 Std.vor 23 Stunden
NEWS:
Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' just surpassed 400 MILLION views!
-It's the 3rd MJ video to do so.
#MichaelJackson
 
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chart data&#8207; @chartdata · 5 Std.Vor 5 Stunden

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has now surpassed 500 million views on YouTube.
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Annita;4219328 said:
&#61446; MJ VEVO News hat retweetet

MJ VEVO News&#8207; @MJVEVONews · 23 Std.vor 23 Stunden
NEWS:
Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' just surpassed 400 MILLION views!
-It's the 3rd MJ video to do so.
#MichaelJackson
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Yeah, I noticed those too since I watch his music videos on YouTube very frequently. MJ's music videos on YouTube are steadily increasing in views, a few million at a time! :) I noticed They Don't Care About Us (Brazil Version) is at 450 million now.
 
MJ VEVO News&#8207; @MJVEVONews · 22 Std.Vor 22 Stunden

Michael Jackson's 'Love Never Felt So Good' just surpassed 200 MILLION views!
-It's the 9th MJ video to do so.
#MichaelJackson
 
Annita;4220899 said:
MJ VEVO News&#8207; @MJVEVONews · 22 Std.Vor 22 Stunden

Michael Jackson's 'Love Never Felt So Good' just surpassed 200 MILLION views!
-It's the 9th MJ video to do so.
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Aaaawww.......this is great news!!
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When 2 of Michael Jackson's Albums are STILL in the top 200 Billboard Charts and one of them is THRILLER !!! <a href="https://t.co/PWgU588R1G">pic.twitter.com/PWgU588R1G</a></p>&mdash; Maria Hassell (@MeYouUsMJFAM) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeYouUsMJFAM/status/993254010793611264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">6. Mai 2018</a></blockquote>
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