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'Thriller' Reissue Bows At No. 1 In Europe
February 21, 2008 - Global

By Paul Sexton, London

Michael Jackson's augmented 25th anniversary reissue of "Thriller" (Legacy/Epic) enters in pole position on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart. Meanwhile on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, "Apologize" (Mosley/Blackground/Interscope) by Timbaland presents One Republic starts a 14th week at No. 1.

The Jackson album makes one No. 1 start, in France, but also climbs 21-1 and 14-1 in the Belgian regions of Flanders and Wallony respectively. It's in at No. 2 in Germany, Switzerland, Holland and Norway; No. 3 in the United Kingdom (on sales of 41,000), Portugal and Denmark; No. 4 in Spain; No. 5 in Austria and Ireland and No. 6 in Italy.

Amy Winehouse holds at No. 2 on the composite chart with "Back To Black" (Universal Island), as the multi-platinum set enjoys a 9-1 surge in Portugal, holds at No. 1 in Germany and Holland and climbs 6-2 in Austria, 5-2 in Ireland, 4-2 in France, 3-2 in Spain, 6-3 in Flanders and 5-3 in Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, Winehouse climbs both with the regular edition of the album (20-16) and the "Deluxe Edition" (21-14).

Jack Johnson's "Sleep Across The Static" (Brushfire/Universal Island), which entered Top 100 Albums at No. 1 last week, falls to No. 3, despite spending a second week atop the U.K. chart on sales of 47,000, for a two-week total of 101,000. "Static" is also No. 1 again in Ireland, but dips in other European markets.

Lenny Kravitz falls 3-4 on the Europe-wide tally with "It Is Time For A Love Revolution" (Virgin), despite holding at No. 1 in Switzerland, No. 3 in Italy and No. 5 in Flanders. The album falls 2-3 in Holland, 3-5 in Germany, 5-10 in France and 6-10 in Spain. The single from it, "I'll Be Waiting," is up 19-13 on the Eurochart.

Also falling one place each on Top 100 Albums are Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco Music/Sony BMG), 4-5 despite a No. 3 entry in Greece, and Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" (SRP/Def Jam), 5-6. But Nickelback's "All The Right Reasons" (Roadrunner) is up 9-7 as it nears the top of the U.K. chart some 28 months after release. It's up 3-2 there on weekly sales of 46,000.

Mika's "Life In Cartoon Motion" (Casablanca/Island) is down 7-8 overall, although it climbs 11-9 in its 54th U.K. chart week. James Blunt makes that same move on the pan-European tally with "All The Lost Souls" (Atlantic), and another big pan-European seller of recent months, Eros Ramazotti's "E2" (Ariola), is back up 20-10, re-energized by a No. 1 debut in Sweden.

The extraordinary Eurochart-topping feats of "Apologize" now place it within one week of the aggregate 15-week run at No.1 established by "Hips Don't Lie" (Epic) by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean in the summer of 2006. But only 13 of those were consecutive, whereas Timbaland's single has had 14 straight weeks at the top. The track now posts climbs of 2-1 in Italy and 14-7 in France.

The top new entry on the Eurochart is Welsh singer Duffy's "Mercy" (A&M/Universal), in at No. 7 after a No. 1 debut in the United Kingdom on downloads of 38,000.

source:
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4231af81ca730dd7e365f6ac6009db61

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AWSOME!! great news this is.. lol!
 
YAY!!! Go Mike!!!

I'm so proud of him!

...And of you guys too for being such great fans and supporting him! :D
 
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Yeeeehaaaaa , It Is Confirmed As No 1 In The World With Sales Of Almost 400,000 In Just 1 Week!!!
 
I just saw on the news today that Thriller 25 will be number 1 in Belgium!!

They always put their news online so I'll post the link for it if it's online.:)

They also showed a MJ look-alike and he said the cd was still so popular because everybody still knows Michael Jackson, he's still popular... He said he sometimes goes to perform on a birthday party for a kid and they always know who he is and the kids still love him:)

But as I said, I'll post the link for the vid later.
 
^^aha, I found it:) http://www.iwatch.be/2007/player.html?category_id=hetnieuws&item_id=hetnieuws_6_13

It's one of the headlines as you can see at 2:13 - 2:21 'the album 'Thriller from Michael Jackson is - 25 years after its first release again number one on the hitparades'

Ans then they show something about Thriller, starting from 22:00:

' Thriller from Michael Jackson is again number one on the hitparades, just like 25 years ago when the album was first released. Thriller instantly became a legende; the best sold lp ever, and the videoclips were out of this world, they were milestones in the music history. This is a quarter century later, the album is remixed but the magic is still working.'

*clip of 'Thriller'*
voice over: 'Thriller, the album of Michael Jackson. Exactly 25 years ago it hit the stores for the first time. It eventually sold 100 million copies. It's the best sold album ever'

Eric Mellaerts ( a musician): 'At that moment it was the ultimate dance-pop-record. Every other musician knew wath they would have to do now. Because if you want to improve it, You've got a lot of work to do.'

*clip of Beat it and Eric Mellaerts plays beat it on his guitare*

Eric Mellaerts: 'Okay, this is just one piece of the album, the intro of Beat it. It might as well be invented tomorrow. That's why Thriller is still such a great album. That's very special.'

*They show the new version*

Voice over: 'Today, 25 years later, is the album re-released and it will be number one this weekend on the hitparade. Emmanuel is a MJ look-alike and he's got an explanation for the new succes.'

Emmanuel Reyghere: 'I think it's an album which still inspires a lot of generations; people from the secenties, eighties, nineties and ever young children of today. If I'm asked for a birthday party, I see children who are 7 or 8 years old who say 'Michael Jackson!! Michael Jackson!!' and they still know him.

*Some more clips of Billy Jean, the look-alike,...*

End: 24:19
 
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