Doggone
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Billboard has lots of different lists of the best selling singles or albums. Every category has its own rules.
When Michael died in 2009 he sold 1.1 million albums in just 1 week. He had 9 albums in the Top 10 Top Pop Catalogs Albums chart. But unfortunately the albums were not allowed to enter the The Billboard 200 because the albums were older then 18 months. So an album named ''Sugarland'' was still on #1 on the Billboard 200. Michael even outsold Sugarland.
Several months later, in December, Billboard decided to change the rules. From then on all albums were allowed to enter the 200 list. Regardless of their age or something else.
Doesn't this seem unfair? If this Michael was scrapped when Michael died he would have got 1, or maybe even 2, more album on the top of 200 list.
Does the old rule apply for the Hot 100 too? Imagine if he had more singles on the first spot on the Hot 100 list...
When Michael died in 2009 he sold 1.1 million albums in just 1 week. He had 9 albums in the Top 10 Top Pop Catalogs Albums chart. But unfortunately the albums were not allowed to enter the The Billboard 200 because the albums were older then 18 months. So an album named ''Sugarland'' was still on #1 on the Billboard 200. Michael even outsold Sugarland.
Several months later, in December, Billboard decided to change the rules. From then on all albums were allowed to enter the 200 list. Regardless of their age or something else.
Doesn't this seem unfair? If this Michael was scrapped when Michael died he would have got 1, or maybe even 2, more album on the top of 200 list.
Does the old rule apply for the Hot 100 too? Imagine if he had more singles on the first spot on the Hot 100 list...