If you ever needed any proof that Michael Jackson deserved his King of Pop title here it is. Jackson album sales were 1.1 million in the last week in the USA.
Nielsen SoundScan, the company that keeps tabs on music sales, registered a combined total of around 10,000 Jackson album units in the week prior to his death.In the four days following his death, Jackson album sales were 422,000. In the first full week of sales of his death he sold 800,000 albums. Last week, the graph went past the million mark.
In the past 2 ?? weeks, Jackson album sales have exceeded 2.3 million.
Last weeks biggest seller according to Nielsen Soundscan was ‘#1’s’ (349,000), followed by ‘Thriller’ (264,000) followed by ‘The Essential Michael Jackson’ (148,000).
Billboard reports that ‘Off The Wall’ sold 107,000 units last week, ‘Bad’ did 97,000 and ‘Dangerous’ sold 67,000.
Fans have bought 1.8 million physical albums since Michael’s death and 491,000 digital albums.
Nielsen SoundScan also tracks digital sales across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
In the past 2 ?? weeks Jackson has sold 8.1 million digital tracks.
The most popular download is ‘Man In The Mirror’ (628,000) followed by ‘Billie Jean’ (557,000) followed by ‘Thriller’ (544,000).
In Billboards Top Pop Catalog Albums Chart this week, the Top 12 albums are all Jackson albums.
1) Michael Jackson "Number Ones"
2) Michael Jackson "The Essential Michael Jackson"
3) Michael Jackson "Thriller"
4) Michael Jackson "Off The Wall"
5) Michael Jackson "Bad"
6) Michael Jackson "Dangerous"
7) Jackson 5 "The Ultimate Collection"
8) Jackson 5 "The Best of Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection"
9) Michael Jackson "Greatest Hits: HIStory ? Volume 1"
10) Michael Jackson "HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book 1"
11) Michael Jackson "Invincible"
12) Michael Jackson "The Ultimate Collection"
