MJ: Airplay, Sales Aftermath

[Guest rocketman]

i ordered both video collections and Off The Wall on Amazon

just to complete my collection

in hard copy format

[Guest bulgar]

my signed Dangerous CD.

:wow:

[FedFed]

I don't understand!

Why people should by his album now???

I think is because everyone is scared to die suddenly, one day so hey hurry to tribute anyone!

I'm not going to by anything.

If i'll never would, i'll be in the used shop in a couple of months when everything wil b eback at one pound!

[Stephen]

^ maybe , maybe not. theyll DEF be a major sales surge ESP in Europe etc for M..,but dunno if it will be as big a MJ in the U.S and overall.Anyways, people are so whacked. really, 'why' most so many people be cliches and HAVE to have something --only when someone dies -- RIGHT away , even its not remotely rare and something that most people probably already own in some way lol? Once this all settles down, youll easily be able to spend a respectable amount of money on one of his CDs. Then, easily in less than a year, his albums will probably even be back to getting discounted lol!

madonna will have this if she dies unexpectantly

[Kyoko]

Madonna & Paul McCartney will receive the kind of mourning that rivals that of MJ whether or not they die suddenly. You can count on that.

[Guest Danny86]

MusicWeek report with some UK totals:

Despite the fact that less than 50 hours elapsed between the announcement of Michael Jackson's death and the end of the chart week, the frenzy that followed his death means that he posthumously has no fewer than 11 of the Top 200 albums and 43 of the Top 200 singles.

His Number Ones album returns to the top of the album chart for the first time since 2003, with sales of 46,403 copies, including 10,083 downloads.

Also in the Top 75: Thriller (number seven, 14,939 sales); King Of Pop (number 14, 12,165 sales); Off The Wall (number 17, 10,719 sales); The Essential (number 20, 10,664 sales); Thriller 25 (number 45, 4,930 sales); Bad (number 59, 3,934 sales). The record for most simultaneous Top 75 album chart entries is held, ironically, by Elvis Presley – father of his first wife, Lisa Marie. Following his equally untimely demise in 1977, Presley had 10 albums in the Top 75.

Jackson’s catalogue generated more than 124,000 album sales last week. More than 196,000 Jackson singles were also sold –the overwhelming majority in the form of downloads. Although none of his singles made as big an impression as Number Ones, 20 of them (16 solo and four with the Jacksons/Jackson Five) re-entered the Top 75. That’s the most simultaneous hits by one act in chart history.

Traditional wisdom would suggest that his biggest UK seller, Earth Song, or Billie Jean, which attracted more radio and TV airplay than any other following his death, would emerge as the top-ranked Jackson song – but the poignancy and personal nature of its lyrics made Man In The Mirror the runaway winner, with sales of 22,145 copies earning it a return to the chart at number 11, well clear of runner-up Thriller (number 23, 13,505 sales). Man In The Mirror was hitherto one of Jackson’s least successful singles, peaking at number 21 in 1988, to rank 42nd in his overall popularity list, with just 116,590 sales. It’s not only in the UK it is striking a chord either – in the USA it tops the download chart at the time of writing heading a mass influx of 49 songs by Jackson into the Top 100 on iTunes. It also leads the rankings in Canada, France and many other major territories.

Jackson is the UK’s sixth biggest-selling singles artist, with sales to date of nearly 12m, a total beaten only by Cliff Richard, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Madonna and Elton John. His all-time biggest-seller is Earth Song, which has sold 1,092,596 copies here, and re-enters the chart at number 38 this week on sales of 7,588 downloads. Three other Jackson tracks have sold more than 500,000 copies: One Day In Your Life (801,823), Billie Jean (752,766) and You Are Not Alone (587,722), with Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough (494,675) likely to join them later this week.

Jackson’s singles sales both in the UK and worldwide are dwarfed by his album sales, with his 1982 blockbuster Thriller judged to be the world’s biggest selling album of all-time, with sales variously reported at between 75m and 109m. In America, it is certainly the all-time number two album, with sales certified by the RIAA at 28m, a million below The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 compilation. In the UK, the regular edition of Thriller is also Jackson’s biggest seller, with sales of 3,666,994 copies – enough for it to rank eight in the overall table of biggest domestic sellers by any act. Thriller 25 has sold a further 252,840 copies. Thriller follow-up Bad, which hit the streets in 1987, is Jackson’s second biggest seller here, with sales of 3,609,592 copies, and ranks immediately behind Thriller in the all-time UK table in ninth place. The third album by Jackson to top the 2m mark in the UK is Dangerous, the 1991 release selling 2,010,069 copies to date.

[HolidayGuy]

MJ SoundScan Albums

All totals up through 1/13/08, unless otherwise noted

Pre-SoundScan-Era Motown releases

Anthology: 49,445

Ben: 7,375

Best of Michael Jackson: 146,245

Best of- Millennium Collection: 54,185

Best of... Anthology: 31,060

Got to Be There: 9,485

Love Songs: 25,330

One Day in Your Life: 31,365

Rockin' Robin: 61,360

Pre-SoundScan-Era Epic Releases

Off the Wall: 1.503 million (combining original and 2001 reissue)

** Thriller: 3.375 million* (this total combines the original release's tally as of 1/13/08, and the 2001 reissue/25th anniversary edition's tally as of 5/31/09)

Bad: 1.042 million (combining original and 2001 reissue)

SoundScan-Era Releases

Dangerous: 5.924 million (combining original and 2001 reissue)

HIStory: Past, Present and Future: 2.542 million

Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix: 277,930

Greatest Hits- HIStory- Vol. 1: 917,595

Invincible: 2.102 million

The Ultimate Collection: 89,500

Number Ones: 1.814 million* (as of 5/31/09)

The Essential Michael Jackson: 435,380 (up through 5/31/09)

[thebigham]

^Thanks!

[Braby]

Jackson is the UK’s sixth biggest-selling singles artist, with sales to date of nearly 12m, a total beaten only by Cliff Richard, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Madonna and Elton John. His all-time biggest-seller is Earth Song, which has sold 1,092,596 copies here, and re-enters the chart at number 38 this week on sales of 7,588 downloads. Three other Jackson tracks have sold more than 500,000 copies: One Day In Your Life (801,823), Billie Jean (752,766) and You Are Not Alone (587,722), with Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough (494,675) likely to join them later this week.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Best_selli...sts_of_all_time

Cliff Richard (20,969,006)

The Beatles (20,799,632)

Elvis Presley (19,293,118)

Madonna (14,562,856)

Elton John (13,475,063)

Michael Jackson (11,310,958)

Queen (10,334,713)

ABBA (10,004,039)

Paul McCartney (9,781,603)

David Bowie (9,392,410)

These sales are only to February 2004 so they need to be updated. Will he be able to overtake Elton John (who wouldn't even be in the Top 10 if it weren't for Candle In The Wind)?

[HolidayGuy]

I've listed tracks with 100+ spins in the last seven days. I think I've got em all, but if anyone sees one I may have missed, let me know. If I update this on Wednesday (to reflect Billboard's tracking period for H100 Recurrent Airplay),m several other titles will join the list.

I've included Jackson 5/Jackson songs.

Michael Jackson's Most-Played Tracks- 7-Day Period- 6/22/09-6/28/09- USA

(Per Mediabase)

(includes 3-1/2 days of airplay following his passing)

1. Billie Jean: 4,116 (+3,879)- 35.101m (+33.019)

2. Rock With You: 3,431 spins (+2,967)- 29.557 million (+25.681)

3. Thriller: 3,256 (+3,228)- 25.703m (+25.526)

4. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough: 3,070 (+2,767)- 27.373m (+24.362)

5. P.Y.T.: 2,902 (+2,661)- 26.018m (+23.837)

6. Beat It: 2,540 (+2,457)- 20.228m (+19.748)

7. Man in the Mirror: 2,516 (+2,489)- 21.406m (+21.305)

8. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin: 2,389 (+2,241)- 22.855m (+21.2)

9. The Way You Make Me Feel: 2,237 (+2,134)- 19.885m (+18.819)

10. Human Nature: 2,099 (+1,975)- 19.19m (+18.193)

11. Remember the Time: 2,093 (+2,003)- 18.476m (+17.756)

12. Bad: 1,833 (+1,818)- 15.632m (+15.581)

13. Smooth Criminal: 1,744 (+1,734)- 14.156m (+14.05)

14. Off the Wall: 1,633 (+1,550)- 14.372m (+13.402)

15. I Want You Back: 1,570 (+1,515)- 15.386m (+14.915)

16. Black or White: 1,552 (+1,542)- 12.572m (+12.513)

17. ABC: 1,529 (+1,489)- 14.196m (+13.86)

18. You Are Not Alone: 1,282 (+1,263)- 10.737m (+10.602)

19. I'll Be There: 1,155 (+1,082)- 10.606 (+9.994)

20. Butterflies: 1,097 (+1,056)- 9.997m (+9.817)

21. Never Can Say Goodbye: 1,040 (+1,007)- 10.256m (+10.046)

22. Dirty Diana: 1,013 (+1,010)- 6.916m (+6.895)

23. You Rock My World: 921 (+907)- 8.763m (+8.5)

24. Workin' Day and Night: 898 (+752)- 8.465 (+6.885)

25. Lady in My Life: 820 (+743)- 7.609 (+6.93)

26. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground): 782 (+666)- 7.65m (+6.433)

27. The Girl is Mine: 758 (+755)- 6.118m (+6.103)

28. Ben: 684 (+682)- 6.178m (+6.167)

29. Got to Be There: 664 (+655)- 6.256m (+6.218)

30. Dancing Machine: 664 (+641)- 7.356m (+7.172)

31. Can You Feel It: 543 (+534)- 5.926m (+5.889)

32. I Just Can't Stop Loving You: 537 (+525)- 5.505m (+5.431)

33. She's Out of My Life: 512 (+508)- 4.944m (+4.916)

34. The Love You Save: 507 (+494)- 4.972m (+4.896)

35. I Wanna Be Where You Are: 440 (+438)- 5.188m (+5.144)

36. Gone Too Soon: 427 (+427)- 4.31m

37. Say Say Say: 424 (+412)- 3.864m (+3.802)

38. Heartbreak Hotel: 416 (+401)- 4.43m (+4.315)

39. Jam: 409 (+407)- 3.26m (+3.247)

40. I Can't Help It: 380 (+363)- 4.152m (+4.009)

41. Heal the World: 374 (+374)- 3.749m

42. Rockin' Robin: 367 (+360)- 3.316m (+3.277)

43. Another Part of Me: 349 (+338)- 3.055m (+3.002)

44. Scream: 341 (+339)- 2.539m (+2.538)

45. Blame it on the Boogie: 340 (+333)- 3.614m (+3.555)

46. Liberian Girl: 338 (+337)- 3.327m (+3.318)

47. Will You Be There: 322 (+319)- 2.416m (+2.408)

48. Show You the Way to Go: 294 (+268)- 3.299m (+3.146)

49. Enjoy Yourself: 267 (+258)- 2.776m (+2.703)

50. In the Closet: 254 (+250)- 1.821m (+1.809)

51. Baby Be Mine: 225 (+222)- 2.027m (+2.001)

52. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin 2008: 216 (+214)- 1.555m (+1.552)

53. Leave Me Alone: 210 (+210)- 1.911m

54. State of Shock: 141 (+139)- .872 (+.86)

55. Maybe Tomorrow: 138 (+135)- 1.686m (+1.678)

56. One More Chance: 121 (+121)- .788m

57. Heaven Can Wait: 116 (+116). .841m

58. Mama's Pearl: 116 (+114)- 1.105m (+1.101)

59. They Don't Care About Us: 103 (+102)- .901 (+.892)

BONUS:

USA For Africa

We Are the World: 412 (+411)- 3.509m (+3.505)

[promise to try]

In spain King of pop is number 2 on the album chart, but all his stuio albums, except invincible, are on the top 100.Even Blood on the dancefloor re entered.And the sescond album behind KOP is Bad...on the other hand on the singles chart, Thriller enters on the top ten

[jonski43]

Man In The Mirror was being promoted by Chris Moyles in the UK. I suppose it is the poignancy of the song but I don't quite get it as it is not one of most well known songs by a long stretch. Just shows the power of Radio One! Still, it leaps from 11 to No.2 in the single sales and downloads chart with Billie Jean landing at No. 10 which I thought would be the big hit. Thriller and Beat It both in Top 20. It was the last three singles I expected to dominate. At least he didn't push Heal The World which is MJ's biggest selling single in the UK! Tragic!

He has three GH collections in the top 5 albums with Thriller and Off The Wall in the top 10! Sony will be happy!

[Guest Danny86]

^A few posts back you can see my post about the Music Week report, which lists his 5 best selling UK singles and "Heal The World" is not among them. His best seller was always "Earth Song", don't know where you got the info about "HTW".

[promise to try]

well, Heal the world was a big hit during 1992, so it´s normal to think it´s one of his most important songs in terms of sales

[Guest KoreanMadonna]

MJ breaks all records in the Germany =>9 Albums and 24 Singles in the charts!

Musik-Charts: Gigantischer Ansturm auf Musik von Michael Jackson

06.07.2009

Der "King of Pop" übertrifft alles bisher Dagewesene. Michael Jacksons Tod löste einen gigantischen Ansturm auf seine Musik aus und er dominiert posthum die Charts. Sage und schreibe 24 Singles und neun Alben sind platziert. "Einen derartigen Ansturm haben wir in 32 Jahren noch nie erlebt und werden es wohl auch nie wieder", sagt Ulrike Altig, Geschäftsführerin von media control. "Knapp 60 Prozent aller Verkäufe der LP-Top-Ten entfielen allein auf Jackson-Platten", unterstreicht Altig.

In den Album-Charts stürmt Michael Jackson direkt auf die Plätze eins und zwei: Das Best-of "King Of Pop" katapultiert sich vor "Thriller" an die Spitze. Mit "Number Ones" auf Position sieben und "Bad" auf Platz neun landen zwei weitere LPs in den Top Ten. Gleichzeitig startet "The Collection" auf Rang 19 und auf den Position 23, 26, 31 und 35 reihen sich "Dangerous", "History – Past, Present and Future", der Konzert-Mitschnitt "Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour" und "Essential Michael Jackson" ein.

Jackson drückt auch den Single-Charts seinen Stempel auf. Bestplatzierter Song ist "Thriller" auf Platz neun, der damit höher notiert wird als zu Lebzeiten. Außerdem kehren unter anderem "Earth Song" (12), "Beat It" (14), "Billy Jean" (18), "Heal The World" (21), "Dirty Diana" (22), "They Don't Care About Us" (26) oder "I Want You Back" (91), das aus seiner Zeit mit den Jackson Five stammt, in die Hitliste zurück.

Source: http://www.media-control.de/musik-charts-g...el-jackson.html

Edited July 6, 2009 by KoreanMadonna

[promise to try]

Musik-Charts: Gigantischer Ansturm auf Musik von Michael Jackson

Musik-Charts: Gigantischer Ansturm auf Musik von Michael Jackson

06.07.2009 German Charts - MJ breaks all records

Der "King of Pop" übertrifft alles bisher Dagewesene. Michael Jacksons Tod löste einen gigantischen Ansturm auf seine Musik aus und er dominiert posthum die Charts. Sage und schreibe 24 Singles und neun Alben sind platziert. "Einen derartigen Ansturm haben wir in 32 Jahren noch nie erlebt und werden es wohl auch nie wieder", sagt Ulrike Altig, Geschäftsführerin von media control. "Knapp 60 Prozent aller Verkäufe der LP-Top-Ten entfielen allein auf Jackson-Platten", unterstreicht Altig.

In den Album-Charts stürmt Michael Jackson direkt auf die Plätze eins und zwei: Das Best-of "King Of Pop" katapultiert sich vor "Thriller" an die Spitze. Mit "Number Ones" auf Position sieben und "Bad" auf Platz neun landen zwei weitere LPs in den Top Ten. Gleichzeitig startet "The Collection" auf Rang 19 und auf den Position 23, 26, 31 und 35 reihen sich "Dangerous", "History – Past, Present and Future", der Konzert-Mitschnitt "Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour" und "Essential Michael Jackson" ein.

Jackson drückt auch den Single-Charts seinen Stempel auf. Bestplatzierter Song ist "Thriller" auf Platz neun, der damit höher notiert wird als zu Lebzeiten. Außerdem kehren unter anderem "Earth Song" (12), "Beat It" (14), "Billy Jean" (18), "Heal The World" (21), "Dirty Diana" (22), "They Don't Care About Us" (26) oder "I Want You Back" (91), das aus seiner Zeit mit den Jackson Five stammt, in die Hitliste zurück.

Source: http://www.media-control.de/musik-charts-g...el-jackson.html

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[jonski43]

^A few posts back you can see my post about the Music Week report, which lists his 5 best selling UK singles and "Heal The World" is not among them. His best seller was always "Earth Song", don't know where you got the info about "HTW".

Right, just looked into it. It was an old stat from when Radio 1 did MJ's 40 best selling singles of all time quite a few years ago. They did M as well. It was pre-itunes by quite a few years so stats will have changed in the meantime. They updated the chart last Christmas with the 30 at 50 series - all based on sales at that time where it was still Number six. I suspect that has completely changed again in the last couple of weeks.

Radio 1, 30 at 50

[Guest boytoyville]

Article from mediatraffic. Total album sales last week for MJ globally was 1.7 million and tracks sold is 2.5 million.

Here is the full article: http://www.mediatraffic.de/

Never before in the history an act showed such a massive presence on the charts like Michael Jackson do at the moment. Nearly 1,7 million albums and more than 2,5 million tracks by Michael Jackson

(and the Jackson Five) were sold during the last week globally. His 'Number Ones' (from 2003) leads the current global album chart with hugh sales of 466.000 copies, followed by 'Thriller' (1982) at no.2 with 367.000 copies, 'The Essential' (2005) at no.4 with 257.000 copies and 'King Of Pop' (2008) at no.5 with 159.000 copies. Sandwiched between is this week's highest debut, Masaharu Fukuyama's 'Zankyo' at no.3 with 261.000 copies. Outside the top 10, Michael Jackson's 'Off The Wall' climbs at no.11 (90.000), 'Dangerous' shoots to no.21 (60.000) and 'Bad' sails at no.24 (56.000). By the way, Michael Jackson's box-set 'Collection', which includes 5 of his most famous albums, is not eligible for the global tally, the sales of this compilation were divided to the original albums. Back to the top 10 another 3 albums debut there: Brad Paisley's 'American Saturday Night' comes in at no.7 with 134.000 copies, Rob Thomas' 'Cradlesong' starts at no.8 with 133.000 copies and Wilco's self-titled album bows at no.9 with 114.000 copies. COMPLETE GLOBAL ALBUM CHART

On the singles top 40 a massive 15 tracks by Jacko (and the Jackson Five) were placed this week! After 26 years 'Billie Jean' reaches the top 3 of the global chart for a second time (249.000 points), close behind are 'Thriller' at no.4 (237.000 points), 'Man In The Mirror' at no.5 (232.000 points) and 'Beat It' at no.6 (194.000 points). The Black Eyed Peas occupy the top two spots for another week,

with 'Boom Boom Pow' at the summit (300.000 points) and 'I Gotta Feeling' at no.2 (287.000 points). Highest debut of the week is Arashi's 'Everything' at no.11 with 176.000 points. Only 4 weeks ago, their former smash, 'Ashita No Kioku' arrived at no.3. Tohoshinki, another j-pop act, starts at no.27 with 'Stand By U' (100.000 points). Colbie Caillat is back on the tally, 'Falling For You' jumps at no.30 with 97.000 points. Her debut 'Bubbly' from 2007 was one of the biggest hits of the last years and were 41 weeks on the global top 40.