Michael Jackson’s Record Sales Up to the Roof!

Like always, Michael Jackson is back on top, even though he already passed away.

Nielsen SoundScan said the King of Pop’s albums sales have exploded, with three of his albums are in the top three spots (Number Ones, Essential Michael Jackson, and Thriller) and 2.3 million tracks have been downloaded in the United States since his death.

Album sales for the week through Sunday hit 422,000 in the U.S., up from 10,000 a week earlier. The week’s tally was greater than all the Jackson albums sold from the start of the year to June 21. Jackson himself has a record eight out of the top 10, while a Jackson 5 compilation also finds its way into the upper tier.

The entire top nine positions on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart will house Jackson-related titles when the tally is released in the early morning on Wednesday (July 1). Nielsen SoundScan’s sales tracking week ended at the close of business on Sunday (June 28) night.

Then on the Top Digital Albums chart, Jackson has a record six out of the top 10 slots, including the entire top four. The Essential Michael Jackson leads the Top Digital Albums list with 80,000 downloads sold, while Thriller is No. 2 with 57,000.

Thriller was also Jackson’s best seller in the week before his death with 5,000 downloads, which translates to a 3,551% jump. Jackson’s total volume of downloads this week (including his tracks with the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons) account for 2.6 million downloads, a remarkable number considering last week’s cumulative sum was 48,000. Moreover, Jackson becomes the first act to sell more than 1 million song downloads in a week.

Other than Thriller, Michael Jackson’s five other songs in the top 10 are Man In The Mirror (No. 3, 165,000), Billie Jean (No. 4, 158,000), The Way You Make Me Feel (No. 6, 136,000), Beat It (No. 7, 134,000) and Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (No. 8, 125,000). Each of the tracks in the top 10 of Hot Digital Songs were among the top 10 most-played Jackson selections at radio following his passing.

That’s undoubtedly an outstanding achievement!

[ via Billboard ]

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