Updates On New Album Chart Success

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#1 in 15 Countries!!!

He's also #2 in UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and Finland.

Question: What happened to Japan? I thought he was huge over there...

Correction - he's #3 in Finland.

Oh gosh...it's already showing him slipping down in some countries. This is quite cruel. I hope it doesn't matter how long they are at #1 to be counted...

[MJnowANDforever]

Looks like Wednesday is the day we are waiting for.   The updated Billboard Top 200 charts will be published on the 22nd and they're saying that MIchael could sell up to 250,000 albums by this weeks end, going head to head with Anne Boyle and Taylor Swift.  We all know what the outcome is going to be..  MICHAEL #1 hee heeee        

"Michael Jackson's first posthumous studio album is in a tight race for honors on next week's chart with reigning champ Susan Boyle and former queen Taylor Swift, according to early industry prognostications.

Jackson's "Michael" could move around 200,000 to 225,000 by week's end on Sunday, December 19. But Boyle's "The Gift" could also sell as many copies (if not more), as could Swift's "Speak Now," which is currently at No. 2. The Billboard 200 chart will be published on Wednesday."

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[liegi]

Michael is no. 1 in Italy.

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Weekly Chart Notes: Michael Jackson, Lonely Island, Reba McEntire
by Gary Trust   |   December 23, 2010 4:35 EST



RETURN OF THE KING: The late King of Pop makes a triumphant return to Billboard's charts.

While "Michael" arrives at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 behind Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" (2-1) and Susan Boyle's "The Gift" (1-2), Michael Jackson's posthumous set claims top honors on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

The album is Jackson's eighth No. 1 on the R&B/hip-hop album tally:

Peak Year, Title, Weeks at No. 1
1979, "Off the Wall," 16
1983, "Thriller," 37 (the longest reign in the chart's 45-year history)
1987, "Bad," 18
1992, "Dangerous," 12
1995, "HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book 1," two
2001, "Invincible," four
2009, "Michael Jackson's This Is It" (soundtrack), four
2011, "Michael," one

Jackson ups his total to 94 cumulative weeks atop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the most among solo acts. Only the Temptations (109) have spent more time at the summit. Jackson has spent an additional 39 weeks at No. 1 with five leading albums as a member of the Jackson 5.

The arrival of "Michael" spurs a 65-39 jump on the Billboard Hot 100 for the set's first radio single "Hold My Hand," with Akon. The song is Jackson's 38th top 40 hit on the Hot 100, breaking a tie with Neil Diamond. Among male artists, Jackson trails only Elvis Presley (80), Elton John (57), Stevie Wonder (46), James Brown (44), Marvin Gaye (41), Lil Wayne (41; see below) and Frankie Valli (39) for most top 40 charted titles among solo males.

"Hold My Hand" is Jackson's first song to ascend to the Hot 100's top 40 since "Butterflies" took flight to No. 14 in January 2002. With the new track's advance, Jackson becomes the first artist to reach the top 40 on the Hot 100 in each of the '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s and '10s.
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[katy (MJFAN7)]

In the USA it's #28 on itunes.  :roll:  :roll:
(i could've sworn it was #6 last night though...)
This is one of the many reasons why i do not like this country...  :evil:

[mjjamm]

#3 Most sold album last week in the U.S on Top 200
#39 Top 100 Songs, which is an incredible rebound from last weeks place at 65

[anewfan]

#3 Most sold album last week in the U.S on Top 200
#39 Top 100 Songs, which is an incredible rebound from last weeks place at 65

Thanks for the update!! Good to see him rising through the ranks!

[MJmakesmespeechless]

This is fabulous!!!
What about in Canada???

[liegi]

I've begun hearing it played in the shops, etc., here in Italy.

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‘Michael’ in the USA

By Damien | January 12, 2011

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS ALBUM!

The Sony Music/MJ Estate album ‘Michael’ spends a second week at #21 on the USA charts after selling 17,000 copies there over the last 7 day sales period.

That takes the ‘Michael’ total to 416,500 in America.

With the sales results we’ve seen so far from ‘Michael’ in the USA, it is highly unlikely that the album will ever be certified Platinum.


‘Michael’ in the UK

By Damien | January 11, 2011

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS ALBUM!

The recently release Sony Music/MJ Estate album ‘Michael’ has been suffering from worse than anticipated sales. Musicgoss will be keeping fans up-to-date (from now on) with it’s chart and sales progress.

In the UK this week it sold a measly 5,500 copies to land at #43 on the official UK albums chart. A terrible result after only being out for 4 weeks!

The album only managed to maintain a top 40 spot for 3 weeks in the UK and has sold 225,000 copies to date.

[MJonmind]

"Speak now" about "The Gift", "Hold my hand." MJ
Being no. 1 may not have been the real goal of MJ for this album.
Someone else said, "He's not making music so much as he's making a live Thriller movie right now.

[liegi]

I don't know about sales, but I keep hearing "Hold my hand" on the radio here in Italy.

[katy (MJFAN7)]

I've only heard it on the radio twice.
but then again, i don't really listen to the radio that much.

[pepper]

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Hold My Hand
#77 on itunes