UPDATED: Michael Jackson’s Albums Storm The Charts On iTunes
6:47 pm, June 25th, 2009, Leander Kahney
Michael Jackson's albums are storming the charts on iTunes.
UPDATE: As predicted, seven of the Top 10 albums on iTunes are Michael Jackson’s. Checked at 8AM Friday morning.
Just hours after his untimely death, Michael Jackson’s albums are storming the charts on iTunes.
Jackson’s seminal album Thriller is currently the number one album on iTunes, while The Essential Michael Jackson is number two.
Several of his other albums are climbing the charts fast. At the time of writing (about 6.45 PST) Jackson has nine albums in the iTunes top 40:
Thriller (25th Anniversary, Zombie Cover) is #7; Off the Wall is #9; The Ultimate Collection is #12; Number Ones is #13; Bad is #22; Greatest Hits is #27; Dangerous is #29; and Thriller (25th Anniversary, Deluxe Edition) is #28.
Jackson is the best-selling solo artist of all time. He sold more than 750 million albums worldwide, and Thriller, produced by the genius Quincy Jones, sold an estimated 100 million copies worldwide.
I expect Apple to post a homepage tribute, and Jackson’s albums to dominate the chart by the morning.
Posted by Leander Kahney in News, iTunes | Comment on this article
Not surprised. Your worth more money when you are dead than alive.
ace, on June 25th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
The same is true for YouTube. I wanted to hear a couple of songs to remember my teenage years. They don’t sound the same to me as they were in 1980s, but still it brings up a lot of memories. RIP Michael Jackson
Sargis Dallakyan, on June 25th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Legend!
Cosmic, on June 25th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Minor note, MJ is the best selling male solo artist, the best selling act of all time is The Beatles, but still the world has lost a great performer
David Fulero, on June 25th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Hey, have you seen this news article?
New details about Michael Jackson’s Death Emerge
I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…
Michael, on June 25th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
I think it is amazing that the world is really doing this…you have to know that most people already have vinyl, cassettes and cd’s of these albums already
but they are paying homage to an icon
and an amazing performer the best ever!
he has almost all of the music videos top ten and 6 of the top ten albums as of 3am eastern time…he will be missed
just goes to show you don’t have to be what society considers a normal male to be loved by the masses and respected for his gift
we love you Michael and will miss you
scott, on June 25th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
You should update this he’s got the number 1,4,5,6, & 10 album on iTunes right now that’s 50 percent of the top ten. Also he’s got the top music video on iTune (Thriller).
R.I.P Michael
James, on June 26th, 2009 at 12:45 am
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Ökad försäljning av Michael Jacksons album - Saker vi hade väntat oss - Popponny!, on June 26th, 2009 at 5:02 am
One thing I heard a few years back was that Michael Jackson owned the rights to a lot of Beatles’ music which he outbid Paul McCartney. Supposedly Michael put in his will that Paul gets the rights to the music when he (Michael of course) dies.
The former is true. I wonder if the latter is.
Sabon, on June 26th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Get ‘em while you can. Now that he died they’ll never be able to make another clone of these files…
imajoebob, on June 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
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ZOLENGTHE » Blog Archive » A tribute to the King of Pop singer, Pu Michael Jackson, on June 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
i have a 1982 album of michael jackson thiller for sale ,a cassete of bad, and a cd of motown classis the jackson 5 ,all for sale for two hundred dollars ,if interest ,e-mail me at tnrebel53@aol.com
tnrebel53, on June 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
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What the Michael Jackson sales surge is about, on June 26th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
very sad news ;he was king of pop.
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0816 » Blog Archive » Kind of Pop, on June 27th, 2009 at 5:46 am
[...] Michael Jackson war 50 Jahre alt, als er einem Herzanfall erlag. Ich möchte mich nicht lange an dem Thema aufhalten. Seine Musik dominiert zurzeit die iTunes-Charts; zurecht. Thriller ist nach wie vor eines der besten Alben aller Zeiten. (cultofmac) [...]
Steve Jobs kehrt zurück, iPhone 3GS kann Video und iTouch User upgraden nicht | macophilia - Mac, iPod, iPhone und alles andere von Apple, on June 28th, 2009 at 4:18 am
you feel his music in your soul! if he could see all that is being blogged about him now, would he care so much of all of us saying how he is the best singer and performer? he knew who he was and what he could do in his career. i beleive he needed and wanted someone to not judge him. a friend who would see and connect to his heart.
i beleive you found that michael with your heavenly father! i love you and hope to join you in paradise!
Rebecca Green, on July 1st, 2009 at 11:02 pm