Over the past week, some critics have taken offense that has been called Michael Jackson the greatest entertainer of all-time.
Well, selling 1.1 million copies should shut some of them up for awhile.
During the week of his memorial, Michael Jackson’s catalog continues sell big.
Since his death the "King of Pop" has sold 2.3 million copies.
The Number Ones collection is # 1 on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart with 349,000 copies sold, followed by Thriller at #2 with of sales of 264,000, (an increase of 41 percent).
The Essential Michael Jackson is #3 with 149,000 (up 18 percent) followed by Off the Wall at 107,000 copies (a 108 percent jump). Bad was #5 (97,000, up 332 percent), followed by Dangerous (67,000, up 157 percent) and the Jackson 5’s Ultimate Collection at #7 (34,000, up 239 percent).
The Jackson 5 Millennium Collection is at #8 (17,000, up 280 percent), followed by Vol. 1 — Greatest Hits HIStory at #9 (15,000, up 98 percent) and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1 at #10 (14,000, up 153 percent). Even his last studio album Invincible sold 14,000 (up 61%).
This from an album that was panned by critics and ignored by Pop radio, but has remained a favorite on adult R&B radio for years.
On the downloads front Jackson also has 17 songs on the Hot Digital Tracks chart, led by "Man in The Mirror" at #3 with 130,00 copies sold.
Billboard reports that Jackson sold 2.5 million digital tracks in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand over the past week
Sales will no doubt slow down as the weeks go by, but the mere fact Michael Jackson has sold this amount albums in this short of time proves that he still had a lot of fans in America
Too bad it took his death to make people realized how much they loved him and his music.
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