JACKSON MAKES CHART HISTORY IN AMERICA
MICHAEL JACKSON has made chart history in America by claiming the top nine spots on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums countdown.
For the first time in Billboard history, the Catalog Albums chart-topper sold more than the number one album on the Billboard 200 countdown. In fact the new chart’s top three albums - Jackson’s Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller - have all outsold the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D.
The only non Jackson album in the Catalog chart top 10 this week is a reissue of the Woodstock movie soundtrack, which debuts at 10.
Eight of the nine albums in the top 10 are Jackson solo albums and one is a Jackson 5 hits compilation.
The King of Pop’s Number Ones claims the top spot 108,000 sales - an increase of 2,340 per cent. The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller also topped 100,000 sales.
Completing the new Top Pop Catalog album top five is Jackson’s Off the Wall and the Jackson 5’s The Ultimate Collection.
Jackson’s solo albums sold a collective 415,000 this past week - more than 400,000 more than the week leading up to his death last Thursday (25Jun09).
Jackson also claims six of the top 10 spots in the new Top Digital Albums chart, which is led by The Essential Michael Jackson.
On the main Billboard album chart, the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. returns to number one with 88,000 sales.
Catalog albums are ineligible to appear on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)
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