JACKSON STILL THE KING OF POP IN BRITAIN
MICHAEL JACKSON is still the King of Pop in Britain - the tragic supersta r is the top-selling artist there in the year since his death.
As fans gather to mark the anniversary of his death at California’s For est Lawn Cemetery, where Jackson was laid to rest in September (09), offi cials for Britain’s Official Charts Company have revealed the Thriller si nger has sold 2.8 million albums and 1.5 million singles in Britain since his passing.
Jackson’s sales have placed him ahead of Canadian singer Michael Buble, who has sold just over two million albums in Britain during the same per iod.
The firm’s researchers have also listed Jackson’s top 10 biggest sellin g singles and albums in the U.K. since his death, to mark the year annive rsary.
Hit song Man In the Mirror was the most popular track, while Billie Jea n, Thriller and Smooth Criminal all sold more than 100,000 copies in the last year. The biggest selling album in Britain since the singer’s death is The Essential - selling just over 600,000 copies in 12 months. (KD/WNW
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