This article lists some of the sales and charts records and achievements of Michael Jackson (1958–2009), an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Jackson's success during his peak in the 1980s and 1990s included a number of notable statistical accomplishments. He is the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music and is recognized as the "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time" by Guinness World Records selling an estimated 500 millons records around the world.[1]
Jackson (aged 11 years, 155 days or 11 years, 5 months, and 2 days) is the youngest vocalist ever to top the Hot 100. As part of the Jackson 5, he topped the charts with "I Want You Back" on the week of January 31, 1970.[2][3]
Jackson's Thriller (1982) remained at the top on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty-seven weeks, setting a record for the longest run at number one by a studio album.[4] It is only one of two albums to have sold more copies in the United States than any other in two separate years, topping the sales charts in 1983 and 1984.
Thriller is currently the second best-selling album of all time in the United States and the second most certified album after the Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975), with total units of 34 million sold to date.[5]
Jackson's Bad (1987) remained at top 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty-eight weeks, setting a record for the longest run at top five by an album from a male solo artist.[6]
In July 2009, three of Jackson's albums (Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller) claimed the top three positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums and Top Comprehensive Albums charts in the week following the singer's death.[7] marking the first time any catalog album outsold the number one album on the Billboard 200. Additionally, eight of the top nine positions on Top Pop Catalog Albums were owned by Jackson, with a ninth held by a Jackson 5 hits collection. This made Jackson the only solo artist to achieve such feat.[7][8]
Jackson was the first artist to launch seven top ten singles off one album.[9]
Jackson's Bad is only one of two albums where five singles off one album topped the Billboard Hot 100.[9]
Jackson became the first recording artist to land number one singles in three decades after "Black or White" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1991. His first number-one single, "Ben", topped the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1972.[10]
Jackson became the first artist to simultaneously top Billboard's album chart and the number one single on both the pop and R&B charts, with Thriller and "Billie Jean" in the week of March 5, 1983.[11]
Jackson had more number-one singles than any other recording artist in the 1980s with nine singles.[2]
Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" made him the first artist to have a song debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1995.[12]
Jackson holds the record of longest span of number ones for a male act in the Billboard Hot 100 with a span of 25 years and seven months.[13]
Jackson has had 13 number-one singles on Billboard's Hot 100, making him the male artist with most No. 1 Hits in the Hot 100 era.[14] Including Pre- Hot 100, Jackson follows Elvis Presley for the most number ones by a male artist and ranks fifth overall.
Jackson has 30 top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with Drake, Madonna, the Beatles, and Rihanna having more.[15]
Jackson currently holds a record for the longest span of top forty singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in a span of 46 years and eight months, with his debuting solo single, "Got to Be There", entering the chart on November 6, 1971, and his posthumous duet with Drake, "Don't Matter to Me", first charting on July 14, 2018.[16][17]
Jackson is the only act to have top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 across five consecutive decades (1970s–2010s)[18] and six consecutive decades including his work with the Jackson 5 (1960s–2010s) when "I Want You Back" charted at No. 8 on the week of December 27, 1969, in the Billboard Hot 100.[17]
At the 1984 Grammys, Thriller earned Michael 7 Grammy awards with Jackson winning an eighth for his contribution to the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial soundtrack, the most won by an artist in a single year.[19]
Jackson currently holds the record for the most wins by a male artist at the American Music Awards with 26.[20]
Jackson's US number onesedit
Michael Jackson had 13 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.[21]
Jackson had the most Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart in one year, 19 in 2006. Each of the 19 songs was collectors' rereleases of previous Jackson hits, issued weekly as part of a 20-single promotion (the first of the singles was ineligible to chart due to its packaging). Of these singles, "Billie Jean" reached the highest position on the UK chart (#11), and "Jam" remained on the chart for the longest stretch (13 weeks).[23]
Jackson had 44 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart.[24] Elvis Presley has the most, with 77.
Jackson's Thriller and Bad are the two highest-selling albums by a male solo artist in UK history. Besides Jackson, only Queen, with the 1st- and 7th-best-selling albums, has multiple entries in the top twenty.[25]
Jackson is the only artist to have 3 albums (Thriller, Bad and Number Ones) certified 10× Platinum or more in the UK.[26]
Bad was the fastest-selling album in the UK with sales of 350,000 copies during the first week of its release (it is now the eleventh).[27]
In the second week following his death, Jackson had 13 songs in the UK Top 40, and 5 albums in the Top 10, including the top-selling album.[28][29]
Jackson's UK number onesedit
Michael Jackson had seven number one hits on the UK Singles Charts.[24]
Jackson had eight albums in Australia that earned platinum or multi-platinum certifications: Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, Invincible, Number Ones, and The Essential Michael Jackson.
Jackson has sold over 500 million records worldwide and he is one of three recording artists (along with Paul McCartney and Phil Collins) and the first American artist who have sold over 100 million records worldwide both as solo artists and (separately) as principal members of a band.[31]
Jackson is the most successful entertainer in history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records [32]
Thriller is the best-selling album of all time with claimed sales of 70 million.[35]
Jackson has been credited with supporting more charities than any other artist – 39 charitable organisations – either with monetary donations through sponsorships of their projects or participation in their activities.[36]
Jackson is the Highest-Paid Commercial Spokesperson ever; Pepsi Cola paid Jackson $12 million to do 4 TV commercials in March 1988.[citation needed][37]
David O. Selznick's 1940 Best Film Oscar for Gone with the Wind (USA, 1939) was bought by Jackson for $1,542,000 on June 12, 1999, at Sotheby's, New York City. The Academy Awards no longer permits such sales, all but ensuring that it will remain the most expensive Oscar.[38]
In 1995, Jackson financed the most expensive music video: "Scream". The clip, which co-starred sister Janet Jackson, reportedly cost over US$7 million.[39]
On November 14, 1991, the debut of Michael Jackson's music video Black or White was broadcast simultaneously in 27 countries, to the largest audience in television history for a music video premiere: an estimated 500 million people.[40]
Jackson has the two best-selling VHS music videos ever released: "Moonwalker" (1988), and "The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller (1984).
Jackson's Bad world tour (1987–1989) was the second highest-grossing tour of the 1980s behind Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, with a gross of $125 million. His 1996–97 HIStory tour grossed $165 million, becoming one of the top five highest-grossing tours of the 1990s and became his highest-grossing concert tour to date. At the time, Jackson had the two highest-grossing tours ever given by a solo artist.
While the bulk of his sales achievements have come in the fields of pop music and R&B, Jackson has also had success in subgenres. His Dangerous (1991) album (32 million sales worldwide) has been cited as the top-selling new jack swing album, while his Blood on the Dance Floor (6 million sales worldwide) is the biggest selling remix collection.
Jackson's double album HIStory is the top-selling multiple disc album of all time by a male solo artist. Though estimates of its worldwide sales total range as high as 30 million copies (60 million discs).[41]
Jackson was once one of the wealthiest artists in the world, with an estimated fortune of more than $750 million.[42] In 2007, the Jackson estate's assets were calculated to be $1,360,839,979, with 85% of that total being Jackson's stake in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing song catalog that includes most of the Beatles' songs. Jackson also had sizeable debts that far outstripped his liquid cash total, which was just .05% of his net worth.[citation needed]
Following his death, Jackson became the first artist to sell more than 2 million downloads in a week.[43]
Michael Jackson's This Is It is the top-grossing concert film and the documentary film of all time. The posthumous movie has earned over $260 million worldwide to date. It also set a record for concert films with $103.9 million in worldwide ticket sales in its first five days of release.[44][45]
On March 16, 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a record-breaking $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and release seven posthumous albums—some of which will feature unreleased material—over the next decade.[46]
In August 2010, Jackson became the 44th dancer/choreographer inducted into the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame, and the hall's first inductee from the world of rock and roll.[47]
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This article lists some of the sales and charts records and achievements of Michael Jackson 1958 2009 an American singer songwriter and dancer Jackson s success during his peak in the 1980s and 1990s included a number of notable statistical accomplishments He is the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music and is recognized as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time by Guinness World Records selling an estimated 500 millons records around the world 1 U S President Ronald Reagan presents Michael Jackson with an award for his work against drunk driving at a White House ceremony 1984 Data for U S sales comes largely from Billboard magazine and the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA Contents 1 Selected countries 1 1 US chart records and achievements 1 1 1 Jackson s US number ones 1 1 2 Jackson s US Top 10 Hits 1 1 3 Jackson s US R amp B number ones 1 2 UK chart records and achievements 1 2 1 Jackson s UK number ones 1 3 French chart records and achievements 1 3 1 Jackson s French number ones 1 4 Spanish chart records and achievements 1 4 1 Jackson s Spanish number ones 1 5 Canadian chart records and achievements 1 5 1 Jackson s Canadian number ones 1 6 Australian chart records and achievements 1 6 1 Jackson s Australian number ones 1 7 Norwegian chart records and achievements 1 7 1 Jackson s Norwegian number ones 1 8 Swiss chart records and achievements 1 8 1 Jackson s Swiss number ones 1 9 New Zealand chart records and achievements 1 9 1 Jackson s New Zealand number ones 1 10 Irish chart records and achievements 1 10 1 Jackson s Irish number ones 2 Other records and achievement worldwide 3 See also 4 ReferencesSelected countries editUS chart records and achievements edit See also List of artists who reached number one in the United States and List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones Jackson aged 11 years 155 days or 11 years 5 months and 2 days is the youngest vocalist ever to top the Hot 100 As part of the Jackson 5 he topped the charts with I Want You Back on the week of January 31 1970 2 3 Jackson s Thriller 1982 remained at the top on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty seven weeks setting a record for the longest run at number one by a studio album 4 It is only one of two albums to have sold more copies in the United States than any other in two separate years topping the sales charts in 1983 and 1984 Thriller is currently the second best selling album of all time in the United States and the second most certified album after the Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971 1975 with total units of 34 million sold to date 5 Jackson s Bad 1987 remained at top 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty eight weeks setting a record for the longest run at top five by an album from a male solo artist 6 In July 2009 three of Jackson s albums Number Ones The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller claimed the top three positions on Billboard s Top Pop Catalog Albums and Top Comprehensive Albums charts in the week following the singer s death 7 marking the first time any catalog album outsold the number one album on the Billboard 200 Additionally eight of the top nine positions on Top Pop Catalog Albums were owned by Jackson with a ninth held by a Jackson 5 hits collection This made Jackson the only solo artist to achieve such feat 7 8 Jackson was the first artist to launch seven top ten singles off one album 9 Jackson s Bad is only one of two albums where five singles off one album topped the Billboard Hot 100 9 Jackson became the first recording artist to land number one singles in three decades after Black or White topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1991 His first number one single Ben topped the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1972 10 Jackson became the first artist to simultaneously top Billboard s album chart and the number one single on both the pop and R amp B charts with Thriller and Billie Jean in the week of March 5 1983 11 Jackson had more number one singles than any other recording artist in the 1980s with nine singles 2 Jackson s You Are Not Alone made him the first artist to have a song debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1995 12 Jackson holds the record of longest span of number ones for a male act in the Billboard Hot 100 with a span of 25 years and seven months 13 Jackson has had 13 number one singles on Billboard s Hot 100 making him the male artist with most No 1 Hits in the Hot 100 era 14 Including Pre Hot 100 Jackson follows Elvis Presley for the most number ones by a male artist and ranks fifth overall Jackson has 30 top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with Drake Madonna the Beatles and Rihanna having more 15 Jackson currently holds a record for the longest span of top forty singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in a span of 46 years and eight months with his debuting solo single Got to Be There entering the chart on November 6 1971 and his posthumous duet with Drake Don t Matter to Me first charting on July 14 2018 16 17 Jackson is the only act to have top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 across five consecutive decades 1970s 2010s 18 and six consecutive decades including his work with the Jackson 5 1960s 2010s when I Want You Back charted at No 8 on the week of December 27 1969 in the Billboard Hot 100 17 At the 1984 Grammys Thriller earned Michael 7 Grammy awards with Jackson winning an eighth for his contribution to the E T the Extra Terrestrial soundtrack the most won by an artist in a single year 19 Jackson currently holds the record for the most wins by a male artist at the American Music Awards with 26 20 Jackson s US number ones edit Michael Jackson had 13 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts 21 1972 Ben 1 week 1979 Don t Stop Til You Get Enough 1 week 1980 Rock with You 4 weeks 1983 Billie Jean 7 weeks 1983 Beat It 3 weeks 1983 Say Say Say with Paul McCartney 6 weeks 1987 I Just Can t Stop Loving You with Siedah Garrett 1 week 1987 Bad 2 weeks 1987 The Way You Make Me Feel 1 week 1988 Man in the Mirror 2 weeks 1988 Dirty Diana 1 week 1991 Black or White 7 weeks 1995 You Are Not Alone 1 week Jackson s US Top 10 Hits edit Michael Jackson had 28 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts while living and to date has two posthumous Top 10 entries 21 1971 Got to Be There 4 1972 Rockin Robin 2 1972 Ben 1 1979 Don t Stop Til You Get Enough 1 1980 Rock with You 1 1980 Off The Wall 10 1980 She s Out of My Life 10 1983 The Girl Is Mine with Paul McCartney 2 1983 Billie Jean 1 1983 Beat It 1 1983 Wanna Be Startin Somethin 5 1983 Human Nature 7 1983 P Y T Pretty Young Thing 10 1983 Say Say Say with Paul McCartney 1 1984 Thriller 4 1987 I Just Can t Stop Loving You with Siedah Garrett 1 1987 Bad 1 1988 The Way You Make Me Feel 1 1988 Man in the Mirror 1 1988 Dirty Diana 1 1989 Smooth Criminal 7 1991 Black or White 1 1992 Remember the Time 3 1992 In the Closet 6 1993 Will You Be There 7 1995 Scream with Janet Jackson 5 1995 You Are Not Alone 1 2001 You Rock My World 10 2014 Love Never Felt So Good with Justin Timberlake 9 2018 Don t Matter to Me with Drake 9 Jackson s US R amp B number ones edit Michael Jackson had 16 number one hits on the Billboard R amp B charts 22 1972 Ben 1 week 1979 Don t Stop Til You Get Enough 5 weeks 1980 Rock with you 1983 The Girl Is Mine 1983 Billie Jean 9 weeks 1983 Beat It 1 week 1985 We Are the World 1987 I Just Can t Stop Loving You 1 week 1987 Bad 3 weeks 1987 The Way You Make Me Feel 4 weeks 1988 Man in the Mirror 1 week 1988 Another Part of Me 1 week 1988 Smooth Criminal 1 week 1991 Remember the Time 2 weeks 1991 In the Closet 1 week 1995 You Are Not Alone 4 weeks UK chart records and achievements edit Jackson had the most Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart in one year 19 in 2006 Each of the 19 songs was collectors rereleases of previous Jackson hits issued weekly as part of a 20 single promotion the first of the singles was ineligible to chart due to its packaging Of these singles Billie Jean reached the highest position on the UK chart 11 and Jam remained on the chart for the longest stretch 13 weeks 23 Jackson had 44 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart 24 Elvis Presley has the most with 77 Jackson s Thriller and Bad are the two highest selling albums by a male solo artist in UK history Besides Jackson only Queen with the 1st and 7th best selling albums has multiple entries in the top twenty 25 Jackson is the only artist to have 3 albums Thriller Bad and Number Ones certified 10 Platinum or more in the UK 26 Bad was the fastest selling album in the UK with sales of 350 000 copies during the first week of its release it is now the eleventh 27 In the second week following his death Jackson had 13 songs in the UK Top 40 and 5 albums in the Top 10 including the top selling album 28 29 Jackson s UK number ones edit Michael Jackson had seven number one hits on the UK Singles Charts 24 1981 One Day in Your Life 2 weeks 1983 Billie Jean 1 week 1987 I Just Can t Stop Loving You with Siedah Garrett 2 weeks 1991 Black or White 2 weeks 1995 You Are Not Alone 2 weeks 1995 Earth Song 6 weeks 1997 Blood on the Dance Floor 1 week French chart records and achievements edit Jackson had four diamond albums in France They are Thriller Bad Dangerous and HIStory 30 Jackson had 22 top ten hits on the French Top 100 Singles charts Jackson had 36 top 40 hits on the Top 100 Singles charts Jackson s French number ones edit Michael Jackson had eight number one hits on the Top 100 Singles charts 1983 Billie Jean 3 weeks 1983 Say Say Say with Paul McCartney 1 week 1984 Thriller 3 weeks 1991 Black or White 2 weeks 1992 Heal the World 2 weeks 1995 You Are Not Alone 1 week 2001 You Rock My World 3 weeks Spanish chart records and achievements edit Jackson had 35 top 20 hits on the Top 20 Singles charts Jackson had 29 top ten hits on the Top 20 Singles charts Jackson s Spanish number ones edit Michael Jackson had 21 number one hits on the Top 20 Singles charts 1983 The Girl Is Mine with Paul McCartney 3 weeks 1983 amp 2006 Billie Jean 2 weeks 1983 Say Say Say with Paul McCartney 1 week 1988 amp 2006 Smooth Criminal 6 weeks 1991 Black or White 11 weeks 1995 Scream with Janet Jackson 4 weeks 1996 amp 2006 Stranger in Moscow 5 weeks 1997 amp 2006 Blood on the Dance Floor 7 weeks 2001 You Rock My World 1 week 2006 Thriller 2 week 2006 Rock with You 1 week 2006 Beat It 1 week 2006 Bad 14 weeks 2006 The Way You Make Me Feel 1 week 2006 Dirty Diana 1 week 2006 Leave Me Alone 1 week 2006 Jam 1 week 2006 Heal the World 1 week 2006 You Are Not Alone 1 week 2006 Earth Song 1 week Canadian chart records and achievements edit Jackson had five number one albums in Canada Thriller Bad HIStory Number Ones and This Is It Jackson had three singles that earned at least one platinum certification in Canada Billie Jean Beat It and Say Say Say Jackson s Thriller is the highest selling album in Canadian music history the first and only album to obtain Triple Diamond certification Jackson had 29 top 20 hits on the Top 50 Singles charts Jackson had 20 top ten hits on the Top 50 Singles charts Jackson s Canadian number ones edit Michael Jackson had five number one hits on the Top 50 Singles charts 1983 Billie Jean 7 weeks 1983 Beat It 2 weeks 1984 Say Say Say with Paul McCartney 1 week 1987 Bad 1 week 1991 Black or White 8 weeks Australian chart records and achievements edit Jackson had eight albums in Australia that earned platinum or multi platinum certifications Off the Wall Thriller Bad Dangerous HIStory Invincible Number Ones and The Essential Michael Jackson Jackson had 27 top 20 hits on the Top 100 Singles charts Jackson had 20 top ten hits on the Top 100 Singles charts Jackson s Australian number ones edit Michael Jackson had four number one hits on the Top 100 Singles charts 1972 Ben 8 weeks 1979 Don t Stop Til You Get Enough 3 weeks 1983 Billie Jean 5 weeks 1985 We Are The World 1991 Black or White 8 weeks Norwegian chart records and achievements edit Jackson had three singles that earned a gold certification in Norway Earth Song They Don t Care About Us and You Rock My World Jackson had 21 top ten hits on the Top 20 Singles charts Jackson s Norwegian number ones edit Michael Jackson had five number one hits on the Top 20 Singles charts 1979 Don t Stop Til You Get Enough 2 weeks 1983 Say Say Say 5 weeks 1987 I Just Can t Stop Loving You with Siedah Garrett 7 weeks 1991 Black or White 6 weeks Swiss chart records and achievements edit Jackson had 24 top ten hits on the Top 100 Singles chart Jackson had 21 top ten hits on the Top 20 Singles charts Jackson s Swiss number ones edit Michael Jackson had four number one hits on the Top 100 Singles charts 1983 Billie Jean 7 weeks 1991 Black or White 6 weeks 1995 Earth Song 4 weeks 1995 You Are Not Alone 3 weeks New Zealand chart records and achievements edit Jackson had 24 top ten hits on the Top 100 Singles charts Jackson s New Zealand number ones edit Michael Jackson had eight number one hits on the Top 100 Singles charts 1979 Don t Stop Til You Get Enough 5 weeks 1983 Beat It 5 weeks 1991 Black or White 5 weeks 1991 Remember the Time 2 weeks 1993 Give In to Me 4 weeks 1995 You Are Not Alone 3 weeks 1995 Scream with Janet Jackson 4 weeks 1997 Blood on the Dance Floor 1 week Irish chart records and achievements edit Jackson had 70 chart entries on the Top 100 Singles charts Jackson s Irish number ones edit Michael Jackson had 10 number one hits on the Top 100 Singles charts more than any other solo artist 1981 One Day in Your Life 1983 Billie Jean 7 weeks 1985 We Are the World 1987 I Just Can t Stop Loving You with Siedah Garrett 1987 Bad 1987 The Way You Make Me Feel 1 week 1989 Leave Me Alone 1989 Liberian Girl 1 week 1991 Black or White 3 weeks 1995 You Are Not Alone 4 weeks Other records and achievement worldwide editJackson has sold over 500 million records worldwide and he is one of three recording artists along with Paul McCartney and Phil Collins and the first American artist who have sold over 100 million records worldwide both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band 31 Jackson is the most successful entertainer in history according to the Guinness Book of World Records 32 To date Jackson is the first and only artist to have five of his solo albums sell over 20 million copies worldwide Off The Wall 20 million Thriller 70 million Bad 35 million Dangerous 32 million and HIStory Past Present and Future Book I 20 million result Jackson holds the record for artist with highest number of best selling albums worldwide 31 33 34 Thriller is the best selling album of all time with claimed sales of 70 million 35 Jackson has been credited with supporting more charities than any other artist 39 charitable organisations either with monetary donations through sponsorships of their projects or participation in their activities 36 Jackson is the Highest Paid Commercial Spokesperson ever Pepsi Cola paid Jackson 12 million to do 4 TV commercials in March 1988 citation needed 37 David O Selznick s 1940 Best Film Oscar for Gone with the Wind USA 1939 was bought by Jackson for 1 542 000 on June 12 1999 at Sotheby s New York City The Academy Awards no longer permits such sales all but ensuring that it will remain the most expensive Oscar 38 In 1995 Jackson financed the most expensive music video Scream The clip which co starred sister Janet Jackson reportedly cost over US 7 million 39 On November 14 1991 the debut of Michael Jackson s music video Black or White was broadcast simultaneously in 27 countries to the largest audience in television history for a music video premiere an estimated 500 million people 40 Jackson has the two best selling VHS music videos ever released Moonwalker 1988 and The Making of Michael Jackson s Thriller 1984 Jackson s Bad world tour 1987 1989 was the second highest grossing tour of the 1980s behind Pink Floyd s A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour with a gross of 125 million His 1996 97 HIStory tour grossed 165 million becoming one of the top five highest grossing tours of the 1990s and became his highest grossing concert tour to date At the time Jackson had the two highest grossing tours ever given by a solo artist While the bulk of his sales achievements have come in the fields of pop music and R amp B Jackson has also had success in subgenres His Dangerous 1991 album 32 million sales worldwide has been cited as the top selling new jack swing album while his Blood on the Dance Floor 6 million sales worldwide is the biggest selling remix collection Jackson s double album HIStory is the top selling multiple disc album of all time by a male solo artist Though estimates of its worldwide sales total range as high as 30 million copies 60 million discs 41 Jackson was once one of the wealthiest artists in the world with an estimated fortune of more than 750 million 42 In 2007 the Jackson estate s assets were calculated to be 1 360 839 979 with 85 of that total being Jackson s stake in the Sony ATV Music Publishing song catalog that includes most of the Beatles songs Jackson also had sizeable debts that far outstripped his liquid cash total which was just 05 of his net worth citation needed Following his death Jackson became the first artist to sell more than 2 million downloads in a week 43 Michael Jackson s This Is It is the top grossing concert film and the documentary film of all time The posthumous movie has earned over 260 million worldwide to date It also set a record for concert films with 103 9 million in worldwide ticket sales in its first five days of release 44 45 On March 16 2010 Sony Music Entertainment signed a record breaking 250 million deal with Jackson s estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and release seven posthumous albums some of which will feature unreleased material over the next decade 46 In August 2010 Jackson became the 44th dancer choreographer inducted into the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame and the hall s first inductee from the world of rock and roll 47 As of 2022 Thriller is the best selling albums in Mexico based on certifications by AMPROFON See also editList of awards and nominations received by Michael Jackson List of best selling music artists in the United Kingdom in singles sales List of most expensive music videos List of best selling albums List of best selling albums in the United States Philanthropy of Michael JacksonReferences edit Fourny Marc February 9 2022 Michael Jackson bientot un biopic dans la veine de Bohemian Rhapsody Le Point in French Archived from the original on February 3 2023 a b McDermott Maeve Ranking Michael Jackson s No 1 hits in honor of what would have been his 60th birthday USA Today Archived from the original on June 7 2020 Retrieved June 15 2020 1963 Youngest Solo Artist at No 1 Guinness World Records August 19 2015 Archived from the original on October 16 2019 Retrieved December 1 2019 Music News The latest music news and gossip from Yahoo and Google 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