The three best-selling albums in the United States last week were all by – yep – Michael Jackson: Number Ones sold 108,000 copies; The Essential Michael Jackson sold 102,000; and Thriller sold 101,000.
In total, 422,000 copies of Mr. Jackson’s albums were sold in the week that ended on Sunday —more than 40 times the previous week’s figure.
Additionally, a mind-blowing 2.3 MILLION downloads of single tracks were sold, separate from album sales.
In the three days before his death, Billie Jean had only 94 spins on the 1,600 stations that Nielsen BDS monitors across the country. Between 3 pm and midnight Thursday, the song was played 1,011 times.
And as my good friend the BurlyBachelor asked so pointedly – Really? What was your opinion of him at the BEGINNING of last week?
