UNITED STATES
ALBUMS
Charts Peak
Weeks On Comprehensive Billboard Top 200
Certified sales by The RIAA
Soundscan sales
Published or Confirmed sales
BMG Music Club sales 1989-2003
Motown Studio Albums
1972 Got To Be There #14 (2 Weeks) - 23 Weeks - 9,485 (13/01/2008) - 350,000
1972 Ben #5 (3 Weeks) - 32 Weeks - 7,375 (13/01/2008) - 350,000
1973 Music And Me #92 - 12 Weeks - 80,286
1975 Forever Michael #101 (2 Weeks) - 9 Weeks - 99,311
1984 Farewell My Summer Love #46 (2 Weeks) - 15 Weeks - 106,000
Epic/Sony Studio Albums
1979 Off The Wall
#3 (3 Weeks) - 188 Weeks - 8,000,000 (08/2009) - 2,109,869 (25/09/2011)
1982 Thriller
#1 (37 Weeks) - 212 Weeks - 29,000,000 (08/2009) - 6,059,478 (29/01/2012) - 923,000 - 29,400,000 (08/2009)
1987 Bad
#1 (6 Weeks) - 116 Weeks - 8,000,000 (09/1994) - 1,608,452 (25/07/2010) - 879,000 - 10,000,000
1991 Dangerous
#1 (4 Weeks) - 140 Weeks - 7,000,000 (10/2000) - 6,373,000 (25/07/2010) - 298,000 - 7,600,000
2001 Invincible
#1 - 41 Weeks - 2,000,000 (01/2002) - 2,221,024 (29/11/2009)
New Material/Old Material
1995 History : Past, Present And Future Book I° (2CD)
#1 (2 Weeks) - 41 Weeks - 3,500,000 (10/1999) - 2,584,000 (26/07/2009) - 730,000 - 4,000,000
1997 Blood On The Dance Floor / History in The Mix
#24 - 21 Weeks - 1,000,000 (10/2000) - 452,327 (27/11/2011) - 1,250,000
Epic/Sony Compilations
2001 Greatest Hits : HIStory Vol. I°
#28 - 47 Weeks - 500,000 (08/2009) - 1,182,447 (25/07/2010)
2003 Number Ones
#1 (6 Weeks) - 231 Weeks - 3,000,000 (08/2009) - 4,723,225 (29/01/2012)
2004 The Ultimate Collection (4CD+DVD)
#32 - 9 Weeks - 187,167 (11/10/2009)
2005 The Essential Michael Jackson (2CD)
#2 - 76 Weeks - 1,000,000 (08/2009) - 1,912,906 (29/01/2012)
2009 This Is It (Soundtrack)
#1 - 37 Weeks - 2,000,000 (12/2009) - 1,690,000 (06/11/2011)
2010 Michael
#3 - 13 Weeks - 1,000,000 (12/2010) - 600,000 (01/2012)
2010 Immortal (2CD) (Cirque Du Soleil Soundtrack )
#24 - 10 Weeks - 144,657 (29/01/2012)
Epic/Sony random packages
2007 X2 (Thriller/Off The Wall) - 23,858 (06/09/2009)
2009 7 CD Album Mega Bundle - #78 - 1 Week - 8,749 (11/10/2009)
2009 Selections From "This Is It" - #102 - 1 Week - 6,011 (01/11/2009)
Motown Compilations
1975 The Best Of Michael Jackson - #156 (2 Weeks) - 5 Weeks - 146,245 (13/01/2008)
1981 One Day In Your Life - #144 - 10 Weeks - 31,365 (13/01/2008)
1984 14 Greatest Hits : MJ & The J5 - #168 - 7 Weeks
1986 Anthology - 49,445 (13/01/2008)
1987 The Original Soul Of Michael Jackson - 1,000
1993 Rockin' Robin - 61,360 (13/01/2008)
1995 The Best Of : Anthology (2CD) - 31,060 (13/01/2008)
2000 20Th century Masters - 54,185 (13/01/2008)
2002 Love Songs - 25,330 (13/01/2008)
2008 Gold - #166 - 1 Week - 13,267 (26/07/2009)
2009 The Stripped Mixes - #67 - 6 Weeks - 45,747 (29/11/2009)
2009 The Definitive Collection - #43 - 7 Weeks - 115,911 (19/12/2010)
2009 The Remix Suite - 8,730 (29/11/2009)
TOTAL RIAA SHIPMENTS 66,000,000
TOTAL SHIPMENTS 76,000,000
SOUNDSCAN ALBUM SALES : YEAR BY YEAR
Since March 1991:
1991 2,964,317
1992 2,694,000
1993 2,074,000
1994 555,000
1995 2,455,000
1996 536,000
1997 511,000
1998 317,000
1999 338,000
2000 385,000
2001 2,393,000
2002 1,215,000
2003 1,068,000
2004 911,000
2005 652,000
2006 407,000
2007 635,000
2008 1,329,000
2009 8,286,000
2010 2,118,000
2011 ~1,100,000
TOTAL ~32,950,000
VIDEO/DVDs
Charts Peak
Weeks On Music Video Billboard Top 40
Certified sales by The RIAA
Soundscan sales
Published or Confirmed sales
1984 The Making Of Thriller
#1 (8 Weeks) - 64 Weeks - 500,000 (10/1984)
1985 We Are The World
#1 (2 Weeks) - 32 Weeks - 225,000 (1986)
1988 The Legend Continues
#1 (2 Weeks) - 52 Weeks - 500,000
1989 Moonwalker
#1 (22 Weeks) - 99 Weeks - 800,000 (10/1989) - 137,150 (VHS) (12/2005) - 850,000 (1989)
1994 Dangerous : The Short Films
#4 (11 Weeks) - 119 Weeks - 300,000 (08/2009) - 224,670 (2005)
1995 Video Greatest Hits : HIStory
#1 (7 Weeks) - 278 Weeks - 900,000 (08/2009) - 765,330 [224,330 (VHS) (2005) + 541,000 (DVD) (26/12/2010)]
1997 HIStory On Film Vol. II°
#1 (2 Weeks) - 223 Weeks - 600,000 (08/2009) - 398,155 (DVD only)(06/06/2010)
2003 Number Ones
#1 (14 Weeks) - 388 Weeks - 1,300,000 (08/2009) - 1,333,000 (02/01/2011)
2004 The One
#8 - 9 Weeks - 50,000 (08/2009) - 23,000 (12/2005)
2005 The Dangerous Tour : Live In Bucharest
#1 (5 Weeks) - 178 Weeks - 600,000 (08/2009) - 752,000 (02/01/2011)
2009 Live In Japan (Unofficial)
#6 - 23 Weeks
2010 This Is It
#1 - 3,600,000 (03/2010)
2010 Michael Jackson's Vision (2DVD+DVD bonus)
#2 (5 Weeks) - 45 Weeks - 250,000 (02/2011) - 84,000 (16/01/2011)
SOUNDSCAN SALES 3,717,000
TOTAL RIAA 4,800,000
TOTAL SHIPMENTS ESTIMATIONS 9,700,000
DIGITAL SONGS (All combined versions of a song)
Soundscan sales
Certified sales by The RIAA
Thriller 2,804,000 (09/11/2011) - 100,000 (11/2005)
Billie Jean 2,300,000 (16/10/2011) - 100,000 (11/2005)
Beat It 1,900,000 (25/09/2011)
Man In The Mirror 1,358,000 (19/09/2010)
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough 1,309,000 (19/09/2010) - 100,000 (11/2005)
The Way You Make Me Feel 1,143,000 (19/09/2010)
Smooth Criminal 1,015,000 (30/05/2010)
Pretty Young Thing (P.Y.T.) 1,002,000 (30/05/2010)
Black Or White 616,865 ( ? 2009)
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 588,723 (04/11/2009)
Rock With You 521,410 (12/07/2009)
Human Nature 403,397 (04/11/2009)
Off The Wall 219,097 (12/07/2009)
Bad 346,305 (12/07/2009)
Dirty Diana 308,237 (12/07/2009)
Hold My Hand 305,000 (16/01/2011)
You Are Not Alone 295,898 (12/07/2009)
Will You Be There 265,678 ( ? 2009)
Remember The Time 259,953 (12/07/2009)
Scream 187,629 (20/09/2009)
You Rock My World 170,724 (12/07/2009)
They Don't Care About Us 161,282 ( ? 2009)
Ben 129,331 (12/07/2009)
The Girl Is Mine 121,393 (12/07/2009)
Rockin' Robin 116,440 (05/07/2009)
Heal The World 115,780 (12/07/2009)
She's Out Of My Life 98,468 (12/07/2009)
Got To Be There 97,954 (12/07/2009)
Earth Song 90,000 (01/02/2010)
Workin' Day & Night 88,327 (12/07/2009)
I Just Can't Stop Loving You 86,363 (12/07/2009)
Butterflies 85,000 (05/07/2009)
Say Say Say 84,470 (12/07/2009)
Leave Me Alone 79,343 (12/07/2009)
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 77,765 (20/02/2008)
In The Closet 73,079 (12/07/2009)
The Lady In My Life 69,397 (12/07/2009)
Another Part Of Me 55,137 (12/07/2009)
Smile 46,536 (12/07/2009)
Gone Too Soon 42,332 (12/07/2009)
Give In To Me 40,890 (05/07/2009)
Who Is It 39,570 (05/07/2009)
Jam 35,390 (28/06/2009)
Digital Songs-Extras
We Are The World 316,146 (14/02/2010)
We Are The World - Demo 49,043 (12/07/2009)
SOUNDSCAN SALES 24,818,000 (19/06/2011)
DIGITAL TRACKS
Soundscan sales
Billie Jean 2,020,938 (29/01/2012)
Thriller 1,747,264 (30/10/2011)
Thriller (Single Version) 824,032 (06/11/2011)
Beat It 1,726,862 (29/01/2012)
Man In The Mirror 1,434,773 (29/01/2012)
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough 1,309,000 (19/09/2010)
Smooth Criminal 1,286,130 (29/01/2012)
The Way You Make Me Feel (Single Version) 795,311 (29/01/2012)
RINGTONES
Soundscan sales
Certified sales by The RIAA
Thriller 300,644 (2009) - 500,000 (10/2009)
Pretty Young Thing (P.Y.T.) 165,245 (2009)
Billie Jean 137,255 (2009) - 500,000 (10/2009)
Beat It 124,446 (2009) - 500,000 (10/2009)
The Way You Make Me Feel 94,816 (2009)
You Are Not Alone 84,240 (2009)
Soundscan 1,400,000 (05/07/2009)
RIAA TOTAL 1,500,000
PHYSICAL SINGLES
Charts Peak
Weeks On Billboard Hot 100
Certified sales by The RIAA
Soundscan sales
Estimations by MJDangerous
Rock With You - #1 (4 Weeks) - 24 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 2,600,000
Billie Jean #1 (7 Weeks) - 24 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 2,500,000
Say Say Say #1 (6 Weeks) - 22 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 2,500,000
Rockin' Robin #2 (2 Weeks) - 13 Weeks - 2,100,000
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough #1 - 21 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 2,000,000
Beat It #1 (3 Weeks) - 25 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 2,000,000
Ben #1 - 16 Weeks - 1,700,000
Got To Be There #4 - 14 Weeks - 1,600,000
The Girl Is Mine #2 (3 Weeks) - 18 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 1,500,000
Somebody's Watchin' Me #2 - ? Weeks - 1,450,000
Black Or White #1 (7 Weeks) - 20 Weeks -758,230 - 1,000,000 - 1,400,000
You Are Not Alone #1 - 20 Weeks - 1,056,000 - 1,000,000 - 1,400,000
Man In The Mirror #1 (2 Weeks) - 17 Weeks - 1,100,000
Off The Wall #10 (2 Weeks) - 17 Weeks - 500,000 - 1,050,000
Thriller #4 (2 Weeks) - 14 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 1,050,000
I Just Can't Stop Loving You #1 - 14 Weeks - 1,000,000 - 1,050,000
She's Out Of My Life #10 (2 Weeks) - 16 Weeks - 500,000 - 1,000,000
Bad #1 (2 Weeks) - 14 Weeks - 1,000,000
The Way You Make Me Feel #1 - 17 Weeks - 1,000,000
Scream #5 (2 Weeks) - 17 Weeks - 719,000 - 1,000,000 - 1,000,000
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' #5 (2 Weeks) - 15 Weeks - 900,000
Dirty Diana #1 - 14 Weeks - 900,000
Human Nature #7 (2 Weeks) - 14 Weeks - 800,000
Remember The Time #3 (4 Weeks) - 20 Weeks -576,000 - 500,000 - 800,000
Smooth Criminal #7 (2 Weeks) - 15 Weeks - 750,000
Another Part Of Me #11 - 13 Weeks - 700,000
I Wanna Be Were You Are #16 (2 Weeks) - 11 Weeks - 650,000
Pretty Young Thing (P.Y.T.) #10 - 16 Weeks - 650,000
Will You Be There #7 (3 Weeks) - 20 Weeks - 493,000 - 500,000 - 650,000
Just A Little Bit Of You #23 (2 Weeks) - 12 Weeks - 520,000
In The Closet #6 - 20 Weeks - 271,680 - 500,000 - 500,000
They Don't Care About Us #30 (4 Weeks) - 13 Weeks -327,260 - 450,000
Heal The World 303,755 - 400,000
Jam #26 (3 Weeks) - 14 Weeks - 245,675 - 350,000
Ease On Down The Road #41 (2 Weeks) - 9 Weeks - 300,000
Farewell My Summer Love #38 (2 Weeks) - 12 Weeks - 300,000
One Day In Your Life #55 - 7 Weeks - 250,000
Who Is It #14 (2 Weeks) - 18 Weeks -179,460 - 250,000
Blood On The Dancefloor #42 - 11 Weeks - 189,190 - 250,000
We're Almost There #54 - 8 Weeks - 240,000
With A Child's Heart #50 - 8 Weeks - 175,000
Get It #80 - 6 Weeks - 150,000
You Can't Win #81 - 3 Weeks - 100,000
Stranger In Moscow #91 - 2 Weeks - 49,000 - 100,000
One More Chance #83 - 5 Weeks - 28,000 - 50,000
Wanna Be Startin Somethin 2008 #81 - 3 Weeks
Hold My Hand - #39 - 6 Weeks
Soundscan 5,196,495
RIAA TOTAL 13,500,000
TOTAL ESTIMATIONS 42,535,000