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Michael Jackson Breaks Billboard Charts Records

Discussion in 'TV, Music and Movies' started by Vengeful Odin, Jul 1, 2009.

  1. Vengeful Odin

    Vengeful Odin Norse Mod

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    I know, I know, another Michael Jackson thread ... but still, this is a pretty incredible story. I'm a stats guy, and thought this was very interesting.

    So in other words ... the top Pop Catalog albums are all MJ. That's an incredible feat.

    Michael isn't just limited to moving actual physical discs. He's also taken over internet downloads.

    Even more impressive, at least to me, is this bit of news:

    So in other words, those 3 albums outsold ALL new music this past week.

    There's more, including the records he is setting for singles, but those are some pretty impressive feats. As far as I know they are all sales records.

    Here's the full article: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/michael-jackson-breaks-billboard-charts-1003989310.story
     
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  2. muscle979

    muscle979 Season Ticket Holder

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    Amazing what dying can do for your popularity. I remember when Kurt Cobain offed himself, I don't know what the sales numbers looked like but I know there was nothing on MTV but Nirvana for weeks.
     
  3. Jt0323

    Jt0323 Fins Up! Luxury Box

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    Im not surprised at all
     
  4. Jaydog57

    Jaydog57 Canes/Fins/Magic fan

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    I bought the Remastered Special Edition of 'Thriller' today, that should help with next weeks listings.
     
  5. Vengeful Odin

    Vengeful Odin Norse Mod

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    :D I was thinking about that too ... his death was on Friday and this is last week's charts ... it will be interesting to see what kind of staying power he has this week and next week.
     
  6. GARDENHEAD

    GARDENHEAD Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Of course, if Michael Bolton were to die tomorrow, his sales would only increase marginally. This is unprecedented. Nirvana sales spiked, but not like this.
     
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  7. unifiedtheory

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    Who would have thunk it. To make himself relevant again and get himself out of debt all he had to do was die.
     
  8. Silverphin

    Silverphin Well-Known Member

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    Well, that means good music is on top of the Billboard for once in a long time.
     
  9. Crappy Tipper

    Crappy Tipper AKA Hero13

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  10. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    He was in rich people's debt. That is completely different than poor people's debt.
     
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