| Michael Jackson Record Sales Hit 9 Million Mark |
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July 16, 2009
Michael Jackson |
In life, Michael Jackson was no stranger to the Diamond Award - the status achieved when one sells 10 million copies of an album. But in death, his catalog has almost reached Diamond-level sales status once again. According to the Los Angeles Times, worldwide sales of Jackson's albums have hit the 9 million mark since his death on June 25. On Wednesday, Nielsen SoundScan said Jackson's albums sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. over the last seven days and had combined to sell 2.3 million in the U.S. since he died. Jackson's music has also topped the charts in France, Germany, Australia and the U.K. during that time period. Sony Music declines as a policy to comment on sales issues, but a spokeswoman for the label did not dispute the accuracy of the 9 million figure when asked by the Times.
"We're seeing a real outpouring from fans and consumers who are looking to connect and get past what's happened -- the tragedy of his death -- through attaching themselves to his music," Best Buy senior entertainment officer Gary Arnold told the Times. "They're buying a pretty broad spectrum of his work; they aren't just buying Thriller but a broad range of titles from throughout Michael's career. Realistically we expect to see people connecting at unprecedented levels through Christmas."
Amazon.com spokesman Andrew Herdener also said that "the customer response to Michael Jackson's death has been staggering and unprecedented -- we took more orders for Jackson CDs and MP3s in the first 24 hours after his death than we did in the previous 11 years of the Amazon music store."
As reported yesterday, Jackson's Number Ones collection was the top selling album in the United States for the third week in a row, with 349,000 copies sold. Thriller moved another 264,000 copies while the Essential set sold 149,000. Off the Wall sold 107,000, Bad shifted 97,000 and Dangerous moved 67,000.
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