[Gregers]

Det går fantastisk for Michael albummet:

MICHAEL JACKSON’S
MICHAEL IS THE #1 SELLING GLOBAL ALBUM
The Legendary Icon Continues His Worldwide Success
Shipping Platinum or Gold in 31 territories

New York – The King of Pop showed once again that his music knows no borders as the Sony Music/Epic Records release MICHAEL – the first album in nine years of new Michael Jackson tracks — debuted globally at #1 in its first week of sales and shipped over 3 million units worldwide making it one of the biggest albums of 2010.

Hailed by TIME as “a carefully assembled recreation of his finest moments as a solo artist and a reminder of why we cared about him to begin with,” MICHAEL clearly has been embraced not only by his most passionate fans in virtually every corner of the world, but a new generation discovering his recent artistry, collaborations and poignant gems featured on MICHAEL. Wrote Neil McCormick, chief rock music critic for the London Daily Telegraph: “It has the extraordinary confidence of a pop classic and presages an album that may well be Jackson’s best work since his Eighties glory days.”

Today’s worldwide results underscore Michael Jackson’s prophetic vision in seeing the world as one territory and his fans part of a single community, which helped endear him to countless fans and make him the global icon and superstar he remains today. Some of the sales figures from across the world show the following:

■MICHAEL shipped Platinum in 14 territories including the United States, UK, Germany, France (2x), Italy (3x), Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Belgium, Czech Republic (4x), Canada, Korea and the Middle East.
■The album debuted at #1 in Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden.
■And on top of the # 1 album chart entry in Germany, sales of MICHAELbroke the country’s 2010′s first-week record with over 85,000 units sold.
■Opening week sales of more than 113,000 in the U.K. scored the biggest opening week for a new Michael Jackson studio album since ‘Dangerous’ nearly 20 years ago.
■In Japan, the album is the fourth Michael Jackson album to ever debut in the top 3, joining Bad, Thriller and last year’s “This Is It” companion album.
■The album is in the top five in Belgium (#2), US (#3), Japan (#3), the UK (#4), France (#4), Denmark (#4). In the US, the album shipped platinum and debuted at #3 of the Billboard Album chart with just under 230,000 copies sold.
■The album went Gold in 17 territories on arrival in Japan, China, Australia, Ireland, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, India, Philippines and Taiwan.
The album marks another release under the new agreement between the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music announced in March that continues the label’s 35-year relationship with Michael and his music. Duringthat time, Michael sold hundreds of millions of records, had 13 #1 singlesand released the pop culture phenomenon “Thriller,” which remains music’s all-time bestselling album with more than 100 million copies sold worldwide.

[Hess]

RETURN OF THE KING: The late King of Pop makes a triumphant return to Billboard's charts.

Michael Jackson's posthumous set claims top honors on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

The album is Jackson's eighth No. 1 on the R&B/hip-hop album tally:

Peak Year, Title, Weeks at No. 1
1979, "Off the Wall," 16
1983, "Thriller," 37 (the longest reign in the chart's 45-year history)
1987, "Bad," 18
1992, "Dangerous," 12
1995, "HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book 1," two
2001, "Invincible," four
2009, "Michael Jackson's This Is It" (soundtrack), four
2011, "Michael," one

Jackson ups his total to 94 cumulative weeks atop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the most among solo acts. Only the Temptations (109) have spent more time at the summit. Jackson has spent an additional 39 weeks at No. 1 with five leading albums as a member of the Jackson 5.

The arrival of "Michael" spurs a 65-39 jump on the Billboard Hot 100 for the set's first radio single "Hold My Hand," with Akon. The song is Jackson's 38th top 40 hit on the Hot 100, breaking a tie with Neil Diamond. Among male artists, Jackson trails only Elvis Presley (80), Elton John (57), Stevie Wonder (46), James Brown (44), Marvin Gaye (41), Lil Wayne (41; see below) and Frankie Valli (39) for most top 40 charted titles among solo males.

"Hold My Hand" is Jackson's first song to ascend to the Hot 100's top 40 since "Butterflies" took flight to No. 14 in January 2002. With the new track's advance, Jackson becomes the first artist to reach the top 40 on the Hot 100 in each of the '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s and '10s.





http://www.billboard...tory?tag=hpfeed

[Hess]

Dansk Chart denne uge:

Uge 50

Michael is #4 again on the danish chart.

Michael is nowcertificated Gold in Denmark - that means Michael has sold more than 15.000 copies in Denmark.

HMH moves up and is #9 this week !!!! - A top 10 song in Denmark. It was #13 last week.

Michael is #1 Bit album for the 2nd week in a row in Denmark. !!

HMH is #16 Bit track in Denmark this week. (#15 last week)

Source: http://hitlisten.nu/


(What is Bit Album and Bit Track) - Michael being #1 Bit Album for two rows in a row is good I guess?

[Gregers]

Fantastisk nyheder
Bit album og track er downloads. Så man kan se at de unge køber skam Michael, men de ældre der typisk køber CD'er handler lidt anderledes.

[Hess]

Danish Chart

Michael is #4 again this week.

HMH is #7 (up 2 places - #9 last weeke)

Bit album chart

Michael #1 (for the 3rd week)

HMH #10 new peak! (last week #16)

Source: www.hitlisten.nu - the official danish chart site!

[AJackson :D]

Så sidder man og får tårer i øjnene og bliver helt stolt af Michael.

I love you

[Gregers]

Number Ones comeback som nummer 36 i DK, den har ligget i top10 på Itunes album i DK i et stykke tid, fedt!