Six days after his death, Michael Jackson is back at the top of the charts. Jackson's albums and other Jackson-related compilations now hold the top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog chart, all posting remarkable jumps in sales in the days following the singer's death, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracked sales through Sunday.
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The King of Pop holds a record eight of the top 10 spots. His Number Ones greatest hits package leads the pack at No. 1, selling more than 108,000 copies, a staggering 2,340 percent sales increase. The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller take the next two spots, selling more than 102,000 and 101,000 copies, respectively. Revisit the King of Pop's most unforgettable moments. Nearly 30 years after its first release, his breakthrough Off the Wall album came in at No. 4. The Jackson 5's Ultimate Collection is next at No. 5. Also on the list were his Bad, Dangerous and HIStory — Volume 1 albums and his 2004 box set, The Ultimate Collection, which landed at No. 9. The only non-Jackson album that was on the Billboard's top 10 list was a reissue of the Woodstock movie. It came in at No. 10.
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Jackson's solo albums sold more than 422,000 copies this past week, according to Nielsen. The week before his death, the same titles sold only 10,000 copies. The one-week total is also nearly 40 percent more than what his catalog had sold in all of 2009. The late singer also broke the record for digital downloads, as 58 percent of his solo albums were attained this way. He is the first artist to hold six of the top 10 slots on the Digital Albums chart, including the top four spots. He also holds a staggering 25 songs on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, shattering a record set by David Cook last year. Each of the tracks in the top 10 of Hot Digital Songs were among the top 10 most-played Jackson selections at radio following his passing, according to research provided by Nielsen BDS of monitored airplay from more than 1,600 radio stations and cable music channels.
