Worldwide Solo Album Sales
| Album Title |
Release
Date |
Worldwide
Sales |
Charts |
| Off The Wall |
1979 |
15 million |
|
| Thriller |
1982 |
51 million |
|
| Bad |
1987 |
25 million |
|
| Dangerous |
1991 |
27 million |
|
| HIStory * |
1995 |
15 million |
#1 in 19 countries |
| BOTDF ** |
1997 |
4 million |
#1 in 8 countries |
| Invincible |
2001 |
|
#1 debut in 13 countries |
* 'HIStory: Past, Present, and Future - Book 1'
NOTE: The HIStory album sales totals count each 2-CD set as *ONE*
unit only. In other words, if each disk was counted separately, the total
worldwide sales would be 30 million.
** BOTDF = 'Blood On The Dance Floor - HIStory In The Mix'; a remix
album and contains 5 new songs and 8 remixes from 'HIStory'.
USA Solo Album Sales & Chart Positions
Cumulative album sales in US: 56 million
Off The Wall
released: Aug. 1979
US sales: 7 million
Worldwide Sales 19 Million
certified: 7 x Platinum in the USA
peaked at # 3 on the Pop chart and # 1 on the R&B chart
remained on the Pop album chart for 84 weeks
Thriller
released: Dec. 1982
US sales: 26 million (Oct 30, 2000)
Worldwide Sales 59 Million
certified: 26 x Platinum
certified: Diamond for sales of over 10 Million in the USA
reached # 1 on R&B album chart
reached # 1 on Pop album chart and remined at # 1 for 37 weeks
remained on the Pop album chart for 122 weeks
Billboard magazine "100th Anniversary Issue 1894-1994" placed Thriller
as the:
# 1 Most Popular Album in the USA (based on cumulative pop chart
information calculated from March 24, 1956-June 25, 1994).
# 1 Top R&B Album in the USA (based on cumulative chart information
calculated from Jan. 30, 1965-June 25, 1994).
Bad
released: Aug. 1987
US sales: 8 million
Worldwide Sales 28 Million
certified: 8 x Platinum
debuted at # 1 on R&B chart and remained # 1 for 18 weeks
debuted at # 1 on Pop album chart and remained # 1 for 6 weeks
remained 38 weeks in top 5 of the Pop album chart
remained on the Pop album chart for 87 weeks
Dangerous
released: Nov. 1991
US sales: 7 million
Worldwide Sales 29 Million
certified: 7 x Platinum
debuted at # 1 on Pop album chart and remained # 1 for 4 weeks
reached # 1 on R&B chart and remained # 1 for 12 weeks
HIStory: Past, Present, And Future, Book 1
released: June 1995
US sales: 7 million
Worldwide Sales 16 Million
certified: 7x platinum
debuted at # 1 on Pop album chart and remained # 1 for 2 weeks
debuted at # 1 on R&B chart and remained # 1 for 2 weeks
Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix
released: May 1997
US sales: 1 million
Worldwide Sales 6 Million
certified: Platinum (Oct 30, 2000)
Invincible
released: October 30, 2001
debuted at # 1 on Pop album chart
debuted at # 1 on R&B chart
US sales: 2 million
Worldwide Sales 8 Million
Number Ones
US Sales 4 million
SOURCES:
Sales figures are from Epic and Sony Music, MJnet.com, Billboard magazine,
VH-1 Michael Jackson interview, Captain Eo, and Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA).
USA Gold, Platinum, and Diamond certifications are issued by the
Recording Industry Association of America. Please visit
RIAA for more details about these
certifications.
Chart information compiled from:
Billboard magazine
Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, by John Whitburn, 3rd ed., 1995.
ISBN 0-8230-7631-8
Michael Jackson: The Visual Documentary, by Adrian Grant.
1994, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3815-6
Sales figures as of November 2000. |
