Three Michael Jackson albums top 100,000 in sales

Three Michael Jackson albums sold about 100,000 copies apiece in the first days following his death Thursday, according to Billboard, which reports that those recordings will place high on its chart when final results are published Wednesday.

“Thriller,” “The Essential Michael Jackson” and “Number Ones” are each expected to top the six-figure mark and take the top three slots on the magazine’s Top Pop Catalog chart, which tracks ongoing sales of albums that are at least 18 months old. Such albums are not eligible to appear on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums ranking, but sales of Jackson’s albums figure to exceed the top-selling current release, the Black-Eyed Peas’ “The E.N.D.”

Billboard reports that Jackson’s music probably will account for six to nine titles in the Top 10 of the Pop Catalog chart. As of Tuesday afternoon, Amazon.com’s entire Top 10 bestselling music titles were Jackson releases.

— Randy Lewis

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[Lisa Press]

MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A TRUE LEGACY AND WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO HONOR HIS MEMORY. I AM SO HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE PURCHASING HIS MUSIC AND ALL OTHER ITEMS, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL EVENTUALLY HELP TO TAKE CARE OF HIS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS HE HAD. WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE HIS FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, MOST DEFINATELY HIS CHILDREN AND THEY ARE HIS CHILDREN REGARDLESS.
KEEP ON PURCHASING HIS ITEMS AND MUSIC AND KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE AND ON EVERYONES MINDS. HE WAS A TRUE HUMANITARIAN AND HE LOVED CHILDREN IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. I WILL MISS HAVING YOU ON THIS PLANET, MISS WHAT YOU COULD STILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE, YOU HAD ALREADY DONE SO MUCH. TO THE FAMILY MY HEART AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU SUCH A TERRIBLE LOSS. MAY YOUR SOUL LIVE ON THROUGH YOUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY.

LISA