Michael Jackson for X-mas #1 Billboard?
everlastinglove_MJ
Posts: 2,884
Michael Jackson for Christmas #1? - Look Out Susan Boyle and Taylor Swift
By Dominic Patten
Published: December 16, 2010 @ 5:12 pm
Santa could be coming early for the King of Pop.
“Michael,” the posthumous album of new Michael Jackson material, looks poised to grab the Christmas number one spot this year.
According to Billboard magazine, the 10-track “Michael,” which was released on Dec. 14, could sell up to 225,000 copies by Dec. 19. Those numbers might be just enough to push the album past Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now,” the third album by the country star which presently sits at number two on the Billboard 200, and even take down Susan Boyle’s “The Gift,” which is number one right now.
The answer will be revealed on Dec. 23 when the charts come out. As of Thursday afternoon, “Michael” is the number three album on Apple’s iTunes chart, behind R. Kelly’s “Love Letter” and the Christmas album from the cast of Fox’s “Glee.”
Michael Jackson died in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009 as he was preparing to begin a series of comeback shows in the UK.
With material pulled from the singer’s musical vaults, some song snippets as recently as 2007, “Michael” is the controversial first album in a $250 million, 10 album deal that the singer’s estate struck with Sony Music.
“This Is It,” the soundtrack to the documentary about preparations for Jackson’s later aborted comeback concerts, sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, 373,00 copies the week after it was released on Oct. 27, 2009. Essentially a greatest hits compilation, the two-disc “This Is It” debuted at number one, the sixth MJ album to do so.
“Thriller,” the best selling record worldwide of all time at an estimated 100 million plus in sales, was Jackson’s first solo number one in 1983. That was followed by 1987’s "Bad," 1991’s "Dangerous," 1995’s "HIStory,” 2001’s "Invincible." While Jackson did not release any new material after “Invincible,” in the immediate weeks after the singer death from an overdose of prescription medication, his 2003 greatest hits album "Number Ones" went exactly to that spot.
The prediction is “Michael” could be the star’s seventh number one.
“Critics may be lukewarm on the record, but Michael’s hardcore fanbase is still large enough to put down their money for this album,” a music label executive told TheWrap. “That’s all that matters in the end.”
With the manslaughter trial of Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray scheduled to begin in January 2011, getting that Christmas number one could be the last present the King of Pop’s fans will be able to deliver for a while … if that’s what the Charts Santa drops down the chimney.
Source: <!-- m -->http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/mi ... wift-23311<!-- m -->
L.O.V.E.
By Dominic Patten
Published: December 16, 2010 @ 5:12 pm
Santa could be coming early for the King of Pop.
“Michael,” the posthumous album of new Michael Jackson material, looks poised to grab the Christmas number one spot this year.
According to Billboard magazine, the 10-track “Michael,” which was released on Dec. 14, could sell up to 225,000 copies by Dec. 19. Those numbers might be just enough to push the album past Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now,” the third album by the country star which presently sits at number two on the Billboard 200, and even take down Susan Boyle’s “The Gift,” which is number one right now.
The answer will be revealed on Dec. 23 when the charts come out. As of Thursday afternoon, “Michael” is the number three album on Apple’s iTunes chart, behind R. Kelly’s “Love Letter” and the Christmas album from the cast of Fox’s “Glee.”
Michael Jackson died in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009 as he was preparing to begin a series of comeback shows in the UK.
With material pulled from the singer’s musical vaults, some song snippets as recently as 2007, “Michael” is the controversial first album in a $250 million, 10 album deal that the singer’s estate struck with Sony Music.
“This Is It,” the soundtrack to the documentary about preparations for Jackson’s later aborted comeback concerts, sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, 373,00 copies the week after it was released on Oct. 27, 2009. Essentially a greatest hits compilation, the two-disc “This Is It” debuted at number one, the sixth MJ album to do so.
“Thriller,” the best selling record worldwide of all time at an estimated 100 million plus in sales, was Jackson’s first solo number one in 1983. That was followed by 1987’s "Bad," 1991’s "Dangerous," 1995’s "HIStory,” 2001’s "Invincible." While Jackson did not release any new material after “Invincible,” in the immediate weeks after the singer death from an overdose of prescription medication, his 2003 greatest hits album "Number Ones" went exactly to that spot.
The prediction is “Michael” could be the star’s seventh number one.
“Critics may be lukewarm on the record, but Michael’s hardcore fanbase is still large enough to put down their money for this album,” a music label executive told TheWrap. “That’s all that matters in the end.”
With the manslaughter trial of Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray scheduled to begin in January 2011, getting that Christmas number one could be the last present the King of Pop’s fans will be able to deliver for a while … if that’s what the Charts Santa drops down the chimney.
Source: <!-- m -->http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/mi ... wift-23311<!-- m -->
Michael keep the faith <!-- s:P -->:P<!-- s:P -->The prediction is “Michael” could be the star’s seventh number one.
L.O.V.E.
Comments
<!-- m -->http://www.mjnewsalerts.com/news/index. ... 1292721975<!-- m -->
Billboard have just released their much anticipated "End of Year Charts," It's no surprise Michael dominates the entire list.
Michael Dominates End of Year Charts
Billboard have just released their much anticipated "End of Year Charts," It's no surprise Michael dominates the entire list.
Top Artists
#28 Michael Jackson (with 8 charted titles)
The Billboard 200 Artists
#7 Michael Jackson (with 8 charted titles)
The Billboard 200 Male Artists
#3 Michael Jackson (with 8 charted titles)
The Billboard 200
#22 Michael Jackson's This Is It
#39 Number Ones
#112 The Essential Michael Jackson
#137 Thriller
Top Current Albums Artists
#22 Michael Jackson (with 1 title charted)
Top Current Albums
#22 Michael Jackson's This Is It
Top Catalog Artists
#1 Michael Jackson (with 10 titles charted)
Top Catalog Albums
#1 Number Ones
#6 The Essential Michael Jackson
#7 Thriller
#44 Bad
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists
#10 Michael Jackson (with 7 titles charted)
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Male Artists
#6 Michael Jackson (with 7 titles charted)
Hot Adult R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
#47 This Is It [with the Jacksons]
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
#8 Michael Jackson's This Is It
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums
#1 Number Ones
#2 The Essential Michael Jackson
#3 Thriller
#7 Bad
#11 Greatest Hits: HIStory, Vol. 1
#14 Dangerous
#18 Off the Wall
Top Soundtrack Albums
#1 Michael Jackson's This Is It
Top Music Video Sales
#2 Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour
#3 Number Ones
#7 Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
#24 HIStory On Film, Vol. II
Top DVD Sales
#17 Michael Jackson's This Is It
Top Current Canadian Albums
#19 Michael Jackson's This Is It
Top 100 European Albums
#10 Michael Jackson's This Is It
#95 King of Pop
Right on!!!! I love this so much. Love you most, Michael!