FINAL UPDATE: ALBUM SALES FOR 2009, BOTH US AND GLOBALLY

ALBUM SALES FOR 2009

* Michael Jackson Sells 24,800,000 albums in 2009 including Jackson 5 material, Motown, and Sony albums.

* Sony shipped 30,000,000 albums in 2009 while Motown shipped 1,500,000

* Michael Jackson sold 9,000,000 albums in the US which makes him the best selling act this year.

* MichaelJackson was the biggest selling musical act in the US, UK, Europe, Japan, and Globally.

* MJ's Global sales were huge and outpaced the nearest competition by over double. (#2 were The Beatles who sold 11 million albums this year vs Jackson's 24.8 million).

Jackson's Positions On Global Top 40 Charts For 2009:

#5: Thriller (4,000,000)
#6: Number Ones (3,600,000)
#11: This Is It (3,100,000)
#13: The Essential (2,900,000)
#19: King Of Pop (2,000,000)
#20: Bad (2,000,000)
#24: Dangerous (1,700,000)
#25: Off The Wall (1,700,000)

Global unit sales for 2009 are as follows:

Album sales: 24.8 million
DVD sales: 4 million
Ringtone sales: 1.5 million
Single sales: 5.2 million
Digital Downloads: 17 million

Total unit sales for 2009 = 52.5 million


Michael is #1 biggest selling act of decade with 82 million copies of albums sold:
Invincible: 10 million
Number Ones: 10.5 million
Essential: 4 million
King Of Pop: 2.5 million
HIStory Greatest Hits: 2 million
HIStory: 2 million
This Is It: 3.5 million
Thriller: 14 million
Bad: 6.5 million
Dangerous: 4.5 million
Off The Wall: 5 million
Jackson 5 Material: 6 million
Motown Albums: 4.2 million
Other: 6 million

Total= 80.7 million
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