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Every Michael Jackson Album, Ranked. Al Shipley. January 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM. ... Michael Jackson’s fifth solo album and first with veteran producer Quincy Jones, however, was just too good to ...
Michael Jackson sold 35 million albums within the year following his death, which is the most in the soundscan era. [ 66 ] On March 16, 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a record-breaking $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and release seven posthumous albums—some of which ...
Jackson's next two studio albums were Music & Me (1973) and Forever, Michael (1975). [12] In 1975, Jackson signed to Epic Records , and released his fifth studio album, Off the Wall , in 1979. [ 13 ]
In 2012, Jackson was ranked the fifth best selling singles artist in the United Kingdom with 15.3 million singles sold. [3] Jackson's first solo entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart was "Got to Be There", which peaked at number four in 1971. [4] Jackson's first number-one hit on the chart was "Ben", in 1972. [5]
Billboard, which launched the boxscore ranking in 1975 through its spin-off magazine Amusement Business, has featured the ranking in its own magazine since the issue date of October 3, 1981. [1] Pollstar began reporting box office data on November 29, 1981, [2] but it has relatively little information about pre-2000 tours. [3]
Forty years ago, Michael Jackson took the stage and made an indelible impact on pop culture with his solo performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a televised celebration of the famous ...
Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. [4] [5] [6] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Pink Floyd each have three.
It was ranked number 56 in The Guardian's list of the 100 Best Albums Ever. [79] Additionally, The Guardian's list of the 50 Key Events in the History of Pop Music ranked 'Michael Jackson starts work on Off the Wall' at number 23. [70] The album was ranked at number 85 on Consequence of Sound's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time. [72]