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Hi Gui!
I actually had "California Love" as an orphan, as it was released 2½ months before the album - and the original version wasn't even on the album, only a remix. Maybe that's unfair of me.
Indeed Thomas, I think it's a bit harsh 😉
The song was used as the lead single of the album, no other song was sent to radio until 3 months after the album release. In the traditional singles history listing of Wikipedia you can see all dates!
Thanks. I've updated the lists. "Only God Can Judge Me" is now 5th on the 5th biggest track race. Very close to 100M. Huge album!
Can I know how much has We are the world sold worldwide? is it possible to know it? Also why isnt it included in his sales if its his song technically?
Seems unlikely. After 3 years its impossible to think it sells 8 million albums at a time when album sales are so weak. These days, even new release from a top selling artist would struggle to sell 8 million physical albums, let alone an album that was released 17 years ago
You are finally getting what you deserve, congrats to MJD and all the ChartMasters team🥳.
I thought Dangerous and Heal the world would be higher because these are are the favourites among Chinese fans.
How did Madonna issue albums in a much more favourable era?
She had her peak with him and they both released albums in late 90s and early 2000s, Madonna released more.
Hi Jake!
The Stones too released albums in the 90s / early 00s, it isn't that much relevant when we look at the sales environment they had. Invincible is far and away Jackson's weakest album. What makes a difference is the period when an artist enjoys his hey-days. He peaked (obviously) in 1983 and the barycenter of his success through the years isn't that much later. Madonna's one is 6-8 years later, and the market in early 90s was already way bigger than in mid-80s.
What are MJ's digital singles/ringtone sales now (Sept 2020) Vs. Queen?
Are digital singles still selling anywhere around the world?
Guinness book of world records don't track sales ..Elvis isn't anywhere above Mj
Didn't most of Madonna albums flop in the 90s? She just had one successful album with Ray of Light!
I don’t think an average of 10.3 million in the 90’s (without Ray of Light) is a flop 😗. Don’t confuse a flop with not being as ridiculously huge she was in the 80’s.
Digital sales are currently HUGE in China, but the songs and albums that sell well are overwhelmingly new local artists and the occasional K-pop superstar, with the only Western artist to reach 1 million download albums being Taylor Swift.
You need to consider these releases sell so well cause they're download exclusives there for a long time. They get close to 0 streams in China due to this. It's similar to what Adele and Taylor did in western markets a couple of years ago.
Can't say too much about MJ since we haven't updated his sales.
Digital single sales are definitely not as big as they used to be with the exception of China for a few acts that are capable of selling over 10m with a song. A big hit can still pull off 500k+ in the US or Japan though. Ringtones on the other hand are basicly dead everywhere except in a few developing markets like India, Indonesia and possibly Nigeria. Although sales there are very limited to local acts.
Elvis is referred to as The King, not Michael Jackson. Not that any of that "King", Queen" or "Princess" of pop shit matters a jot, just silly terminology, that means absolutely nothing!
His sales in Japan seem relatively weak for his overall Asai sales ..any reason?
It's not that they're weak there, he's among the very top international sellers in Japan. It's just that his sales in places like China, India, Taiwan and South Korea were utter massive and unmatched by any other western act at his time. You could argue he was the first western artist to ever break into the mainstream in some of these countries.
