He would be above the Beatles, if you also include Janet Jackson.

Very impressive. Doubt Elvis will be able to steal the 2nd place.

I just want to make a small correction and let you know that Thriller isnt the best selling international album in Argentina, Luis Miguel has that title

... because....?

The Beatles will continue to sell records in the future, and their streaming
numbers increase every week > So MJ is not going to surpass The Beatles
any time soon.

Wow! Great job by MJD and impressive popularity by MJ!

Thanks for this great research.

Yes. I thought the same. Luis Miguel sold more than 1 million with that album in Argentina alone.

I thought the same but then again Billie Jean is the song that made MJ a superstar. The video integrated MTV, Motown 25, the moonwalk, etc

The DVD History on film II sold more than 130k here in Brazil (see the codes in UK mix), and you listed it, with only 200k sold worldwide. It's a typo?!

Hi Marcus!

Good spot - figures of Ghosts (200k) and HIStory on Film: Volume II (1650k) were reversed. As Ghosts go to Orphan while HIStory to the biggest albums, this changes the totals of all 79-95 studio albums! Obviously as this is only a translation the overall total of Michael stays the same.

You are both correct! I changed the spelling to best selling english-speaking album for Latin America countries due to the local superstars!

That's correct. Thriller has the biggest video, but Billie Jean is the biggest song. It was the trigger that made everything happen.

Hi IE!

Thanks for noticing, it has been fixed 🙂

OMG, MJ sales is so gigantic 😮

While Madonna is undoubtedly the biggest female solo artist of all time, we are still confused who the biggest MALE solo artist of all time. Most people (including Guinness World Record) seem to believe that Elvis is the one, though.

So now, we need to know the CSPC breakdown of Elvis 😀

So im guessing there's only one more song that could beat Billie Jean