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To answer your question about MJ being a top seller in any country/continent. I think some of that is outlined on his achievement pg.
But... I think MJ sold more than the Beatles and MC and Asia.
In Asia MCs has 18,500,000 album sales and 30,500,000 total.
The Beatles have 23mill albums and 33mlion overall
On pg47 he has MJ at 25,690,000 for total album sales. So MJ has definitely outsold both in Albums but possibly overall as well.
For South America. Madonna outsold him in Brazil(5,795,000 vs 5,500,000) and Argentina(1,930,000 vs 1,785,000) but MJ outsold Madge in Mexico(4,370,000 vs 4,500,000). So it's pretty even in SA.
MJ sold lots of untis since his death, I think something close to 30 million Albums but he was still huge before then. The only reason he sold as much as he did in death was due to the sales he generated in life. His back catalog has always sold really well. So the sales after his death cemented his legacy rather than made it
Thank you for replying, but in the achievements page, it didn't specify which country MJ was the biggest selling albums artists. Also, regarding Asia, the 25,69m figure is already the total album sales there, while MC has 30,5m+ and the Fab 4 has 33m+, so obviously, those 2 sold more albums than him. I don't know about overall records though.
Not quite. MC and Beatles gave both album and overall totals. For MJ his total is for just Albums. His total Album number is about 80-100 million off from his overall total in the last page.
So for Albums
Mariah 18,500,000 albums (30,500,000 total)
MJ 25,690,000
Beatles 23,000,000 albums(33,000,000 total)
For
So based on those numbers he more than likely outsold both overall as well.
MJD shared thosw numbers in the comments under Mariahs article.
To be honest... The King Michael Joseph Jackson is definitely the best Musician, the best Entertainer of the World of all times!!!
Michael Jackson is really a Monster... He is a Dinosaur!!!
Michael Jackson is the best selling albums / copies artist of the World of all times.
When the subject is Michael Jackson's sold copies we talk about BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of copies sold all over the World!!!
Michael Jackson is not a commom artist... He's so UNIQUE!!!
OBS: I know that some people do not like Michael Jackson... But it does not mean that you have the right to hide or to cover the biggest truth that Michael Jackson sold and has been sold BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of copies all over the World.
Unfortunately, some people do not make any idea about Michael Jackson's influence in the World!!!
Michael Jackson has got BILLIONS of fans all over the World!!!
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of copies sold.
He has made the best Videos Clips..... ETC.... ETC...
MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON IS THE KING OF POP....
MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON IS THE KING OF MUSIC
MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON... THE UNIQUE MAN!!!
MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON IS SIMPLY THE BEST.
CHEERS!!!
GILDO MONTEIRO.
I am very well aware of the comment you were talking about, as I was the one who asked that question. I asked whether Mariah was the biggest selling international ALBUM artist in Asia. The 30,5m for her and 33m figure for the Beatles is for album sales ONLY, just like the near 26m of MJ's. If you don't believe me, just go to Mariah's CSPC analysis and add up all her album sales in Asia from her album sales breakdown. You will get a total at around 30m. The same for the Beatles. We don't know who sold the most overall records, but we do know in terms of album sales, it would be Beatles, Mariah then MJ.
Hi Raffi!
It really depends on what you count. If it is albums, then the Beatles lead as you mention. If you add music videos, MJ has a real shot since he sold more than 4 million DVDs in Japan alone. Factoring in physical singles, the Beatles are ahead anew with a massive gap, MJ sold over 1m singles in Japan, Mariah close to 2m, but the Beatles are way ahead at 7,5 million. As virtually no singles were sold in other Asian markets, the deal is quickly sealed!
Hi Gildo!
Well, if we talk about the "truth", then we can't say Michael Jackson, nor anyone, sold in the billions 😉
Hi Erdos!
The US isn't like the UK. In the UK, an act can get various super-sellers quickly (Robbie, Coldplay, Oasis, Adele, Ed, Beatles, MJ, etc). In the US, some albums can fly over the moon and the artist will be recognized for it for decades (Journey, Boston, Guns, Elton, Carole King, Tracy, Springsteen, Police, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, etc.). They may get some more good sellers, the huge breakthrough crossover will continue to sell so much over the remaining records that it will only increase the gap. You can get several artists that got 3 massive sellers in a row in the UK, I'm not sure you will get a single one that had 3 consecutive 6-million sellers in the US catalog sales apart.
Madonna, George Michael, Springsteen, Prince, Bon Jovi or Def Leppard are artists that were getting Diamond albums when MJ was failing it with Bad. Still, they all did about 2 million units only with their first album from the 90s (only Def Leppard reached 3m). The few which did well entering the 90s were still fairly fresh/new acts like the Guns or U2. So it is all about perspectives, most 80s superstars would have dream to get a 7-million seller from 1991!
I know you're super busy but in the future can you do a more comprehensive breakdown for past artist? With the recent artist you have sales by country. It would be nice to see it for other artist as well, if that's possible.
willst du mich verarschen Justin Bieber der King of Pop da lache ich mich ja tot niemals kommt einer an Michael Jackson Plattenverkäufe dran das wird keiner schaffen weil er der größte war und kein anderer wird der King of Pop es gibt nur einen King of Pop und der ist Michael Jackson und lass ihn endlich das wird keiner schaffen weil er der größte war und kein anderer wird der King of Pop es gibt nur einen King of Pop und der ist der King of Pop und wird es immer bleiben fertig aus
It highlights the shift to even greater success MJ got commercially outside USA that despite the drop in American sales from Thriller's era, Bad and Dangerous are 33M+ and 3oM sellers (Dangerous less than 500K from the mark) WW. Per average studio record, MJ must be easily the best seller even with Invincible pulling down the number.
No, it's not...thank fuck.
U2 were not fresh/new in the US in the 90's, they charted in 1981 and were Top 20 in 83.
You said it yourself, they were "Top 20 in 1983", e.g. they were band that was still selling their albums to the Rock fans only. Pre-1987, their highest charting single went barely #33. Both radios and the general public heard about U2 from 1987 onwards.
