CSPC: Michael Jackson Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 1

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single.

Got to be There (1972) – 1,488,000 equivalent albums

Got to be There – 2,130,000
Rockin’ Robin – 1,970,000
I Wanna Be Where You Are – 680,000
Ain’t No Sunshine – 180,000

Ben (1972) – 747,000 equivalent albums

Ben – 2,490,000

Music & Me (1973) – 69,000 equivalent albums

With A Child’s Heart – 160,000
Morning Glow – 25,000
Music & Me – 25,000
Happy – 20,000

Forever, Michael (1975) – 204,000 equivalent albums

We’re Almost There – 230,000
Just A Little Bit Of You – 450,000

Got to be There, Rockin’ Robin and Ben were all massive US hits. In terms of schedule, they perfectly followed the smashes of the Jackson 5. In fact, combined the brothers sold 25 million singles from 1970 to 1972, an incredible total. The years from 1973-1975 were nowhere near as big with less than 1 million sales in total.