CSPC: Michael Jackson Popularity Analysis

Digital Singles Sales – Part 3

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between albums and digital singles.

Dangerous (1991) – 1,037,000 equivalent albums

Black Or White – 2,580,000
Remember The Time – 870,000
In The Closet – 300,000
Jam – 280,000
Who Is It – 220,000
Heal The World – 1,180,000
Give In To Me – 260,000
Will You Be There – 750,000
Gone Too Soon – 140,000
Dangerous – 200,000
Remaining tracks – 130,000

HIStory (1995) – 903,000 equivalent albums

Scream – 610,000
You Are Not Alone – 2,160,000
Earth Song – 1,020,000
They Don’t Care About Us – 1,340,000
Stranger In Moscow – 280,000
Smile – 210,000
Remaining tracks – 400,000

Although lower than songs from Thriller and Bad, downloads from Dangerous and HIStory are extraordinary. Their pattern is very similar, both have one song over 2 million, Black or White on  Dangerous and You Are Not Alone on HIStory, both have two songs around 1 million and both have close totals at 7 million and 6 million respectively.