CSPC: Michael Jackson Popularity Analysis

BIGGEST TRACKS – Michael Jackson

The list of most successful songs is compiled in album equivalent sales generated by each of them. It includes the song’s own physical singles sales with a 0,3 weighting, its download and streaming sales, and with appropriate weighting too, plus its share among sales of all albums on which it is featured.

1 1982 – Billie Jean [Thriller] – 41,580,000
2 1982 – Beat It [Thriller] – 26,990,000
3 1982 – Thriller [Thriller] – 23,290,000
4 1991 – Black or White [Dangerous] – 18,760,000
5 1987 – Man in the Mirror [Bad] – 14,310,000
6 1979 – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough [Off the Wall] – 13,540,000
7 1987 – Smooth Criminal [Bad] – 12,700,000
8 1987 – The Way You Make Me Feel [Bad] – 12,020,000
9 1995 – They Don’t Care About Us [HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I] – 9,880,000
10 1979 – Rock with You [Off the Wall] – 9,510,000
11 1987 – Bad [Bad] – 7,830,000
12 1991 – Remember the Time [Dangerous] – 7,680,000
13 1995 – You Are Not Alone [HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I] – 7,250,000
14 1982 – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) [Thriller] – 7,160,000
15 1995 – Earth Song [HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I] – 7,070,000
16 1991 – Heal the World [Dangerous] – 6,510,000
17 1982 – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ [Thriller] – 6,100,000
18 2001 – You Rock My World [Invincible] – 4,990,000
19 1987 – Dirty Diana [Bad] – 4,580,000
20 1982 – Human Nature [Thriller] – 4,480,000
21 1972 – Ben [Ben] – 4,220,000
22 1987 – I Just Can’t Stop Loving You [Bad] – 3,900,000
23 1982 – The Girl Is Mine [Thriller] – 2,940,000
23 1991 – Will You Be There [Dangerous] – 2,940,000
25 1972 – Rockin’ Robin [Got to Be There] – 2,580,000
26 1995 – Scream [HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I] – 2,500,000
27 1979 – She’s Out of My Life [Off the Wall] – 2,310,000
28 1979 – Off the Wall [Off the Wall] – 2,160,000
29 1991 – Jam [Dangerous] – 2,020,000
30 2014 – Love Never Felt So Good [Xscape] – 1,780,000
31 1971 – Got to Be There [Got to Be There] – 1,690,000
32 2010 – Hold My Hand [Michael] – 1,670,000
33 1991 – Give In to Me [Dangerous] – 1,620,000
34 1991 – Who Is It [Dangerous] – 1,600,000
35 1991 – Dangerous [Dangerous] – 1,520,000
36 1995 – Stranger In Moscow [HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I] – 1,480,000
37 1983 – Say Say Say [Orphan] – 1,470,000
38 1975 – One Day in Your Life [Forever, Michael] – 1,440,000
39 1991 – In the Closet [Dangerous] – 1,370,000
40 1984 – Somebody’s Watching Me [Orphan] – 1,330,000
40 1979 – Working Day and Night [Off the Wall] – 1,330,000

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