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Michael Jackson update

Exhausted by all the Michael Jackson coverage yet? Pitchfork has a healthy recap this morning of all the post-shock proceedings. The most tragic thing to come out of all the relentless news coverage, it seems, is a resurgence in popularity of the King of Pop, who once seemed to be a fixed mainstay on the top of the singles charts, and still goes down on the books as the man who created the best-selling album of all time. According to Billboard (via Pitchfork): “Jackson’s albums take up the top nine positions on its Top Pop Catalog Albums chart, which measures the sales of albums that are more than 18 months old. Eight of Jackson’s solo albums appear in the top 10, as does a Jackson 5 compilation. Jackson’s Number Ones comp occupies the top spot, selling 108,000 copies. Number Ones, as well as The Essential Michael Jackson (102,000 copies sold) and Thriller (101,000 copies sold) actually outsold the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D., which tops the Billboard 200 with sales of 88,000. This marks the first time in history that a catalog album has outsold the album on top of the Billboard 200.”
Too bad he didn’t live to see himself on the charts again. In any case, many of the artists inspired by Jackson, as well as his contemporaries, are still touring. Get concert tickets at StubHub.