The King of Pop Album Hits Billboards Charts

Michael Jackson has three of the five best-selling albums in the U.S. for the second week in a row, in the aftermath of Jackson's death. Number Ones albums sold 339,000 copies and would have held at #1 on The Billboard 200 if catalog albums were eligible to compete on that chart. The Essential Michael Jackson album sold 125,000 copies and would have dropped from #2 to #5. The Billboard excludes catalog albums from the big chart on the theory that new albums need the spotlight the chart provides more than past hits do. Billboard reports that 82% of the Jackson albums sold this week were CDs. Last week, 43% of the Jackson albums sold were CDs. A total of 47 songs that feature Jackson are listed on the Hot Digital Songs chart. Sad to see it takes his death for his albums to be in the top 5. But he will always be #1 to the Millions of people who love him. I pray that people will remember Michael Jackson for the gifts that GOD gave him and remember that he was human just like every one of us.

Pop Star Michael Jackson has Died

Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50. Paramedics were called to the singer's Beverly Hills home at about midday on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre. Jackson's brother, Jermaine, said he was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Michael Jackson an American popular singer, dancer, and songwriter, known for his dancing style, slight physical appearance, and unprecedented popular success. Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana. At the age of five he joined his brothers' singing group and then known as the Jackson 5 and later renamed the Jacksons. Jackson has planned to have his last concert. He then went on to achieve global fame as a solo artist with smash hits such as Billie Jean and Bad. Thriller, released in 1982, is the biggest-selling album of all time, shifting 65m copies, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Tributes from the world of music and film have already flooded in from celebrities including Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger and ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley. Large numbers of fans have also gathered outside Jackson's home and at the UCLA medical centre with lit candles to mourn the star while playing his greatest hits. Tributes have poured in from the entertainment industry.