Maoilbheannacht

Only on the Catalog chart. Albums that are over two years old and have dropped below the #100 position are no longer eligible to chart on the regular Billboard 200 chart. Otherwise, Michael Jackson would of had the top 3 albums on the Billboard 200 for the past two weeks.

fairy

They now have to be "only" 18 months year-old to chart in Billboard Pop Catalog chart.

Mrs. Garrison

album sales are completely fucked!

CosmoKramer

Now perhaps this is just normal movement but its now at 69 on iTunes. It was out of the top 100, then it went to about 96-98, then to 84, then to 78 now to 69. Im thinking it could be the Blackberry ad or the tour (but the tour isnt in the US, so Im reaching). Anyway, this is positive news as iTunes does account for a decent % of total sales and can be a good indicator of other outlets.

allbecauseofu2

what are those jackson albums charting? just curious.

Popmartijn

Take a look at the sales chart of HitsDailyDouble (not as accurate as the Soundscan/Billboard one, but it is a combined one of current and catalog albums). I counted at least 9 MJ albums in the Top 50.
Here's the Top 11:

LW ... TW ... Artist ............. Label .... Sales ....... Diff
Title

1 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 333,261 -1%
NUMBER ONES
-- 2 MAXWELL COLUMBIA 310,725 --
BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT
3 3 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 218,943 +32%
THRILLER
-- 4 HANNAH MONTANA 3 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 137,469 --
SOUNDTRACK
5 5 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 132,687 +9%
ESSENTIAL
2 6 NOW 31 SONY MUSIC 99,643 -41%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
11 7 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 89,155 +104%
OFF THE WALL
28 8 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 83,326 +321%
BAD
-- 9 ALL TIME LOW HOPELESS 69,524 --
NOTHING PERSONAL
8 10 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 63,052 -10%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
22 11 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 62,047 +160%
DANGEROUS