Michael Dominates Euro Charts

Epic/Sony Music Entertainment’s Michael’s catalog dominates the sales picture via a variety of compilations. ‘King of Pop’ comes out on top, climbing from 24 to 1 on the new composite survey and after re-entering the German chart at No. 1 and re-emerging at No. 4 in Italy.

‘The Essential Michael Jackson’ climbs 69 to 2 overall, fuelled by a 20 to 1 climb in the United Kingdom on sales of 69,000.

‘The Collection’ makes a composite 49 to 3 climb, moving 22 to1 in France, 29 to1 in Flanders, 40 to 1 in neighbouring Wallony and 3 to1 in Denmark.

1982’s classic ‘Thriller’ is up 31 to 4 overall and his ‘Number Ones’ has gone from 10 to 6.

Source: Billboard, BBC & MJWN