Michael remains at the top

Michael Jackson’s album The Essential Michael Jackson, after seven consecutive weeks, continues to sit at the top of the best-selling album charts in the UK. Released in July 2005, the album has been at the top of many countries’ charts—including in the UK—ever since the King of Pop’s death.

In the UK, the album BAD has also climbed from position 10 to 9. In the best-selling European album charts, four Michael Jackson albums are in the top 10: The Collection #1 King of Pop (German Edition) #2 The Essential #4 Number Ones #9 In Germany: King of Pop (German Edition) #1 The Collection #2 Number Ones #4 In the United States as well, the album Number Ones remains at the top. Michael has taken 9 of the top 10 spots on the catalog album charts. Billboard catalog album charts for the week ending August 22: Number Ones #1 The Essential #2 Thriller #3 Bad #4 Dangerous #5 Off The Wall #6 The Ultimate Collection (Jackson 5) #7 The Best Of (Jackson 5) #9 The Ultimate Collection (Michael Jackson) #10 Source: eMJey / BBC / Billboard