Global sales of Michael Jackson’s albums surpassed one billion

With the end of 2011, the sales record for Michael Jackson’s albums worldwide surpassed one billion copies. The Michael Jackson Foundation, while announcing this, said that these sales relate to the years after 1972 and the start of the King of Pop’s solo career, and do not include sales by the group Jackson 5 and Jacksons. It should be noted that in 2006, the Guinness World Records named Michael Jackson the most successful artist of all time because he was the best-selling among artists, with sales of more than 750 million albums. MJ is also the record-holder among all artists, with nearly 400 diplomas, medals, and multiple awards from various ceremonies in the United States and other countries around the world. He has also registered more records than any other artist in the Guinness Book. Elvis Presley and the Beatles are also among the best-sellers with sales of more than 600 million. After these three names, the rest of the artists are far behind by a very large margin. According to statistics mentioned on English Wikipedia, in the sales category up to 300 million are Madonna, Elton John, the band Queen, and after them, in the up-to-200-million category, artists such as Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, and the Bee Gees. The 150-million category is held by famous names such as Whitney Houston, U2, Aerosmith, Frank Sinatra, and Stevie Wonder. Other artists—including Barbra Streisand, the Eagles, Bruce Springsteen—have sales between 120 and 140 million, and Metallica, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, George Michael, Lionel Richie, Paul McCartney, and Luciano Pavarotti have had 100-million sales. Sales of works by others such as Eminem, Rihanna, Prince, Santana, Beyoncé, Tupac Shakur, Robbie Williams, Bob Dylan, Shakira, Usher, Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, Jay-Z, and Jennifer Lopez are calculated as under 100 million copies, respectively. (Of course, it should be noted that these figures are relative and may differ from their actual amounts or may not be up to date.) Sony is expected to confirm the news of Michael’s albums becoming a one-billion seller in the coming week through a statement. Source: eMJey.com / MJ World Network & Wikipedia