Just hours after his death at 2:26pm PDT on Thursday, various Michael Jackson albums quickly began climbing up Apple’s iTunes Music Store’s “Top Albums” list, with Jackson’s landmark “Thriller” hitting #1.
Currently, Jackson’s presence on Apple’s iTunes Music Store’s “Top Albums” list :
• #1: “The Essential Michael Jackson“
• #2: “Thriller“
• #3: “Number Ones“
• #4: “Off The Wall“
• #5: “Thriller (25th Anniversary, Zombie Cover)“
• #6: “Bad“
• #7: “Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection“
• #8: “Dangerous“
• #9: “Michael Jackson Greatest Hits: HIStory, Vol. 1“
• #14: “Off the Wall (Special Edition)“
• #15: “Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection“
• #18: “History: Past, Present and Future, Book 1“
• #19: “Thriller (25th Anniversary) [Deluxe Edition]“
• #20: “Thriller (25th Anniversary)“
• #21: “Invincible“
• #39: “Anthology: The Best of Michael Jackson“
• #49: “Anthology: Jackson 5“
• #44: “Michael Jackson: Gold“
• #46: “20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection” The Best of The Jackson 5“
• #82: “Blood on the Dance Floor / History in the Mix“
• #87: “Greatest Hits – Jackson 5“
It’s an unprecedented and, likely non-repeatable, feat: 9 albums in the Top 10, 14 in the Top 20, 16 in the Top 40, and 21 in the Top 100.
As AppleInsider notes, “No previous artist, living or dead, has achieved [this] level of popularity on the music service since it opened in 2003.”
