It would be interesting to hear MJ's version of this song......

Rare picture with Marlon and Mike with his hair braided....

silverchild said:

Rare picture with Marlon and Mike with his hair braided....

Real cool.

mimi07 said:

new fooatage of rebbie

HAPPYPERSON said:

Michael Jackson: The Numbers
Exclusive Look Into The Lifetime Sales Of The King Of Pop

Source: Sony Music USA, Universal Music
here are the total numbers internationally, last updated July 31st 2010. Numbers will include Jackson 5 sales but will be separated accordingly so readers can easily see MJ's solo sales plus Jackson 5 sales. Also, I will break it down with album sales, download/single sales, plus I will include ALL DVD/VHS and other forms of musical release. Remember, these are the actual recorded sales numbers by both Sony and Universal and are not inflated in anyway. There are some sales from certain countries that are very hard to track, even by Sony. So these numbers are about as close as anyone is going to get. As you can see, the initial 750,000,000 units quoted by MJ was not far off. This does not include any pirated, illegally downloaded, or fan made albums, nor does it include any unofficial releases.

THE SALES:

Jackson 5/The Jacksons

ALBUM SALES:
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5: 6,200,000
ABC: 7,500,000
Third Album: 7,150,000
Christmas Album: 4,200,000
Maybe Tomorrow: 3,900,000
Goin' Back To Indiana: 3,100,000
Greatest Hits: 6,500,000
Lookin' Through The Windows: 4,050,000
Skywriter: 3,200,000
The Jackson 5 In Japan: 1,300,000
Get It Together: 2,900,000
Dancing Machine: 3,000,000
Moving Violation: 2,200,000
The Jacksons: 6,000,000
Goin' Places: 800,000
Destiny: 3,500,000
Triumph: 3,400,000
The Jacksons Live: 2,800,000
Victory: 8,500,000
2300 Jackson St: 750,000
Jackson 5 The Ultimate Collection: 5,500,000
Jackson 5 Gold: 3,500,000
Anthology: 2,800,000
Ultimate Christmas Collection: 1,900,000
20th Century Masters: 3,000,000
Michael Jackson The Motown Years: 1,050,000
J is For Jackson 5: 700,000
Michael Jackson The Remix Suite: 1,600,000
Jackson 5 Greatest Hits: 900,000
Other: 10,800,000

Digital Downloads: 12,800,000DVD/VHS SALES: 2,600,000Ringtones: 1,600,000
Total Unit Sales: 129,700,000

--
Michael Jackson SOLO Album Sales:

Got To Be There: 6,000,000
Ben: 6,500,000
Music & Me: 4,800,000
Forever Michael: 4,900,000
Off The Wall: 22,100,000
Thriller: 69,800,000
Bad: 36,100,000
Dangerous: 35,200,000
HIStory: 20,900,000 (41.8 million units)
Blood On The Dance Floor: 7,000,000
20th Century Masters: 2,500,000
Invincible: 13,300,000
Number Ones: 11,900,000
The Ultimate Collection: 1,020,000 (6 million units)
The Essential: 8,900,000 (17.8 million units)
Visionary: 5,000,000
King Of Pop: 6,000,000
Hello World The Motown Solo Collection: 1,020,000
Michael Jackson The Stripped Mixes: 1,350,000
The Definitive Collection: 1,200,000
This Is It: 5,200,000
Other: 22,000,000

Total Albums: 292,690,000 or 327,290,000 if you include multiple disc albums as separate unit sales


--
Singles/Digital Downloads:

Motown/Universal Albums: 27,000,000
Off The Wall: 22,000,000
Thriller: 41,500,000
Bad: 32,800,000
Dangerous: 30,300,000
HIStory: 26,000,000
BOTDF: 2,300,000
Invincible: 6,800,000
Other: 15,000,000
Total Singles/Digital Downloads: 203,700,000

--
VHS/DVD's:

The Making Of MJ's Thriller: 9,500,000
Moonwalker: 3,500,000
Ghosts: 300,000
Number Ones: 5,600,000
The One: 1,050,000
Live In Bucharest: 2,500,000
This Is It: 11,200,000
Other: 4,000,000
Total VHS/DVD Sales: 37,650,000

*this number is set to jump over the next decade as Sony unleashes many new DVD projects including the first this November.


--
Music Video Sales:

I-Tunes: 9,500,000
Other Sources: 6,000,000

Total Music Video Sales: 15,500,000

--
Ringtones:

Total Global Ringtone Sales: 6,500,000



Total Michael Jackson Unit Sales: 590,640,000
Total Michael Jackson Unit Sales (J5 Included): 720,340,000


Keep this number in mind as we move closer to the new album and the 9 new releases slated before the end of 2017. This number will surely grow throughout the years.

mindblowing list for sure, but I find inconsistencies with it too. Look at Thriller's number! It's supposed to be over 100 million copies, hello!

And how did the Jacksons magically outsell the other Jacksons albums which were bigger hits?

I'm very happy to see that Bad and Dangerous are at exactly the numbers I predicted. Flop? My ass! Even though I wasn't a fan yet during those eras though I liked him when he was played, even I knew he was around though I wasn't paying attention to charts.

This is just so amazing to me for the reason he came up with most of the rhythms of his material just from beatboxing...

silverchild said:

This is just so amazing to me for the reason he came up with most of the rhythms of his material just from beatboxing...

Love it. I dont know why people love to trash him for not playing an instrument. As an artist (and the way an artist should), he still dictated the sounds/rhythms/base of the music.

Thanks for posting!

jaybendy said:

U know you gon have me in tears girl, u know I went to LA and Disneyland last week and saw Captain Eo! These stories are hilarious, thanks for sharing. I heard about this book, but never bothered to pick it up cause that dude is just... weird.

[Edited 8/30/10 20:45pm]

Oh yeah! I wanted to hear about how that was. I know you were going to chat with the ladies at the blog. How was Captain Eo! Also, let me know how Forrest Lawn was. Your tweet pics had me in a solemn mood. It was a harsh confirmation that he was no longer here

David Gest - I agree, totally weird and scary. Now that's a prime example of plastic surgery gone wrong!

[Edited 8/31/10 16:51pm]

MyLuv229 said:

silverchild said:

This is just so amazing to me for the reason he came up with most of the rhythms of his material just from beatboxing...

Love it. I dont know why people love to trash him for not playing an instrument. As an artist (and the way an artist should), he still dictated the sounds/rhythms/base of the music.

Thanks for posting!

Michael did play instruments though. Sure he might not have been an Elton on keys, or a Prince on guitar, but he did play instruments including drums, piano and guitar.

He even gets credits on various songs for these very instruments - Stranger in Moscow for the guitar as an example.

Swa

I found this website where fans were voting between these two kisses Michael shared

First- Tatiana

Now you wonder why Tatiana went crazy

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Second- Lisa Marie

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The Tatiana kiss won by a huge margin of 69% to 31% Lisa Marie kiss

http://www.fanpop.com/spots/michael-jackson/picks/results/443088/which-kiss-more-hot

[Edited 8/31/10 21:05pm]

WildStyle said:

HAPPYPERSON said:

Michael Jackson: The Numbers
Exclusive Look Into The Lifetime Sales Of The King Of Pop

Source: Sony Music USA, Universal Music
here are the total numbers internationally, last updated July 31st 2010. Numbers will include Jackson 5 sales but will be separated accordingly so readers can easily see MJ's solo sales plus Jackson 5 sales. Also, I will break it down with album sales, download/single sales, plus I will include ALL DVD/VHS and other forms of musical release. Remember, these are the actual recorded sales numbers by both Sony and Universal and are not inflated in anyway. There are some sales from certain countries that are very hard to track, even by Sony. So these numbers are about as close as anyone is going to get. As you can see, the initial 750,000,000 units quoted by MJ was not far off. This does not include any pirated, illegally downloaded, or fan made albums, nor does it include any unofficial releases.

THE SALES:

Jackson 5/The Jacksons

ALBUM SALES:
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5: 6,200,000
ABC: 7,500,000
Third Album: 7,150,000
Christmas Album: 4,200,000
Maybe Tomorrow: 3,900,000
Goin' Back To Indiana: 3,100,000
Greatest Hits: 6,500,000
Lookin' Through The Windows: 4,050,000
Skywriter: 3,200,000
The Jackson 5 In Japan: 1,300,000
Get It Together: 2,900,000
Dancing Machine: 3,000,000
Moving Violation: 2,200,000
The Jacksons: 6,000,000
Goin' Places: 800,000
Destiny: 3,500,000
Triumph: 3,400,000
The Jacksons Live: 2,800,000
Victory: 8,500,000
2300 Jackson St: 750,000
Jackson 5 The Ultimate Collection: 5,500,000
Jackson 5 Gold: 3,500,000
Anthology: 2,800,000
Ultimate Christmas Collection: 1,900,000
20th Century Masters: 3,000,000
Michael Jackson The Motown Years: 1,050,000
J is For Jackson 5: 700,000
Michael Jackson The Remix Suite: 1,600,000
Jackson 5 Greatest Hits: 900,000
Other: 10,800,000

Digital Downloads: 12,800,000DVD/VHS SALES: 2,600,000Ringtones: 1,600,000
Total Unit Sales: 129,700,000

--
Michael Jackson SOLO Album Sales:

Got To Be There: 6,000,000
Ben: 6,500,000
Music & Me: 4,800,000
Forever Michael: 4,900,000
Off The Wall: 22,100,000
Thriller: 69,800,000
Bad: 36,100,000
Dangerous: 35,200,000
HIStory: 20,900,000 (41.8 million units)
Blood On The Dance Floor: 7,000,000
20th Century Masters: 2,500,000
Invincible: 13,300,000
Number Ones: 11,900,000
The Ultimate Collection: 1,020,000 (6 million units)
The Essential: 8,900,000 (17.8 million units)
Visionary: 5,000,000
King Of Pop: 6,000,000
Hello World The Motown Solo Collection: 1,020,000
Michael Jackson The Stripped Mixes: 1,350,000
The Definitive Collection: 1,200,000
This Is It: 5,200,000
Other: 22,000,000

Total Albums: 292,690,000 or 327,290,000 if you include multiple disc albums as separate unit sales


--
Singles/Digital Downloads:

Motown/Universal Albums: 27,000,000
Off The Wall: 22,000,000
Thriller: 41,500,000
Bad: 32,800,000
Dangerous: 30,300,000
HIStory: 26,000,000
BOTDF: 2,300,000
Invincible: 6,800,000
Other: 15,000,000
Total Singles/Digital Downloads: 203,700,000

--
VHS/DVD's:

The Making Of MJ's Thriller: 9,500,000
Moonwalker: 3,500,000
Ghosts: 300,000
Number Ones: 5,600,000
The One: 1,050,000
Live In Bucharest: 2,500,000
This Is It: 11,200,000
Other: 4,000,000
Total VHS/DVD Sales: 37,650,000

*this number is set to jump over the next decade as Sony unleashes many new DVD projects including the first this November.


--
Music Video Sales:

I-Tunes: 9,500,000
Other Sources: 6,000,000

Total Music Video Sales: 15,500,000

--
Ringtones:

Total Global Ringtone Sales: 6,500,000



Total Michael Jackson Unit Sales: 590,640,000
Total Michael Jackson Unit Sales (J5 Included): 720,340,000


Keep this number in mind as we move closer to the new album and the 9 new releases slated before the end of 2017. This number will surely grow throughout the years.

That is truly mind blowing!

I heard that Sony and Universal were going back and adding the numbers to give a true calculation

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I love the red shirt and black and white Bad era pics just posted so much

But at the same time I'm still filled with emotions. I'm lookiing at how beautiful he is and in awe, and then I tell myself he's gone and am ready to cry but then I just start getting so mean instead, cause it's easier than crying and when I do that, my thoughts are nothing like myself

Looking forward to the new album and whatever the new DVD is supposed to be this year. Just a few months away, hopefully.

Superstition said:

Looking forward to the new album and whatever the new DVD is supposed to be this year. Just a few months away, hopefully.

what new DVD again?

alphastreet said:

I love the red shirt and black and white Bad era pics just posted so much

But at the same time I'm still filled with emotions. I'm lookiing at how beautiful he is and in awe, and then I tell myself he's gone and am ready to cry but then I just start getting so mean instead, cause it's easier than crying and when I do that, my thoughts are nothing like myself

Can you all access the MJ collectors site?

dag said:

Can you all access the MJ collectors site?

You are not alone

greatpink said:

dag said:

Can you all access the MJ collectors site?

You are not alone

Well, at least the problem is not at my side and I don´t have to fix it. Hopefully, it´s work soon.

Take this with a grain of salt - but a contact of mine at Sony said there will be 3 DVDs coming out in November. He didn't give titles or if it will be a boxset deal or individuals, but said it's like one will be a video collection (again I know right?) and the others *may* be new releases.

Swa said:

Michael did play instruments though. Sure he might not have been an Elton on keys, or a Prince on guitar, but he did play instruments including drums, piano and guitar.

He even gets credits on various songs for these very instruments - Stranger in Moscow for the guitar as an example.

Swa

Exactly! He did play instruments

Wouldn't it be awesome to see some video footage of him playing guitar?

[Edited 9/1/10 15:30pm]

Swa said:

Take this with a grain of salt - but a contact of mine at Sony said there will be 3 DVDs coming out in November. He didn't give titles or if it will be a boxset deal or individuals, but said it's like one will be a video collection (again I know right?) and the others *may* be new releases.

alphastreet said:

mindblowing list for sure, but I find inconsistencies with it too. Look at Thriller's number! It's supposed to be over 100 million copies, hello!

Thriller's numbers were always closer to 70 million. I guess if you add single sales then it probably comes out close to 100million.

my favorite commercial

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[Edited 9/1/10 17:04pm]

dag said:

greatpink said:

You are not alone

Well, at least the problem is not at my side and I don´t have to fix it. Hopefully, it´s work soon.

The MJJ Pcictures site is also messed up. They had a comprehensive collection of pics. The Steady Laughing site is also not working. What's going on?!