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Sales For The Week Ending January 9th, 2005/Billboard Issue Date: January 22, 2005.

Note: Michael Jackson's tally does not include sales for The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), certain music DVD titles (eg. The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc.), and material recorded with The Jacksons and Jackson 5.

Rank, Title, Sales This Week, Sales Last Week, +/- percentage

MICHAEL JACKSON - 14,544 units

1. Number Ones: 4,963 (6296) (-29%)
2. Thriller: 3,819 (4468) (-17%)
3. Number Ones (DVD): 2,215 (3034) (-37%)
4. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 1,358 (1779) (-31%)
5. Off the Wall: 556 (739) (-33%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory (DVD): 544 (669) (-23%)
7. HIStory on Film- Vol. 2 (DVD): 378 (488) (-29%)
8. Bad: 254 (310) (-22%)
9. Dangerous: 192 (269) (-40%)
10. Invincible[/b][/i]: 122 (156) (-28%)
11. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I[/i][/b] (2-CD): 107 (155) (-45%)
12. Blood on the Dance Floor[/b][/i]: 36 (53) (-47%)


MADONNA - 7,695 units

1. The Immaculate Collection: 3,663 (-14%)
2. GHV2: 817 (-20%)
3. Remixed & Revisited: 258 (-27%)
4. Ray of Light: 255 (-18%)
5. American Life: 248 (-37%)
6. Something to Remember: 243 (-25%)
7. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 242 (-38%)
8. Like a Virgin: 223 (-28%)
9. True Blue: 198 (-18%)
10. Music: 170 (-30%)
11. Madonna: 157 (-26%)
12. The Video Collection 93:99: 150 (-38%)
13. Like a Prayer: 146 (-27%)
14. Girlie Show: Live Down Under: 123 (-10%)
15. Drowned World Tour 2001: 121 (-16%)
16. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy: 101 (-19%)
17. You Can Dance: 100 (+15%)
18. Me Against the Music: 89 (-52%)
19. Love Profusion: 88 (-31%)
20. Bedtime Stories: 87 (+10%)
21. Erotica: 79 (-44%)
22. Evita: 78 (-6%)
23. I'm Breathless: 59 (-36%)

MARIAH CAREY - 6,999 units

1. Greatest Hits- 2,102 (-40%)
2. #1s- 2,094 (-8%)
3. Merry Christmas: 814 (-70%)
4. Remixes- 439 (-37%)
5. #1s (Video): 241 (-34%)
6. Music Box- 222 (-17%)
7. Butterfly- 198 (-20%)
8. Daydream- 168 (-27%)
9. Charmbracelet- 150 (-38%)
10. Glitter- 129 (-54%)
11. Around the World (Video)- 126 (-14%)
12. Rainbow- 118 (-32%)
13. Mariah Carey- 69 (-54%)
14. Through the Rain- 65 (-24%)
15. MTV Unplugged- 35 (+21%)
16. Emotions: 29 (-29%)

JANET JACKSON - 4,363 units

1. Damita Jo: 968 (-27%)
2. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (album): 678 (-10)
3. From janet. To Damita Jo: 666 (-28%)
4. janet.: 515 (-22%)
5. The Velvet Rope: 429 (-11%)
6. All For You (album): 425 (-18%)
7. Rhythm Nation: 223 (-11%)
8. Control: 189 (-13%)
9. Live in Hawaii (DVD/video): 144 (-34%)
10. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (DVD/video): 66 (-8%)
11. All For You (DVD): 60 (-29%)

WHITNEY HOUSTON - 2,306 units

1. The Greatest Hits (Album): 883 (-17%)
2. The Bodyguard: 282 (-14%)
3. The Greatest Hits (Video): 267 (-27%)
4. Whitney Houston: 170 (-3%)
5. Whitney: 140 (+1%)
6. The Preacher's Wife: 135 (-46%)
7. One Wish: 136 (-83%)
8. Just Whitney: 121 (-17%)
9. My Love is Your Love (Album): 113 (-17%)
10. The Star Spangled Banner: 36 (+24%)
11. It’s Not Right But it’s Okay: 8 (-20%)
12. My Love is Your Love (Single): 8 (-14%)
13. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Album): 7 (-22%)

OMG, "Damita Jo" sold less than 1,000 copies and poor Maddy's lastest sold about quarter of a thousand. Sad shit!

Virtually everything has got worse in sales.....christmas has gone I suppose?

VinnyM27 said:

it's only one weeks's totals

just think 248 people have discovered American Life! Think positive

jayaredee said:

Still....Dang!

VinnyM27 said:

Well it shows you people would much rather have an Usher or Ashanti cd. The market has spoken

jayaredee said:

American Life has been out for nearly 2 years... the RIT is over all promotion for it has been over for a good year. so it's cool it still sells any.

ehuffnsd said:

EXACTLY

And with no big singles or video and radio airplay, it looks good to me

jayaredee said:

I completely agree.