USA

Soundscan Information Courtesy of JRKing. Thank you.

Sales For The Week Ending February 20th, 2005/Billboard Issue Date: March 5th, 2005.

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

MICHAEL JACKSON - 17,599 units
(Excluding sales of The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), single sales, certain music DVD titles (eg. The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc.), material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums.)

1. Number Ones: 5,889 (-21%)
2. Thriller: 4,373 (-4%)
3. Number Ones (DVD): 2,751 (-4%)
4. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 1,647 (-12%)
5. Off the Wall: 861 (-6%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory (DVD): 621 (-4%)
7. HIStory on Film- Vol. 2 (DVD): 444 (-3%)
8. Bad: 303 (-20%)
9. Dangerous: 281 (-11%)
10. Invincible: 226 (-1%)
11. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (2-CD): 137 (-11%)
12. Blood on the Dance Floor: 66 (+57%)


MADONNA - 7,409 units

1. The Immaculate Collection: 3,479 (-6%)
2. GHV2: 518 (-23%)
3. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 305 (+4%)
4. Like a Virgin: 275 (+7%)
5. Remixed & Revisited: 262 (+4%)
6. Something to Remember: 261 (-5%)
7. American Life: 229 (+8%)
8. Ray of Light: 218 (-25%)
9. True Blue: 174 (-3%)
10. Music: 171 (-23%)
11. The Video Collection 93:99: 147 (-)
12. Madonna: 139 (-16%)
13. Like a Prayer: 136 (+2%)
14. Erotica: 117 (+3%)
15. You Can Dance: 117 (+39%)
16. Drowned World Tour 2001: 115 (+28%)
17. Girlie Show: Live Down Under: 109 (+2%)
18. Love Profusion: 98 (+13%)
19. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy: 97 (-2%)
20. Me Against the Music: 94 (-20%)
21. Bedtime Stories: 87 (+71%)
22. Evita: 84 (-1%)
23. Hollywood: 64 (+49%)
24. Nothing Fails: 59 (+37%)
25. I'm Breathless: 54 (-28%)


CHER - 9,462 units
(excluding Farewell Tour CD)

1. Very Best of Cher: 4,846 (-10%)
2. Very Best of Cher (Video): 1,619 (-14%)
3. Farewell Tour (Video): 613 (-15%)
4. Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 599 (-4%)
5. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (2004 edition): 527 (-10%)
6. If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher’s GH: 359 (-8%)
7. Heart of Stone: 198 (-11%)
8. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (first edition): 167 (-)
9. Half Breed: 160 (-22%)
10. Live in Concert (video, 1999): 156 (-3%)
11. Believe: 147 (-13%)
Living Proof: 47 (-4%)
Love Hurts: 24 (-37%)


MARIAH CAREY - 6,498 units
(excluding the Fantasy: Live at MSG DVD)

1. Greatest Hits- 2,312 (+2%)
2. #1s- 1,717 (-19%)
3. Remixes- 592 (+7%)
4. Butterfly- 294 (+8%)
5. Music Box- 274 (+10%)
6. Charmbracelet- 252 (+12%)
7. #1s (Video): 162 (-10%)
8. Glitter- 162 (-2%)
9. Rainbow- 162 (+8%)
10. Mariah Carey- 144 (+23%)
11. Daydream- 140 (-9%)
12. Around the World (Video)- 120 (+17%)
13. Through the Rain- 90 (+18%)
14. Emotions: 49 (+53%)
15. MTV Unplugged- 18 (-60%)
16. Merry Christmas: 10 (-17%)


JANET JACKSON - 4,948 units

1. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (Album): 963 (-4%)
2. Damita Jo: 864 (+7%)
3. janet.: 705 (-12%)
4. From janet. To Damita Jo (DVD): 637 (-1%)
5. The Velvet Rope: 482 (-)
6. All For You (album): 437 (-21%)
7. Rhythm Nation: 297 (+10%)
8. Control: 239 (-10%)
9. Live in Hawaii (DVD/Video): 204 (+18%)
10. All For You (DVD): 67 (-9%)
11. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (DVD/Video): 53 (-28%)


WHITNEY HOUSTON - 3,096 units

1. The Greatest Hits (Album): 1,235 (-5%)
2. The Bodyguard: 645 (-1%)
3. Whitney Houston: 239 (+2%)
4. The Greatest Hits (Video): 196 (-20%)
5. The Preacher's Wife: 187 (+14%)
6. Just Whitney: 172 (+2%)
7. My Love is Your Love (Album): 163 (-8%)
8. Whitney: 161 (-26%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner: 64 (+49%)
10. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Album): 11 (-39%)
11. One Wish: 9 (+29%)
12. It’s Not Right But It’s Okay: 7 (-56%)
13. My Love is Your Life (single): 7 (+250%)

y don't any singles of jacko's sell yet others do?

Maybe because u never get exclusive non album b sides.

Except "cry" that is
[Edited 2/23/05 17:02pm]

Hey thesexofit - Michael's tally above excludes single sales as well sales of The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), certain music DVD titles (eg. The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc.), material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums.) Those figures aren't available.

Oh right cool thanx. I didn't know?

It would be interesting to see the whole figures?

This ain't related but "moonwalker" was a huge seller on VHS. I wonder if that was one of the biggest home video sellers ever at one point?

Heya - Moonwalker (1989 VHS; not available on DVD) was certified 8X platinum (800,000 copies) by the RIAA on April 17, 1989.

Since Soundscan was implemented in 1991, Moonwalker has scanned 136,920 units, therefore, it's USA total is well over 1 million copies.

I'm not sure what the best selling music video is...

Tina? Prince? Britney? come on, don't be stingy.

Hey GrayKing - If I had that information, I'd post it....believe me.

Does Me against the music really count as a Madonna single?

jayaredee said:

If it was a huge hit, it would be.....but let's not.

In the UK it reached #2, so it was definitely a Madonna single.

Madonna didn't do much in the song did she?

Anyway I wonder why they chose not to perform it that year at the MTV music awards? MAybe because it was crap?

thesexofit said:

it wasn't even released that year

thesexofit said:

In the liner-notes she's credited for cowriting the songs.

I admit I have the album and enjoy some of the songs too

When did it come out again? October 2003 around there right? Well anyway it was only a month or so after that whole Madonnna and Britney kiss thing anyway.....so why not perform the duet aswell? Just wondered.....

thesexofit said:

because it was Madonna's gig, and they hadn't even (re-)recorded it as a duet. the recording happened right after the VMA's.

Oh ok then.....I can take most pop but that song was weak.....

"Me Against The Music" should indeed count as a Madonna single. It is a duet after all.

thesexofit said:

Madonna and Jamie King had orginally planned to do Nobody Knows Me as the opening of the VMA's, with a video montage of Madonna from the begining of her fame til now. Madonna decided it was too self surving and that's when the idea to duet with Britney, X-tina, and P!nk came up. P!nk said no, and Madonna called in Missy.

Britney played Madonna the song during rehersals, and Madonna asked her if that was going to be the first single off of the album. Birtters said yes and asked her to duet. Madonna changed a few lines and added a couple as whell and reocored her part, that's about it.

Apprently the shot for the video was rough, and Madonna and the director did not get along or have the same vision. Since it Jive footing the bill instead of WB Mad's had to take a backseat.