marnifrances said:

I already posted the link: http://www.hitsdailydoubl...lescht.cgi

Just check it out! They give a good indicator on the actual sales number! It could be a little bit more and it also could be a little bit less! Check billboard.com tomorrow to see the actual soundscan numbers!

This is amazing. It's not even a new album. A re-issued 25-year-old album is back in the top 10 around the world. Amazing.

DarlingDiana said:

I agree.

Rodya24 said:

I also agree. I just picked up the Thriller 25 longbox edition! Woo!!!!

A huge congratulations for MJ, coming in at #2 with Triller 25, who would've thunk it?.... well, his fans would of course!lol

A certain tabloid obsessed reporter must be dying right about now!lol

Hopefully the album can be consistent with the sales next week and pull in another 100k +

If Sony continues with the promotion efforts and releases eather Girl is Mine or PYT to USA Radio.

Omg! Thriller 25 is doing so well!

I hope Thriller 25 continues to do this good next week. However, without Michael even appearing in public, or doing any press to support it, I doubt Sony will continue to push it at all. If the artist doesn't care to be involved, why should they?

I think this was just Michael and/or Sony's effort to kind of put the foot in the water and see if the public still cared for Michael, beyond child abuse allegations and face/skin jokes. If the charts this week are any indiction, I think it is a loud YES.

Michael is still a thriller. Here is to hoping Michael gets involved with promoting this release, or his next one FOR SURE.
[Edited 2/19/08 19:29pm]

I doubt it will do as good next week... but who cares, it's a rerelease without any big promotion activity!

I like Got the Hots. It´s very "thrillerish".

TOTO's involvement in Thriller (I apologize if this video was already posted).

daPrettyman said:

No, this is longer than what was released on Thriller. There´s the instrumental part wchich I love. Thanks for posting.

Wow, I love Got The Hots. FUNKY!

This track is hot! I'm still pissed this wasn't on Thriller 25.

Although is it me or does he sing "the vadge is on it's way?"... maybe I'm just a perv???

dag said:

This one should be 3.57- the one on Thriller is 2 mins shorter than the one on Mike Sembello's site- unless he's changed it.

Considering its status as a catalog release, the new 25th anniversary reissue of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (Epic/Legacy) was ineligible to chart on The Billboard 200 this week. But it does bow at No. 1 on the Top Pop Catalog Albums tally after selling 166,000. The project includes reworked "Thriller" tracks by Akon, Kanye West, Fergie and will.i.am.

VoicesCarry said:

Wow! I am excited for MJ. Even with all the horrible press of the last fifteen years, and in particular the last decade, his music still interests the general public.

Rodya24 said:

As it should, Thriller has some catchy-ass stuff on there.

this just proves that no amount of horrific press can destroy mj, he's still top of the charts. this will boost thrillers sales for the whole year. He must have sold close to half a million already, its top 5 in every major country. 60,000 sales in france, 40,000 in the uk, 60,000 in germany, 15,000 in australia, 160,000 in US, no 1 in holland , the list goes on...

If only he would release a new album, it would be huge.

Michael Jackson's Thriller 25 - The 25th Anniversary Edition of the World's Top-Selling Album of All Time - Is America's #2 Best-Selling Album This Week!!!



Thriller 25 Rockets to the Top of the Charts... All Over the World!!! Thriller 25 - Already One of 2008's Top-Selling Albums - Enters Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart At #1, With 10x The Average First Week's Sales of Albums Topping That Chart During The Past 52 Weeks

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 -- Thriller 25 -- the newly-expanded deluxe 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's best-selling album of all-time -- is America's #2 Top-Selling Album this week, more than a quarter century after the album's original release. Already shaping up as one of the hottest albums of 2008, Thriller 25 has rocketed into the Top 5 (or better) in a variety of territories across the planet following its worldwide release the week of February 11.

With first week's sales in the United States totaling 165,805 units, Thriller 25 enters the Billboard Top Pop Catalog chart at #1. (During the past 52 week period, the average first week's sales for an album hitting #1 on the Top Pop Catalog chart has been 16.6 thousand pieces; Thriller 25 entered the chart with 10x that number. Because of a technicality in the rules of Billboard charting, Thriller 25 is ineligible to chart on the Top 200. Based on first week's sales, Thriller 25, if eligible, would have entered the Top 200 at #2, nestled between Jack Johnson at #1 and Amy Winehouse at #3.)

Michael Jackson's iconic music film for "Thriller" is currently the #1 music video download on iTunes.

With more than one million copies of Thriller 25 shipped around the world, and re-orders already flooding in, the new edition of Michael Jackson's classic collection has hit #1 in France; #1 in Belgium; #2 in Germany; #2 in Australia; #2 in the Netherlands; #2 in Norway (Thriller's highest position ever in that country); #2 in Sweden; #2 in Switzerland; #3 in the UK; #3 in Denmark; #3 in New Zealand; #4 in Spain; #5 in Austria; #5 in Ireland; #6 in the Czech Republic; and #6 in Italy.

Global response to the release of Thriller 25, the newly expanded deluxe 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's top- selling album of all-time, reached a fever pitch across the planet with surprise hit singles, an ongoing 40-episode "ThrillerCast" podcast event, the premiere of the "Thrillicious" Sobe Life Water ad campaign at the Super Bowl, the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Michael Jackson at the NRJ Music Awards at Cannes and a host of upcoming events and surprises.

In one of the most groundbreaking aspects of the Thriller 25 campaign, fans will soon be able to go online and star in Michael's signature "Thriller" video. Using newly developed technology from innovative media company Big Stage, fans can create photo-realistic 3-D avatars of themselves to be inserted into Michael's role in the classic clip. (Full details TBA.)

The Michael Jackson Thriller 25th anniversary celebration runs throughout 2008 with a multi-faceted global marketing campaign featuring high-profile television, radio and online events around the world and the major re-launch of Michael's official website, http://www.michaeljackson.com/

Originally released in the US on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records, Thriller, Michael Jackson's sixth solo album and second with producer Quincy Jones, first entered the Billboard Top 200 album chart at #11 in December 1982. The original Thriller went on to spend an astounding 80 consecutive weeks in the American Top 10, 37 of those at #1, while making history as the first and only record to be America's top-selling album two years running (1983 and 1984). Thriller has been certified 27x platinum by the RIAA, giving it Double Diamond Award status in the US. In 1985, the Guinness Book of Records named Thriller the Best Selling Album of All Time, an achievement which remains unsurpassed to this day.

FunkyBrotha said:

Just proves my point- no matter what you think of him, nothing will ever destroy that music. You simply can't deny it.

Vanilli said:

yeah that is the reason for thriller 25, i read it on another board. an admin had an interview with people from sony and they said something like if thriller 25 does well michael might release his album for sony quickly or something to that extent.only 2 bad that his next effort probaly will not be any better then invincible ...sigh

amit1234 said:

Cool. I didn´t know it was selling that good over here.

'Thriller' Reissue Bows At No. 1 In Europe
February 21, 2008 - Global

By Paul Sexton, London

Michael Jackson's augmented 25th anniversary reissue of "Thriller" (Legacy/Epic) enters in pole position on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart. Meanwhile on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, "Apologize" (Mosley/Blackground/Interscope) by Timbaland presents One Republic starts a 14th week at No. 1.

The Jackson album makes one No. 1 start, in France, but also climbs 21-1 and 14-1 in the Belgian regions of Flanders and Wallony respectively. It's in at No. 2 in Germany, Switzerland, Holland and Norway; No. 3 in the United Kingdom (on sales of 41,000), Portugal and Denmark; No. 4 in Spain; No. 5 in Austria and Ireland and No. 6 in Italy.

Amy Winehouse holds at No. 2 on the composite chart with "Back To Black" (Universal Island), as the multi-platinum set enjoys a 9-1 surge in Portugal, holds at No. 1 in Germany and Holland and climbs 6-2 in Austria, 5-2 in Ireland, 4-2 in France, 3-2 in Spain, 6-3 in Flanders and 5-3 in Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, Winehouse climbs both with the regular edition of the album (20-16) and the "Deluxe Edition" (21-14).

Jack Johnson's "Sleep Across The Static" (Brushfire/Universal Island), which entered Top 100 Albums at No. 1 last week, falls to No. 3, despite spending a second week atop the U.K. chart on sales of 47,000, for a two-week total of 101,000. "Static" is also No. 1 again in Ireland, but dips in other European markets.

Lenny Kravitz falls 3-4 on the Europe-wide tally with "It Is Time For A Love Revolution" (Virgin), despite holding at No. 1 in Switzerland, No. 3 in Italy and No. 5 in Flanders. The album falls 2-3 in Holland, 3-5 in Germany, 5-10 in France and 6-10 in Spain. The single from it, "I'll Be Waiting," is up 19-13 on the Eurochart.

Also falling one place each on Top 100 Albums are Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco Music/Sony BMG), 4-5 despite a No. 3 entry in Greece, and Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" (SRP/Def Jam), 5-6. But Nickelback's "All The Right Reasons" (Roadrunner) is up 9-7 as it nears the top of the U.K. chart some 28 months after release. It's up 3-2 there on weekly sales of 46,000.

Mika's "Life In Cartoon Motion" (Casablanca/Island) is down 7-8 overall, although it climbs 11-9 in its 54th U.K. chart week. James Blunt makes that same move on the pan-European tally with "All The Lost Souls" (Atlantic), and another big pan-European seller of recent months, Eros Ramazotti's "E2" (Ariola), is back up 20-10, re-energized by a No. 1 debut in Sweden.

The extraordinary Eurochart-topping feats of "Apologize" now place it within one week of the aggregate 15-week run at No.1 established by "Hips Don't Lie" (Epic) by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean in the summer of 2006. But only 13 of those were consecutive, whereas Timbaland's single has had 14 straight weeks at the top. The track now posts climbs of 2-1 in Italy and 14-7 in France.

The top new entry on the Eurochart is Welsh singer Duffy's "Mercy" (A&M/Universal), in at No. 7 after a No. 1 debut in the United Kingdom on downloads of 38,000.

FunkyBrotha said:

But Thriller is probably how people want to remember MIchael. I wouldn't be surprise if most people seperate the Michael Jackson of 1983 to the Michael Jackson of today.

http://www.nypost.com/sev..._98664.htm

Jackson'S BACKO, BUT BILLBOARD SAYS, 'BEAT IT'
By BRIAN GARRITY

February 21, 2008 -- If only this tussle could be settled by a "Beat It"-style dance fight.

Sony BMG is hopping mad at music industry trade bible Billboard for keeping the newly released 25th Anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's landmark mega-hit "Thriller" off its main album chart, despite that it is the second-biggest selling CD in the country this week.

The update on "Thriller" sold 166,000 copies, besting the post-Grammy Awards bumps enjoyed by winners Amy Winehouse and Herbie Hancock.

That's the most a re-release of a record has sold in over a decade. Catalog albums often sell between 30,000 and 70,000 on the high side in a given week.

But Billboard typically leaves sales of older albums - including reissues featuring new bonus tracks - off the Billboard 200 so the chart can act as a barometer of sales for new music and new compilations.

Sony BMG, which is reissuing "Thriller" via its Legacy catalog division, wanted an exception because it is releasing the album with four new re-mixes of classic hits featuring contemporary popstars will.i.am, Fergie, Akon and Kanye West.

Sony BMG's Epic Records is pushing the Akon and will.i.am remix version of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" at pop radio stations - a rare move when reissuing an album.

The label was hoping to piggyback on buzz from weekly media chatter over the album chart, as it attempts to dig Jackson's music reputation out from under his personal tabloid image. "Thriller" 's absence from Billboard 200 is the latest marketing setback for the album, which was also supposed to benefit from an appearance on the Grammy's that never happened.

However, Billboard director of charts Geoff Mayfield said that the magazine will still give "Thriller" proper credit in other, albeit lesser-known, charts, including a blended sales chart that combines both new and catalog albums.

"At the end of the day this is still a 25-year-old album," he said.

whatsgoingon said:

Invincible sold 8 million copies worldwide, 2 million in the US, and hit #1 in 15 countries.

This is a reissue of a 25 year old album that is the world's top seller this week, with 1 million albums shipped in its first week.

whatsgoingon said:

I wouldn't be surprised if many of the people who bought Thriller 25 were not even alive in 1983.

Rodya24 said:

And their prior knowledge to Michael being as a tabloid industry pariah or something like that. They're probably looking at the cover like "this is MICHAEL JACKSON?" I won't be shocked if that's the case either.

Timmy84 said:

Nah. The Thriller music videos are too much part of popular culture for people to not know what he looked like pre-Bad album.

But I am sure most teenagers, when listening to the album for the first time this week, were like: There are more songs on the Thriller album than "Thriller," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean"?
[Edited 2/21/08 15:09pm]

Rodya24 said:

That could be true too.