Australian Sales The attached article from 10 May 1997 (Billboard) illustrates the kind of impact that touring had on MJ's sales. Sales exploded from 80 copies a week to 120,000 units over the month of December 1996 with the album returning at #1 !

SWITZERLAND TOP 100 SINGLES Billie Jean #76 (+9) 39 wks

US Sales Digital download figures for THRILLER (song) as per Luminate. Week ending 2 Oct. - 600 copies Week ending 9 Oct. - just over 1,000 copies (+63%) Total sales = 4,320,000 downloads (as of 30 Sept. 2021)

US Charts - Milestones THRILLER has now spent 700 weeks on the BB200, up to #53 (+14) * 747 weeks including the Comprehensive Album Chart in 2008-2009. THRILLER is the 10th longest charting album on the BB200. "Dark Side of The Moon" leads with 991 weeks.

US Charts - Milestones MJ has now spent 500 weeks on the TOP 100 ARTISTS chart #38 (+6) PEAK #10

BILLBOARD CHARTS Week ending 16 Oct. TOP 100 ARTISTS MJ #38 (+6) 500 wks GLOBAL 200 TRACKS Billie Jean #92 (+11) 114 wks GLOBAL 200 TRACKS (Excl. The USA) Billie Jean #92 (+10) 101 wks

BILLBOARD Week ending 16 Oct. THRILLER up +14 ! TOP 200 ALB Thriller #53 (+14) 700 wks The Ess. #145 (+4) 538 wks TOP 50 CAT ALB Thriller #8 (+9) 655 wks TOP 25 VINYLS Thriller #13 (+4) 377 wks TOP 50 ALB SALES Thriller #35 (+4) 472 wks

GREEK CHARTS Week 42 TOP 75 ALBUM SALES Bad #19 (-13) 87 wks Dangerous #32 (-19) 51 wks

PORTUGAL Week 42 TOP 200 STREAMING ALBUMS Thriller #196 (-24) 5 wks Thriller fell off the main chart.

This is just a quick reminder to the US fans that 24 - 30 October is the tracking week to try to push THRILLER UP the HOT 100 as much as possible!!

AUSTRALIA TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS Thriller #45 (+4) 48 wks peak #4

NORWAY Week 43 TOP 100 ALBUMS Thriller #83 (+5) 55 wks peak #1 (1 wk)

SWEDEN Week 43 TOP 60 ALBUMS Thriller #43 (-1) 115 wks

THE NETHERLANDS TOP 100 ALBUMS Thriller #28 (-4) 368 wks TOP 40 VINYLS Thriller #33 (-6) 72 wks

IRELAND Week 43 TOP 100 ALBUMS The Essential #20 (=) 223 wks

GERMANY TOP 100 ALBUMS Thriller #66 (-4) 250 wks

UK Sales. THRILLER , the album should be very close to 16xPLATINUM (4,800,000) It stood at ~ 4,711,000 as of 05/01/2023. All versions included.

UK Charts Week ending 23 Oct. TOP 100 ALBUMS The Essential #14 (-3) 571 wks (T200) ~ 5,600 copies TOP 100 STREAM. ALBUMS The Essential #9 (=) 551wks TOP 100 SINGLE SALES Thriller #48 (+48) 50 wks TOP 100 DOWNLOADS Thriller #46 (+42) 131 wks

US Sales Week ending 23 October THRILLER expected to re-enter the TOP 50 on the next week's Billboard Chart. 2,336 pure album sales 2,420 tracks.

To all my followers all news on MJ's charts and sales from now onwards will be posted Michael Jackson - Worldwide Charts & Sales