Posted Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:24am PDT
Michael Jackson's Number Ones is the best-seller for the fourth time in five weeks. It's the first time that an album by a deceased performer has been on top this long since Biggie's Life After Death in 1997. 
Posted Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:07pm PDT
Chris Daughtry becomes the first American Idol alum to land back-to-back #1 albums. Kelly Clarkson is the only other Idol alum to notch two #1 albums, and hers weren't consecutive. Also: Michaelmania continues. 
Posted Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:30am PDT
Linkin Park this week pulls ahead of Nelly as the top-selling album artist to emerge in the 2000s. To mark the occasion, here's a list of the top 20 new acts of the decade. 
Posted Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:49pm PDT
There was little reason to think that Bob Marley & the Wailers' Legend would become a blockbuster when it was released in 1984. But this week, it tops the 10 million sales mark. How'd that happen? 
Posted Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:23pm PDT
Michael Jackson has six of the 10 best-selling albums in the U.S. this week. This breaks a record that has stood since 1966, when Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass placed four albums in the top 10. 
Posted Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:06pm PDT
Al Sharpton made the most provocative comment at Michael Jackson's memorial. He drew a link between Jackson's popularity in the '80s and Barack Obama's election as President. Anything to that? 
Posted Wed Jul 8, 2009 6:06pm PDT
Here's a list of Michael Jackson's top 40 songs in terms of total paid downloads. For the most part, the list coincides with a recap of Jackson's biggest hit singles. But there are some key differences. 
Posted Wed Jul 8, 2009 11:47am PDT
Michael Jackson has three of the five best-selling albums for the second week in a row. Number Ones again leads the pack with sales of 339,000 copies. At this rate, it could end up as the #1 album of the year. 
Posted Mon Jul 6, 2009 12:09pm PDT
Michael Jackson is only the 13th artist to have the top-selling album in the U.S. posthumously. The list is sobering. Six of the 13 artists were in their 20s when they died. Five were shot to death. 
Posted Fri Jul 3, 2009 6:38am PDT
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